THE INTELLIGENT FIVE

In this post, I am going to talk about my language experience during my life. The first language that I learn was Valencian, because it is my mother tongue and both my father an my mother speak and taught to me. My father grew up in La Pobla de Vallbona, and my mother grew up in Benaguasil. Both of these towns are very close each other and historically, in both of them nearly all the population speak and use Valencian in their daily life. They learned Spanish when they were in primary school. This fact has made me use Valencian every time I can and in every situation or context in which people can understand me. During my period in primary and secundary school, I alterned Spanish and Valencian and also had the first contact with the English as a language. In my opinion, the condition of being bilingual has helped me to learn other languages like English for example. Apart from Valencian and Spanish, the other languages that I studied were English and French. I used to be keen ...

Hello, my name is Alfons and as you can imagine I'm the forth intelligent of the group, and as all the members of this group, I'm studying to be an English teacher. I consider myself a nice person that always wants to have a great time and enjoy life, and this fact has made me be like I am. My family has transmitted me the values to be responsible and this has permitted me to achieve my goals. Also my friends and the people that surround me play an important role in my development as a person and I consider them important too. I live in La Pobla de Vallbona in the Camp de Turia. This fact is important because I feel identified with the traditions, culture and typical aspects for this town and the "Comarca" that it belongs. My experiences with languages have been different. The first language that I met was Valencian because it is also my parent's one. Then I learnt Spanish at school and finally I had the first contact with English. Since I was very young, I h...