Reflection

As a researcher, I learned that not every question can be answered at the same time, also cant be answered with the same methods. So, curiosity and motivation were key elements in my project that helped me create my superb project.The best part of my project were the questions,which covered a great deal of my research project and also, the responds add a bit of spark to the overall project.The hardest part was choosing the topic. There were so many topics that cover every range of subjects relating to teen experiences, it was hard to choose just one. Something i would do differently on this research project would be have questions relating to immigrant language experience.But with a limited amount of questions per person and the limited foreign population at school, that was unavoidable problem with the project.

This research gave me a general perspective of how foreign language is viewed. I was amused at how many agreed that other languages affected their perspective of English and how many disagreed. I now feel teen experience is so hard , not even teens understand it and so i feel my research deepened the the world of teen experiences. I also learned a lot about my own teen experiences, I noticed that my perspective varies from language to language that I speak at that moment. So, I came to generalization that code switching is a big part my language experiences and it seem very natural to me now.

Recommendations

There was many questions asked but very few were answered, but yet new ones form. I explored how language is view and answered how it affects the teens view of the world. But new questions, such as, why do some languages have neutral gender differentiation while others have specific rules and regulations that only allow a certian way of speaking? Even why couldn't languages be the same in each continent? These questions cant really be answered in a survey or opinion polls, but more of in depth search in language history and people might answer them. Focusing on populations with very different language history can help with answering these questions, as well.

I hope this research can change the view of American teens about the diffculties immigrant teens face when trying to learn english . This can be used as a helpful way to comprehend their struggles when learning a "free flow" language such as English. Also, gives them an inside look of how hard learning a language can really be when it's so different than their own. To help these immigrant students, I suggest teachers and mentors should motive these students to not give up and expose these struggles to other students their age to help them cope with these dramatic changes.