Learning English as a Second Language - Linda Furiya

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=743

Author Linda Furiya reads an excerpt from her book, "Bento Box in the Heartland," in which she discusses her Japanese immigrant mother's difficulties with learning English as a second language.

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Linda Furiya introduces her memoir "Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America" an insightful and reflective coming-of-age tale. Beautifully written, each chapter is accompanied by a family recipe of mouth-watering Japanese comfort food.

While growing up in Versailles, an Indiana farm community, Linda Furiya tried to balance the outside world of Midwestern America with the Japanese traditions of her home life. As the only Asian family in a tiny township, Furiya's life revolved around Japanese food and the extraordinary lengths her parents went to in order to gather the ingredients needed to prepare it.

As immigrants, her parents approached the challenges of living in America, and maintaining their Japanese diets, with optimism and gusto. Furiva, meanwhile, was acutely aware of how food set her apart from her peers: She spent her first day of school hiding in the girls' restroom, examining her rice balls and chopsticks, and longing for a Peanut Bullter and Jelly sandwich.

"Bento Box in the Heartland" is an insightful and reflective coming-of-age tale. Beautifully written, each chapter is accompanied by a family recipe of mouth-watering Japanese comfort food. - Books Inc

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[jessman1999]

Your obviously interested in what she has to say on this topic, so why the disrespect? You're a piece of garbage.

[Kjxx1]

All of you speak English?

here in philippines -> Here in the Philippines

english -> English

spaeking -> speaking

i -> I

talikng -> talking

everyday -> every day

Yeah, right....sigh

[OriginalRipndip]

Everyone hear SEARCH FOOD INC ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT'S in the related videos maybe.

Illegals are actually the ones being exploited don't fall for propaganda. Do u have any idea what it does to the psyche of undocumented workers to be hunted ? Paranoia. Stigma. They are working harder than most, why are they being punished.? Corporations are taking out ads in Mexico. Why arent they punished? But ppl break into the homes of an immigrant and rip them away from a crying family

[XxxSakura101]

@ground zero build uh...no one learns Chinese because English is much more widespread, more countries speak it, and it's already established. The US has by far more business investments than China, so i'm not sure what your talking about there..It's simply cheaper to make somthing in China because they have very low wages, a massive surplus of labor, and a weaker currency.

[XxxSakura101]

I can't blame them though, if you got placed in xxx country and could have a better life for your family, would you take the risks and move?

[XxxSakura101]

I love legal immigrants, our nation is 98.8% immigrants. I just don't like people breaking our laws and entering illegally. It's not just for our own sake that we have those laws, but for theirs as well. They are often exploited and can't enjoy the same freedom as most people, while legal immigrants thrive alongside everyone else.

[Mottahead]

As a legal immigrant from South America I find it very hard to speak English with fluency.

Even after years of studying English and studying among native speakers I must confess that sometimes I'm pretty fluent and sometimes I'm even amazed at my broken English and strong accent.

It seems like there's a switch to go from my native Brazilian Portuguese to American English and that it gets jammed sometimes.

A second language does not come as naturally as a native one.

[bongmanding]

@groundzerobuild I don't think so! English will still be the medium of communication in a very long time. You're probably just saying this either you're Chinese yourself so the bias is there, or you're just a bitter person.

[andrewl5201]

dumb cunt

[groundzerobuild]

@bongmanding ~English is no longer important in this world!Learn Chinese instead!all business's are moving to China!

[TheRealmsofChimi]

Sounds like an interesting book, I may just have to pick it up!