How was you transition from speaking spanish to english when you moved to the US?

Question

I live in a carribean island were we speak spanish and Im thinking of relocating to the US. I read write and speak English, but Im a little shy when I speak in English mostly because Im afraid of having a strong accent or saying something wrong. I speak english very well even though you can notice a slight accent but what worries me the most is not being able to speak in spanish or forgeting how you say something in english. Im thinking of moving to Texas and I know theres a large hispanic population but on the job it would be english most of the time if not all the time. Has this happened to you? How was your experience?

Answer 1

The accent is something that you might not lose for several years, but don't be embarassed because of that. Second, try to hang out with people who actually speak English. I know many friends who haave been here for years and they don't learn the language because they are always working with people who only speak Spanish. Don't worry if you are shy with your English. The words will come out of your mouth by themselves, otherwise you won't be able to communicate.
A pesar que suene raro, trata de interactuar en inglés con la mayor cantidad de personas que encuentres. Es la única manera de adaptarte al idioma. Olvídate de buscar lugares y gente q hable español. Si no aprendes inglés vas a quedar aislada.
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Answer 2

You can discuss with within the Schengen subject for a whole of ninety days in a 6 month interval. You might NOT paintings in an European Union nation....it's towards European Union regulation to supply a piece visa to any non-European man or woman for any process one of the crucial hundreds of thousands or unemployed Europeans can do.Anyway, why might an enterprise rent any person who can't talk the language whilst there are hundreds of thousands of unemployed humans who do? You might desire to suppose approximately a piece and excursion visa in Australia. There aren't any ecu nations that present this sort of visa to Americans. See beneath.

Answer 3

You are forgetting that it is NOT ONLY the transition of the language, it is a different country, with different rules. It can be easy or not. For me the crashing with all of the above was very difficult. Later I read that for immigrants is frequent to experience depression, lack of adjustment, alienation ( in a kafkaesque way ), especially in men. In my case, the english was the least of my problems

Answer 4

Um, in Texas, you can get by without speaking any English. It can be hard getting by here if you aren't bilingual. If you try, you'll do fine. My best friend's parents speak very little English, and they've got jobs, they make money, they get along just fine. There's Spanish TV, stores, billboards, radio, documents, everything.