afraid of the dark‚ especially walking down the hallways always felt like a deep hole to me. Knowing I almost reach my destination that’s when my anxiety starts to attack hands are getting sweating‚ heart is pounding. Finally reached my destination Spanish class. I have felt the atmosphere turn toxic the moment I walked in. Things have spiraled out of control receiving mean looks for my left and right direction. I thought to myself what have I done to be looking down like this? That moment when a person
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Program Level 6- Spring 2013 Spanish versus English Proficiency in a second language involves the acquisition of range of knowledge and skills conditioned in part by experiences lived that will help you in your personal or professional level. It is for this reason that today I will talk about the differences and similarities between the English and Spanish languages. Two languages and two ways of seeing the world. First of all‚ English and Spanish as languages are cousins‚ as they
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First Book Review: Second Book Review: The Spanish Inquisition A History Juan H. Servin The Great Teachings-3400 California State University Stanislaus November 19‚ 2008 Servin 1 Juan H. Servin Prof. Richard Weikart The Great Teachings-3400 Second Book Review 19 November 2008 The Spanish Inquisition A History What was the Spanish Inquisition? The Spanish Inquisition persecuted and discriminated against minorities
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SPANISH MUSIC & DANCE CULTURE Spain is known for it’s unique music and dance culture that has helped influence the way we see music today. The Spanish culture is filled with traditional music and dance that many other Spanish speaking countries have taken the art and modified it into their own culture. Music and dance‚ a huge part of the Spanish culture‚ has many different varieties that gets the whole Spanish community up out of their seats‚ partying. The music of Spanish culture is mostly
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Spanish American war The Spanish American War was a very interesting war‚ some don’t know how the war started. The war was mostly started when the USS Maine blew up killing 250 American sailors‚ but if it wasn’t for Cuban rebels attack American plantations the USS Maine wouldn’t have been in Cuba due to the fact that President McKinley wanted nothing to do with Cuba’s battle for independence. McKinley wanted to stay at peace but due to what journalist were publishing American
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no choice but to go to war to stop Philip * The War of the Spanish Succession (1702 – 1713) * France and Spain vs. England and Portugal * Portugal gets a guarantee that they wont be taken over by Spain * England wins * Treaty of Utrecht (1713) * (Philip will still be king of France) * No union of Spain and France * Gibraltar and Minorca - Straits of Gibraltar (Spanish island) granted to Great Britain * Great access to
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The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained
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Cultural commentary on the film "the Holiday". The Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written‚produced and directed by Nancy Meyers‚ it stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic ocean‚ who temporarily exchange homes to escape heartbreak during the Holiday season. (trailer) The film is a bright example of an American and English lifestyle‚ main characters of the comedy represent typical women of both countries The UsA and UK with
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My Favourite Holiday destination My favourite place is our granny and grandfather’s summer cottage‚ which is about 12.5 kilometres from our house. It is situated on the way to the famous Bird Sanctuary - Nalsarovar. I just absolutely love this place. It’s definitely different from the typical crowded vacation spots which many people prefer to visit. During vacation we make it a point to visit granny’s cottage for a few days to rejuvenate ourselves. We pack our bags and ask our caretaker at
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Adjectives What are they? In Spanish as well as in English‚ an adjective describes the person‚ things‚ etc. that a noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person is like or seems like Adjectives can give us information about: • Quality • Size • Age • Temperature • Shape • Colour • Origin An adjective can also describe the idea(s) contained in a whole group of words -Robert’s ideas about the future are absurd They can give general or precise information -What ’s the car like
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