For a few years now‚ it has been a personal goal of mines to become bi-lingual in a foreign language. Learning Spanish is the language that I always wanted to learn. In the past when I took lessons in High School‚ after passing Spanish 101 class‚ I had no intentions of registering to take Spanish 102. Continuing to take lessons was not on the top of my list as a teenager. I did not put any value in learning a second language. But as I became of age and traveled to Spain while enlisted in the military
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Past Simple FORM [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs Examples: • You called Debbie. • Did you call Debbie? • You did not call Debbie. Complete List of Simple Past Forms USE 1 Completed Action in the Past [pic] Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes‚ the speaker may not actually mention the specific time‚ but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: • I saw a movie yesterday.
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Knowledge This category is telling you a little bit about the knowledge part of worldview for the Spanish. The first artifact is a torture tool from the Spanish inquisition or the reconquista the torture tool I am using is the rack the Spanish were really knowledgeable when it came to this. The rack consists of a rectangular‚ wooden frame‚ slightly raised from the ground‚ with a roller at one‚ or both‚ ends‚ at one end a fixed bar to which the legs are fastened‚ and at the other a movable bar to
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Past Paper Questions Theme 1- The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans 1. Read the passage below‚ and answer the questions that follow. The Taino (Arawak) and Kalinago (Caribs) were similar in many ways‚ but different in others. For example‚ their technology was quite similar‚ but their political organization was to some extent different. Their technology was not as advanced as that of the Maya. a) Explain why Mayan technology is considered more advanced than the technology of the Arawaks and
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Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
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309-328 Received: 9 September 2011. UDC 338.124.4(460) DOI: 10.2298/PAN1103309C Original scientific paper Francisco Carballo-Cruz NIPE and School of Economics and Business‚ University of Minho‚ Portugal Causes and Consequences of the Spanish Economic Crisis: Why the Recovery is Taken so Long? Summary: Spain is currently facing its worst crisis in the last fifty years. The crisis began as an extension of the international financial crisis‚ but the internal imbalances accumulated in the
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SPANISH II- CLASSROOM PROCEDURES AND EXPECTATIONS During the first semester we will cover chapters 1 - 3. The first quarter will review concepts and vocabulary that were covered in Spanish I. The midterm exam is given at the end of January. During the second semester we will cover chapters 4 - 6 with key points from chapters 7-10. These topics will be covered on the final exam in June. There will be frequent quizzes throughout the course on reading‚ writing‚ listening and speaking Spanish –
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Starting off the year with 3 different Spanish teachers has been an extreme task for the Freshman as well as the upperclassman this year. Freshman students have struggled with understanding as well as speaking the language because of the adjustment through each teacher. Students in first year Spanish classes excitedly walked into their Spanish classes eager to learn the new language. With only a couple of weeks into school there was already an issue with the first teacher. Freshman were frustrated
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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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The Spanish government in fact created a settlement system known as the encomienda in which large grants of land were dispersed together with the right to enslave and work the Indians within the territory. This obviously created tension between the natives and the Spanish which later then caused the killings of millions of Indians. The French realized early after the failed Spanish colonization that peaceful relations with the Indians was more productive. Spanish priests made halfhearted
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