Interviewing Luca

The importance of the Language Awareness project is to see the different languages that are used within people's families and how they differ from one another. I interviewed Luca Hansen on not only his own language, but also the language spoken within his intermediate family. He is my friend in my english class and he comes from Geneva, Illinois although his mom's side of the family is from Italy. His grandmother speaks differentely when she is around the entire family; she uses specific Italian slang and has an accent although she is speaking English. Luca was born and raised to speak English because that is what his parents spoke, and that is who he learned from. In high school, he took two years of spanish, but does not remember most of it. While in the classroom he spoke Spanish, but didn't use it much outside of school. Luca says that he speaks different in front of his parents than his friends. He would never swear or say anything inappropiate in front of his parents. He is more proper and respectful. In front of his friends, he is more carefree and relaxed; he is not as conscious and he is more open. His tone also changes depending on the person he is talking to. When talking to his grandparents he uses a softer tone, and remembers to be very polite.