WR 122 Fall 2011 The Importance of Learning to Speak Spanish The population of native Spanish speakers in the US is growing according to the article “10 Facts About the Spanish Language;” which states that “With 329 million native speakers‚ Spanish ranks as the world’s No. 2 language in terms of how many people speak it as their first language. It is slightly ahead of English (328 million) but far behind Chinese (1.2 billion)” (Erichsen). I am going to college to get my degree in Elementary
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Language is a critical component of every student and the importance of learning a language is an integral part of the learning process. Not only is it important to learn how to read‚ but it is equally as important to be able to learn how to write. Students are without a doubt at a great advantage if they are able to communicate and read and write in multiple languages. As for myself‚ I was exposed to the English language at home. My parents would do every effort to teach me to learn how to first
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1 International Baccalaureate History of the Americas HL Required Summer Reading Study Guide Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America By John Charles Chasteen Foreign Affairs November/December 2000 states: Born in Blood and Fire is a briskly written yet sophisticated introduction to Latin America that will be greatly welcomed by non-specialists and experts alike. Chasteen paints on a very broad canvas‚ but he succeeds in capturing with enviable conciseness the major ingredients
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one day be dethroned by Spanish as the world’s most spoken language? Especially in the United States‚ Hispanics are becoming more and more plentiful. Through time‚ immigrants from Latin America have introduced to and shared their culture with Americans. They have changed the country and have helped shape it‚ and are continuing to do so today. The United States is a land of diversity and sharing‚ and Hispanic culture is a real part of it. Spanish should be a mandatory language class in the U.S. because
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Romanic languages‚ group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. They are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world. Among the more important Romanic languages are Catalan‚ French‚ Italian‚ Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are
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In Spanish‚ the following basic pattern is used To convey superiority más + adjective‚ adverb‚ noun + que = more _____ than examples: Tú eres más guapa que ella. You are prettier than she is. Juan habla más despacio que Paco. Juan talks slower than Paco. 2. In Spanish‚ the following basic pattern is used To convey inferiority. menos+ adjective‚ adverb‚ noun + que = less _____ than example: Yo tengo menos paciencia que él. I have less patience than he does. 3. In Spanish‚ the
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“Spanish Language in the Philippine Curriculum: A Must or A Trash?” Have you been involved in learning other languages or dialects either for fun‚ academic purpose or any other purposes? Are you aware of the importance of having a multilingual skill? For example‚ we had Jose Rizal whom because of his vast knowledge of different languages contributed a lot in regaining our independence from our Spanish colonizers. His knowledge of different language helped him in writing his famous works which
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Learning different languages sounds a little tough. English is one of theses difficult languages. In some countries‚ learning English is very difficult because they start learning it in a late ages. Actually‚ learning English is difficult because of its various vocabularies‚ complicated grammar‚ and its hard accent. English language has a lot of words. These words are not easy to remember for most of English learners. Most English words have different parts of speech like adjective
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Introduction I could hear salsa‚ guanguanco‚ and rumba blasting from everywhere. Beautiful Cuban women filled the street‚ and Spanish filled the air. "Permiso Senor‚ cuanto cuesta la pitaagua?" I ask in Spanish‚ "Sir‚ how much for an Icy?" "Cual esos ahi setenta centavo." He replied. I walked around the block as I admired the Spanish style buildings‚ and the beautiful Palm trees. Hum‚ what’s that smell? Smell like a fresh strip of salchicha or maybe albondigas . "Chicharrones
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that speak the Spanish language. The US government began using this term to refer to a person of Cuban‚ Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ South or Central American‚ or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race in the 1970’s. Then the term continued to be used and I have never felt offended by the term even though I know that it’s an easy term to generalize a whole lot of people. On the other hand you have the term Latino or Latina which definition is a person who speaks a romance language (i.e. Italian
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