Up until kindergarten I believed that English was a foreign language and that the language I spoke had no name. Once we sang a song in English then sang the translation in Spanish. After the Spanish version I announced to the teachers/class that I wanted to sing in English. When they said we already had I became very angry and started to argue. I said that I already knew what Spanish, French, and German sounded like and that no one had ever spoke to me in English. I became very concerned that people were trying to "hide" English from me for some reason. It took a few more weeks before someone figured out what I was thinking.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda