| Language is the expression or communication of | | | | As for Helen Keller, her limited world, became |
| thoughts and feelings by means of vocal sounds, | | | | great with great gain of language: "It would have |
| and combinations of such sounds, to which | | | | been difficult to find a happier child than I was as I |
| meaning is attributed to human speech (Webster's | | | | lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day |
| Dictionary 1999). Language is significantly made up | | | | and lived over the joys it had brought me, and |
| of culture, success, and free will. | | | | for the first time longed for a new day to come" |
| Language can embark upon the hidden talents of | | | | (Helen Keller). |
| what all great writers have today: clarity, | | | | Furthermore, a person may become genuinely |
| conciseness, and communication. | | | | frustrated with language, as in the story Malcolm |
| Many people are deprived of things such as | | | | X: "I became increasingly frustrated at not being |
| attention, the forgiveness of another person, and | | | | able to express what I wanted to convey in |
| the ability to speak a language fluently. What | | | | letters that I wrote" (Malcolm X). |
| several people forget is that certain experiences | | | | Determination can cause any person to choose to |
| can lead to a deprived language outcome. To | | | | change and become a better writer: "I saw that |
| have been deprived of language, is like walking | | | | the best-thing I could do was get hold of a |
| blind folded to hit a pinata. The target is there but | | | | dictionary--to study, to learn some words" |
| one is not sure where it is located. | | | | (Malcolm X). |
| Any person's walk of life may have experienced | | | | Little do people know that it's often the unseen |
| sudden deprivation of language, or no language | | | | areas, such as not knowing words and taking the |
| training at all. In the story Malcolm X we read: | | | | time as Malcolm X did, that will make the biggest |
| "Coming to an awareness of language, I hand | | | | language progress in the near future. There is no |
| scratched to them how the white man's society | | | | such thing as a non-victorious study time, when it |
| was responsible for the black man's condition in | | | | comes to learning the printed word. |
| this wilderness of North America" (Malcolm X). | | | | Consequently, my experiences in my early college |
| Often, a person's language barrier can be | | | | career, led me to become determined to finish |
| predicted through their culture. | | | | my coursework. My experiences of getting an A- |
| Similarly, if a person has a handicap, one may | | | | on writing assignments only prompted me more |
| have to conclude that this person may have to | | | | to persevere and finish. My sense of hope in |
| work overtime to draw good success in language. | | | | wanting to complete my journey in school and life |
| Let us think of Helen Keller: "The day language | | | | still exists. |
| came into my life, the living word awakened my | | | | As Malcolm X states eloquently: "It went a lot |
| soul, gave it light, hope, and joy set it free!" (Helen | | | | faster after so much practice helped me pick up |
| Keller). | | | | handwriting, etc." (Malcolm X). I can certainly |
| For one to experience language, quite frankly, a | | | | attest to that fact as well in my own life. |
| person must work to obtain mastery of it. For | | | | Through continuous writing practice I have |
| Helen Keller, her experience set her free and | | | | become a better writer. I am, as a precursor to |
| gave her a sensation of finally knowing the | | | | that, enjoying writing a lot more, during these |
| unknown in her life. | | | | collegiate days, versus past years. |
| Fear can rob any person of the unknown. For | | | | Increased language awareness and skills highly |
| example, to have experienced fear recently on | | | | affected the thought processes of the writers. |
| what to write about may develop a lack of free | | | | They became more confident, and one can just |
| will to try to write at all. Language awareness is | | | | sense that beyond confidence, there is also a bit |
| very important, because one can develop their | | | | of joy welling up in them as well. It's almost |
| sense of writing skills through writing and reading. | | | | tangible. The role that language played in the |
| "Language is the highest and most amazing | | | | writer's lives was a monumental one. |
| achievement of the symbolic tic human mind" | | | | If we consider that these are major players in |
| (Susan K. Langer). A human mind is like a token. | | | | our society... we start to think, perhaps regular |
| What one does not use may be lost. The free will | | | | citizens could become large icons in America, if |
| to choose language may actually become a | | | | they will work toward mastery of language. |
| barrier of choice. | | | | Malcolm X, who would have thought? One would |
| In order to communicate properly, one must | | | | have never expected that he had any language |
| practice language skills: speaking, reading, and | | | | deficiency, because he led millions to his call to |
| writing in that language for mastery. Then, and | | | | action. |
| only then, will language skills begin to feel natural, | | | | The improved use of language has improved my |
| flow wonderful, and become a natural part of the | | | | life because I have marked improvement in |
| person's daily existence. | | | | schoolwork, tests, and book reports. I hate to |
| Many lives have changed because of an increase | | | | think what my life would be like without language |
| in vocabulary and writing skills. Whether it is | | | | skills. I think sometimes as humans, we all need to |
| through a job, or even a classification, language is | | | | be reminded whether young or old, not to be |
| a complete increase toward accomplishment in | | | | lazy, but to press on to mastery of our given |
| one's life. It is also an incredible self-esteem | | | | language. |
| booster for those that lack motivation in life. | | | | |