SDLC 105 Journal #9

[Byambaa Khurelbaatar]

This reading was rather intriguing and interested me to find more articles on languages that are currently on the verge of "dying". I remember my ESL teacher in the 4th grade who my family has a close relationship with always told us to preserve our language. No matter what new languages we learn, we must never forget our own. She always told me to do some reading in Mongolian and speak it at home all the time. My little sister was born here so technically she is bilingual but now she has difficulty speaking and understanding Mongolian because she spends the majority of her time in school conversing in English. When she comes home she barely speaks Mongolian and if does it's always really basic conversations. We try to teach her as much as we can but of course it's never enough. One by one we are losing people who speak a native language. This is why it is imperative that we try our best to preserve languages. Languages carry so much history and knowledge therefore it should be kept alive. It's important to not lose our roots and to pass our language on to as many people as possible.