4-5pages essay

Read“Community Essay”Community Essay   https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-20-me-26782-story.htmland the“Gift of Language"by Lan Cao

Cao,like many immigrant children,lost much of her native language-Vietnamese-as well as French,another language spoken by educated Vietnamese at that time(France had colonized Vietnam for many years prior to the war.)The decline in her ability to use these languages had negative repercussions for her relationship with her parents.She explained,"The more educated I became the more separate I was from my parents”.Gonzales echo's her statement in his essay. Cao notes it is an immigrant problem whils Gonzales says even native speakers of English often report similar situations in their own lives.Should such separation from one's home community be a necessary consequence of education for native and nonnatiye speakers of English in the

U.S.?Why or why not?Are there ways to prevent it?Are there benefits to preventing it?Should such efforts be mnrade? Why?

Write a 4-5 pages essay answering these questions.If the situation described is unfamiliar to you,you might interview people who know about it firsthand.

Your paper should be typed,double-spaced with a title.Quotes from the sources must be documented in the MLA style.Only type on one side of the paper.