On a recent test I tested the kids on commonly confused words like they're, there, and their, etc. One pair of words was emigrate and immigrate. A few answers from my Hispanic kids made me laugh. (Spelling below has not been altered = direct quotes).
Kid #1 "Emigrate means liveing the Unid States and the other is coming to the united states."
Kid #2 "Emigrate: leaving your home country. Immigrate: not a citizen."
Kid #3 "Emigrate - away from home country. Immirate - taken away and put back to there country."
Kid #4 "Emigrate = move to another country. Immigrate = crossing the border Illegal"
Cute, huh? I guess I'll have to go over those two again. Emigrate is when you leave your home country and Immigrate means to enter into a new country
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