Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English.
I learned my English from Keith Spurgeon. He had some small children, and I was young, too, and so we spoke the language together, and it was fantastic.
If a child cannot speak English the first day at school, that child is not ready to learn.
I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.
My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but when you come to America, you speak English.
My English was limited to vacationing and not really engaging with Americans. I knew 'shopping' and 'eating' English - I could say 'blue sweater,' 'creme brulee,' and 'Caesar salad,' - so I came here thinking I spoke English.
I'm not very good at standard English.
Speaking fluent English - like doing long division or successfully rewiring a 220-volt electrical outlet - is not a skill you're born with. It's something you learn, occasionally even by opening some old dictionary.
Well, I couldn't speak English before I went to Belfast. So I learned English with a Northern Irish accent.
First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English.
The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.
I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated.
I barely speak English.
