not seem important‚ Americans should learn about the Hispanic culture. Preview: * The Hispanic culture influences the American culture in many ways. The largest minority in the United Stated is made up of Hispanics. And being able to speak Spanish fluently opens many doors and helps a person understand the culture better. Body I. Americans learning about the main concerns in the Hispanic Culture A. From a young age‚ Hispanic kids are taught good manners‚ respect‚ and that family is
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11/27/12 High School Foreign Language Each year‚ high schools around the country waste money on unnecessary foreign language programs. Although learning a second language can help get a job‚ or help adapt to a new country that doesn’t speak English‚ if there was a choice‚ most students would not choose to take a foreign language class. Also‚ most students who take foreign classes just to acquire the credits to graduate and usually do not even end up using the language later in life. If students
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protect the natives from tribal enemies‚ to educate them‚ i.e.‚ to teach them the Spanish language‚ and to indoctrinate them into the Christian faith. To wit‚ an encomienda was a legal system employed by the Spanish crown during the colonization of the Americas to regulate Native American labor. And this system was later applied to the Philippines. HARDLY SLAVERY! In this scheme‚ the Spanish crown grants the encomendero a specified number of indios (for a limited time period)
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Accent The ways in which words are pronounced. There will usually be pat terns in the way that consonants are pronounced (or dropped) and t he way vowel sounds are made. Accent can also vary according to the region or social class of a speaker. Context  The situation or circumstances in which speech takes place. This will impact greatly on the speech encounter and the way that speakers will vary their speech according to the recipients and the environment.  Dialect The distinctive grammar
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stories with his readers. He shared the time when he finds real "intriguing" when he watches American people butcher his family’s name. He even shared the time when during graduation‚ a math teacher would perfectly pronounce the names of people from Spanish-speaking countries for the kids’ parents in the audience. Another structure he used in his essay was the comparison between Americans and Mexicans. His purpose in starting with a name heard over the intercom at the Fresno Airport was because he heard
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Catholic‚ 11% are Protestants‚ 1.3% are Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ and 6.9% identify with other faiths such as Judaism‚ Buddhism‚ and the Latter Day Saints. Ecuador has also has many Hispanic languages‚ like Spanish. Regional languages include Kichwa and Shuar. Ecuador’s culture is influenced by Hispanic-Mestizo‚ Spanish-Amerindian‚ and African-Elements. Government and Politics Ecuador has a similar government to the USA. They have a Unitary‚ Presidential‚ and a Constitutional Republic. Their president
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Prominence of Language I believe that of all possible human qualities‚ the one that wields the most power is the ability to use‚ understand and communicate effectively through language. Language is both powerful and useful but it is also what sets people apart from each other. After reading “Aria” and “Black English” and watching the Pidgin film‚ I have come to understand that language is also your identity. I conclude that your identity‚ both private and public‚ will affect your use of language. Language
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Madison Schoonover SPANISH 100 English Grammar for Students of Spanish. QUIZ-3 CHAPTER 2 Read the following pages from the book and answer the questions: 1. What is the possessive? Page 19 The term possessive means that one noun owns another noun‚ showing possession. In Spanish there is only one way to express possession‚ and that is using the “of” construction. Using de or de+ infinitive shows that the possessor owns the noun. 2. What is an adjective? Page 106 (lines 1-12)
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Amanda Luna Mr. Joseph Haske ENGL 1301 July 21‚ 2014 Mexicans and Puerto Ricans Many Americans think Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are the same since they both belong to the ethnic group‚ Latino‚ and have a connection with Spanish language; there are many differences like the accents‚ vocabulary‚ culture‚ history‚ and the struggles they both had. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans are similar and different in immigration because Mexicans immigrated to the southwestern areas such as Texas and California
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References: Blackshaw‚ P. (2008). Spanish-language content surprisingly lacking on internet - Marketers‚ wake up and learn how to tap the buying power of growing Hispanic population. Access Business News‚ 52. Chattaraman‚ V.‚ Lennon‚ S. J.‚ & Rudd‚ N. A. (2010). Social identity salience:
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