Mrs. Kowalski lives in an old Polish neighborhood in Chicago. She speaks a little English, but usually they speak Polish.
She read the Polish newspaper. They listen to Polish radio programs. They shop at the Polish grocery store around the corner from their apartment building. And every day they visit their friends and neighbors and talk about life back in “the old country.”
Mrs. Kowalski are upset about their son, Joe. He lives in a small suburb outside the city. He speaks a little Italian, Michael, and his wife, Kathy. They usually he speaks English. They reads American newspapers. They listen to American radio programs. They shops at big suburban supermarkets and shopping malls. And when they visits his friends and neighbors, they always speaks English.
In fact, they speak Italian only when he calls his parents on the telephone, or when he visits them every weekend.
Mrs. Kowalski is sad because their son and wife speaks so little Italian. They’re afraid them forgetting them language, them culture, and them country.