Language Learning Essays“Where do you hope your second language skills will take you, and how do you plan on getting there?”
Click through to read any of the current or past essay's answering this important question. There is also audio of the author reading their essay for some essays.
Fall 2017
What is Necessary to Succeed
Ashley Allen
Participant, Fall 2017 Essay Contest
Languages of an Hmong American
Jamie Xiong
Participant, Fall 2017 Essay Contest
Why do I study English and where will English bring me?
Ingrid Kubisa
Participant, Fall 2017 Essay Contest
Spring 2017
Diary of a 老外
Eli Sciammas
First Prize, Spring 2017 Essay Contest
My Second Language
Amelia Espinosa
Second Prize, Spring 2017 Essay Contest
451 Quai Henri IV
Owen VanderBilt
Third Prize, Spring 2017 Essay Contest
Geology and Japanese as a Second Language
Brittney Johnson
Participant, Spring 2017 Essay Contest
Where I Hope My Second Language Skills Will Take Me, and How I Plan on Getting There
Matt Lutze
Participant, Spring 2017 Essay Contest