Final Draft Audio Essay

The speaker, Nadia Garatacea, discusses her experience with dual immersion and the positive aspects of being bilingual. Initially, she found it challenging to learn both languages, but as she graduated, she realized the benefits. She obtained a bilingual certificate, which opened up job opportunities. She also valued the close-knit community she formed with her classmates throughout her schooling. Being bilingual can lead to higher-paying jobs and better communication skills. Additionally, the cognitive benefits of dual immersion, such as improved memory and problem-solving abilities, are significant. Overall, Nadia believes that dual immersion is highly beneficial in terms of career prospects, communication, and academic advantages. Hi, my name is Nadia Garatacea. It is March 12, and this is my audio essay and literacy narrative for my English 100 class with Professor Strona. I will be talking about dual immersion and what are some positive things about being a bilingual. Also, how I felt about it. During the interview, I was asked if I liked dual immersion. Did you like being in dual immersion? I did like being in dual immersion at the end of it, once I graduated, because I graduated with a bilingual certificate. Now, I could get hired as a bilingual without having to take any classes or anything, so I think that was pretty cool. But I think growing up, I didn't like it, because it felt really hard having to learn both of the languages, even though I already knew Spanish, but the Spanish they were teaching us was a spade Spanish, so it was just harder to actually get everything there. But another thing of it was, during this, instead of around there, I wanted to switch out to just English, because I felt like it would have been better for me to just become proficient in one language, rather than in both. But I'm happy my mom convinced me to study in both, even though she would have supported me going to just doing English. I feel like a lot of students in dual immersion feel the same way I had felt, just because at the beginning, even though you do know Spanish, you are learning a whole new other language, which, as beneficial as it may be, it can be complicated. But there is more positive than negative. Alana asked me what were some beneficial things about being in dual immersion. What was something positive about being in dual immersion? I think something positive about being in dual immersion was obviously the certificate and everything, but I think the community I got out of it. The classroom I started since kindergarten, most of the students went all the way to high school, so I got to grow up with all of these students, and it was heartbreaking. With the bilingual certificate, I wanted to add that something positive that is a fact, is that most bilinguals are able to get a higher achieving job, with more job opportunities that usually have higher pay, or offer higher pay. Being in dual immersion also allowed me to create a very close-knit community with my classmates. Since we grew up together, we were able to get to know each other and get more comfortable as the years went on with asking questions, or whenever we had issues pronouncing something, it was a little easier to be more open when you were having difficulties. By being in dual immersion as well, it helps you become smarter in a sense, because your brain is working more, and in a sense it is doing exercise, which can also help you have better memory. In conclusion, I feel like being in dual immersion is something very beneficial, speaking from personal experience, also because you may get better jobs, better pay, you are able to have better communication with more people, and you have better academic advantages compared to other students.