face Spanish attacks if he went back the way he came’. Drake made many enemies as he explored the world‚ but the country he angered the most was Spain-the most powerful country in Europe. Philip II of Spain was furious‚ and knew that Drake was attacking them in ’the name of England’. Drake also angered Philip as he was also involved in the slave trade. Drake and Hawkins sailed to ‘New Spain’ to sell their captives to settlers (backed by Queen Elizabeth)‚ an action that was against Spanish law. But
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Wild Tongue”‚ by Gloria Anzaldua‚ the author talks about her childhood in Texas and how she was restrained from speaking Spanish because it wasn’t seen as “American‚” instead she was told to speak English. We soon learn that her actual language is Chicano Spanish‚ which is a cross between Spanish and English and because of it she is looked down upon by both English and Spanish speakers. Throughout the essay she struggles with her own identity as she conforms by speaking a certain language in different
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overcoming ethnic identity. From personal exposure‚ Anzaldua describes her observation of linguistic terrorism throughout her life. The article begins in a school setting where the author reveals an unacceptable atmosphere for being caught speaking Spanish. Communicating meant speaking American‚ and avoiding any Mexican accents. Violation of the First Amendment is expressed through the author feeling attacked for expressing her roots. Anzaldua’s emphasizes how people who have experienced alienation
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side of us‚ we are constantly exposed to the Spanish of the Mexicans‚ on the other side we hear the Anglos’ [constant] clamoring so that we forget our language (454). She explicated the different ways Spanish people spoke‚ from standard Spanish to Chicano Spanish (in which consonants were dropped in some words or leave out initial syllables) to Tex-Mex (where words were English but with Spanish sounds). Anzaldua expressed it as a result of pressure on Spanish speakers to adapt to English. Another issue
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Quiz 6 Question 1 0 out of 1 points The first Spanish language television station in the United States was established in Los Angles in the mid 20th Century‚ as the city’s population was mostly Mexican Americans‚ Latinos‚ and Mexican immigrants. Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False Question 2 0 out of 1 points According to the author‚ in the 20th Century‚ the working class community among Mexican Americans was responsible of making sure many of the newspapers continued
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african slave trade. This meant more workers in silver mines‚ hence more money for the Spanish Empire. On the other hand‚ many people were killed mining silver (Green). Trade also caused inflation which weakened governments and assisted in making the environment suffer (Green). Though the lower class members of society remained poverty stricken‚ the high classes maintained being wealthy (Green). Gold in the Spanish Empire was generally traded to the upper class nobles and affected them in a positive
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telling to aid interaction‚ comprehension‚ and classroom participation‚ since the development of literacy requires comprehension narrative‚ and vocabulary skills‚ code-switching offers help in this aspect. For those who are bilingual especially in Spanish and English‚ code switching may be also called "Chiconics." This term is not widely know Chiconics it is positive for social interaction with those who share the same languages and culture‚ for those who are learning a second language the use of code-switching
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Information: Teacher: Señorita (Miss) Amarisa Gombis (Spanish I‚ II‚ Intro to Spanish‚ and ELD @ RHMS) V-mail: 408-341-7000 x5125 E-mail: agombis@campbellusd.org *BEST way to contact me. Website: www.schoolrack.com/agombis/ *Updated daily! Room: M-6 ¡Hola! My name is Señorita Gombis and this is my 7th year at RHMS. I was born and raised near Chicago‚ IL and attended Hope College in Holland‚ MI. I graduated with a Major in Secondary Spanish Education and a Minor in Psychology. During my
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One of the changes Brentwood should make is providing more foreign language classes. Spanish class is the only foreign language class Brentwood provides. This limits students’ opportunity to learn different countries’ languages. By providing more foreign language classes‚ students get a chance to choose a language they would like to learn. Giving students an option can let students to pay more attention to those class. When learning something you like to do‚ you learn faster than anything you
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language is Spanish. Although she will have the Spanish accent many of the sounds are similar some sounds she will have a problem with is the sound /j/ because in the Spanish vocabulary /j/ is pronounced as /h/ (Language Transfers). There are quite a few more that she will have trouble learning. Another issue she will have is writing sentences in English because English sentence structure is subject-verb-object. In English‚ the adjective comes before the noun not after like in Spanish (Shmoop Editorial
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