Useful Cognates and False Cognates 1. Select the response that best answers the question. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the Spanish language and used in the English language? 1. El poncho 2. El sándwich 3. El champú 4. El zíper 2. Which of the following is a word borrowed from the English language and used in the Spanish language? 1. El poncho 2. El sándwich 3. La salsa 4. La piñata 3. Identify the cognate in the following passage. Hola
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Essay – Holiday vacation It was last summer‚ where I and my family spend our time in Kosovo. It was last summer‚ when my family and I spent our time in Kosovo. It was a long time since we’ve there last‚ so we were all excited. We were happy to see our family and they welcomed us with open arms. We had planned to stay in my uncle’s house during our vacation. Because we hadn’t seen each other for a long time‚ so we had a lot of things to talk about. I was starting to learn the other kids from
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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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International Economics - Spain Somebody asked me the other day what happened with my country‚ Spain; why it is known by almost every young European person that it is so hard to find a job in Spain‚ and why is the Spanish economy so weak‚ with so much debt and with such high unemployment? Well‚ there are many reasons to explain the failure of the development of a stable and sustainable economic system of such an industrialised country‚ with so many resources and influences all over the world
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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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of Teaching Spanish to America’s YouthI The Importance of Teaching Spanish to America’s Youth Most people would love to be able to travel to Spain or Mexico and feel comfortable with speaking the native language as well at the same time making themself a more valuable employee to any future employer. A simple way to achieve both of these goals would be to learn a foreign language more specifically Spanish. Many children have the option in their class rooms to elect to learn Spanish but just as
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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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Family by Pa Chin Essay In Pa Chin’s novel‚ Family; it revolves around the Gao family and the many obstacles that the three sons have to go through to obtain their freedom. Since the setting for this novel was based in the early 1920’s‚ there are many conflicts and struggles that the book expresses and there are many situations where now a days it is understandable but during that time period it was really hard for many of China’s youth to be able to endure and accept the facts. The social conflicts
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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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