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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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NEHS hosts multilingual poetry night

Cindy Phung, Editor-in-Chief April 12, 2024

With five languages under her belt, junior Suraiya Saroar's plan to become fluent in several languages is underway. Although she is also fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu and Arabic, Saroar's first language, Bangla, is the most important to her to speak fluently. "It is especially important to me to be able to speak my native language, so I can speak to all my relatives properly and not have to worry about them not understanding me," Saroar said.

Proud to be a polyglot

Anna Claywell, Staff Writer March 10, 2023

Walking through the halls, hundreds of conversations in English surround junior Suraiya Saroar, though her mind goes from language to language. As a friend catches up to her to chat, she replies with an...

Multilingual junior Hira Hamirani studies Urdu, Memoni and some Arabic at home. While at school, she speaks English and takes French  IV.

Primary education should include second languages

Bronte Segura, Staff Writer October 3, 2014
As English is the second most used language in the world after Mandarin Chinese, countries whose official language is English make less of a push for a greater understanding of other languages. While English is the predominant language in the world, it is important to be able to communicate with people from different cultures and backgrounds in their language.