What Are The Challenges Of Moving To America

There are many challenges that one must face as we go through life. I have faced a few myself, however, none proved more challenging than moving from my country; Jamaica, to the United States and subsequently moving to the state of Wisconsin. Deciding to leave behind family and friends is the hardest decision to make, however, there are a few things that I was not prepared for that made the transition more challenging than expected. Moving away from all that is familiar culturally, socially and economically can be even more of a daunting task than imagined. There are things that are taught to us by our parents and others that are more dictated by our environment than anything else, so when I immigrated to the United States I had three major challenges to overcome.
The first of the three challenges I faced was a language barrier. Jamaica is an English speaking country, however, the island has several cultural influences from other countries for example England, France and Spain. These

There are also words taken from Spanish, Arawak, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and East Indian languages. Although pronounced similarly in Standard English, the patois preserves many 17th- and 18th-century expressions in common use during the early British colonial settlement of Jamaica.”
The challenge for me was not so much understanding people but, people understanding me, my accent and the way I formed sentences were different so I had to essentially learn how to speak “American English”, and become familiar with the slangs, terminologies and so on. The next thing that relates to language is spelling, there are several words that are spelt differently such as color, is spelt “colour” or program is “programme”. Needless to say this was difficult, but as the years passed, I was able to master the nuances that goes into spoken and written