correct term to refer to oneself‚ Hispanic or Latino? The word Hispanic has been around for a very long time and it’s a name applied to people of country heritage 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
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El sendero torcido al español [The Twisted Path to Spanish]: The Development of Bilingual Teachers’ Spanish-Language Proficiency John A. Sutterby‚ Javier Ayala‚ and Sandra Murillo University of Texas at Brownsville Abstract This paper describes the development of Spanish-language proficiency in bilingual preservice teachers at a university on the Texas–Mexico border. A survey with open-ended questions was administered to preservice teachers in bilingual and English as a Second Language certification
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Test Maker: Maria Ho Russell Test Taker: _______________ Unit 2 Quiz A.) Translate the activities 1. dibujar- __________ 2. correr-__________ 3. escuchar música-__________ 4. patinar-____________ 5. ni…ni-____________ 6. montar en bicicleta-________________ 7. jugar videojuegos-__________________ 8. trabajar-___________ 9. nadar-____________ 10. bailar-______________ B.) Answer the questions 1. ¿Qué te gusta hacer? _____________________________________________ 2. ¿Te gusta
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1. Describe the development of Spanish rule over its territory in America? The Spaniards came to North America as conquerors in order to disperse catholic religion and to collect fortunes of wealth in gold and silver‚ and increase the glory of imperial Spain. Hernan Cortes‚ driven by the dreams of gold and glory‚ set sail for Mexico from Cuba along with 600 soldiers. Cortes convinced the Totomacs‚ a society conquered by Mexica‚ to join him in assault against dominant Mexica. He led an expedition
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conflict in romantic relationships‚ in parenting decisions‚ healthy lifestyle‚ and the one I elected to focus on‚ cultural conflict. Deborah Clasky‚ a wife and mother of two children‚ hires a poor Mexican housekeeper‚ Flor Moreno. When the two families move in together for the summer into a Malibu beach house the conflict of colliding cultures and values begin. Flor‚ who was abandoned by her husband‚ needed one last opportunity for change in order to give her daughter a better life and future
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the day. Poor families see this on the daily which motivates them to continue with their education. Going far and becoming someone known due to the achievements they have accomplished. Stereotypes start with people inferring or assuming certain things of that person. A misconception is usually based on faulty thinking or facts that aren’t exactly correct. Poor families have been stereotyped about not caring about education as a middle class family or wealthy family would. Poor families value education
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of second person singular pronouns in Spanish: usted‚ tu and vos. Usted is the formal personal pronoun used to show respect and tu and vos are both familiar personal pronouns in Spanish‚ however the use of vos (voseo) and tu (tuteo) vary according to destination. Although virtually absent in Spain‚ the United States and the majority of the Caribbean‚ voseo is used extensively across both Central and South America where it is used by an estimated 40% of Spanish speakers. Voseo is a result of levelling
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Spanish essay Hispanics to Americans Cultural diffusion By: Emma Stone “Hello my name is Pablo” said one boy Or better put “Hola me llamo Pablo” Hispanic culture is everywhere and so is their culture‚ music‚ dance‚ food‚ languages‚ and art. If you take the Hispanics out of America you are also taking out very famous artists and actors such as George Clooney‚ Shakira‚ and Jennifer Lopez. But the entire Hispanic culture is not just made up of famous
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generation Latino and Spanish is my native language; Furthermore‚ enhancing my communication skills is always an ongoing objective. Studying a Spanish major has helped me with my ongoing objective in addition to expanding my prior knowledge of the language and the culture. The initial courses I took‚ Advanced Spanish Grammar and Spanish Composition‚ taught me about dialect and grammar. I also went on to take literature courses where I learned about important writers and texts. The Spanish Major also included
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Empire and the Spanish Empire. During the building process of their empires‚ the Ottoman and the Spanish both developed many similarities in their political‚ social‚ and economic affairs. A similarity between these empires was that they both had some type of slave system. Even though they did have some things in common there were also many differences that were between these empires. Some differences between these two were that the Ottomans had the devshirme slave system and the Spanish had the encomienda
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