Process Of Learning English

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In Malcolm X's "A Homemade Education," Malcolm X discusses his struggles between the language on his childhood streets growing up and the language of literature. Being in prison, he explains how his interest and determination to be able to read and understand. He become more frustrated because with the fact that he couldn’t communicate with people, as he wanted to. He was admired for the fluent words he spoke and was not used to being ignored; even the simplest English was hard for him to write and read. From this situation he recognized his seek for an education. He describes how it all really began while he was being held at the Prison. One of his friend, encouraged him to read, he would try his best but would end up quitting because he would skip the words he didn’t know and keep reading. He could never fully understand what he was reading about. So he decided that he needed to learn how to read and write properly. He decided that the best way to go about it would be to get a copy of a dictionary and study it. He requested a dictionary. When he first got the dictionary he spent a while just looking through it wondering where to start. He decided that the best place to start would be with the A’s. So he just started copying. He copied every word and punctuation mark on the first page. It took him the entire day, and when he finished he read aloud what he had written over and over again. The next day he woke up thinking about the words that he had written and to his surprise he even remembered what some of them meant. He was so fascinated that he copied the next page and had the same experience when he woke up the next morning and reviewed them. He eventually copied the entire dictionary while he was in prison. After that he was able to pick up a book and read it all the way through. Being able to do his made him feel important and smart. He became so good at
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