Fall 2012 Spanish 2090 Intermediate Coordinator: Mary K. Redmond Office: 423A Morrill Hall e-mail: mkr4@cornell.edu (607) 255-6502 Course Description This is a 4 credit intermediate course that develops accurate and idiomatic oral and written expression in a cultural context. Students achieve a higher level of syntactical and lexical competence through reading and discussing essays and literary texts and viewing films. Particular emphasis is on writing academic
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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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"Prior to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in 1565‚ there are no written records of the islands that make up the modern day Philippines."3 In the year 1565‚ Miguel López de Legazpi‚ the Conquistador travelled from Spain and founded the first Spanish settlement in the country‚ firstly on the island of Cebú. They occupied the kingdoms of Tondo and Manila‚ establishing it as the capital of the Spanish East Indies. "The Philippines were originally named after King Philip II of Spain- Las Islas
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Gesture of the world‚ Spanish Language is a competent tool of human kind for expressing thoughts or inner feelings. There are over 5‚000 languages spoken in the world presently. Of all the language‚ Spanish is recognizing as one of the major language. Thus‚ I perceived that it is necessary to understand the profound of Spanish‚ the use of language in the current condition‚ the diffusion of Spanish throughout the world and various things to know. In order to be familiar with Spanish language‚ its background
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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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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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in the story to represent ways in which their ideologies fail to effectively solve problems; as a satirical strategy‚ Voltaire exaggerates different parties’ reactions and encourages the reader to laugh at the irrationality of‚ for example‚ the Inquisition. In some cases‚ not only do their fault in logic not solve these problems‚ but also can create an even worse situation. This paper argues that Voltaire disagreed with most philosophies of the
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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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speak Spanish we are from the same country and we are classify as Latinos?” at the beginning it was so offensive that people will ask me “Are you Latina from Mexico or EL Salvador?” and used to get so upset and tell them “No! I am from Ecuador and I am Hispanic”. Despite‚ the fact that Latinos and Hispanics speaks Spanish as their primer language of communication‚ this does not mean that we are all from the same country. First‚ it is well known that must of Hispanics and Latinos speak Spanish to communicate
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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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