My grandfather came to America from Germany when he was 12. He spoke with a German accent all his life but I never heard him speak a word of German. I am fluent, from high school. My teacher was later called the best German teacher in the country.
The Chinese railroad workers who came to the USA in the 1840s were from Toisan province. Ten generations later they still speak Toisan at home.
My grandfather came to America from Germany when he was 12. He spoke with a German accent all his life but I never heard him speak a word of German. I am fluent, from high school. My teacher was later called the best German teacher in the country.
The Chinese railroad workers who came to the USA in the 1840s were from Toisan province. Ten generations later they still speak Toisan at home.
My wife's accent will never go away, but there is never a day that I don't hear Thai on the TV or her talking on the phone with friends. In her case it is constantly reenforced.
My grandfather came to America from Germany when he was 12. He spoke with a German accent all his life but I never heard him speak a word of German. I am fluent, from high school. My teacher was later called the best German teacher in the country.
The Chinese railroad workers who came to the USA in the 1840s were from Toisan province. Ten generations later they still speak Toisan at home.
My wife's accent will never go away, but there is never a day that I don't hear Thai on the TV or her talking on the phone with friends. In her case it is constantly reenforced.