Name Professor Course Date Linguistic Autobiography I was born in China, and my family speaks Chinese mandarin, which is my first language. I grew up speaking Chinese mandarin and begun learning English in Elementary school. However, I realized that the effort was not adequate to prepare me for adopting English as my second language despite being a top-three candidate in my English class. I decided to join the United States to pursue my high school education. My social life in the US became limited because I was a little bit self-conscious concerning my English in high school. I was lucky to have met some of the great teachers like Miss Kowolenko, who has been motivating and supporting me in several ways. My English developed with time, and my perception of things drastically changed...