Spanish language

motivated to travel abroad because I believe it is one of the best ways to learn about different people and societies. During every trip that I have been on, I have learned many new things and showed up back home with new skills. Whether it has been new languages, knowledge of that place 's history, more about their religions, or the appreciation I gained for the delicious foods of the area I had been traveling in, I have always learned a lot from my traveling experiences. My own travel…

converse in their language. So for me, that means if I go to another country I make a concerted effort to learn a little bit of the language to converse with the people in their own tongue. It does not mean that I think that their language is more important or mine is any less but that the best way to communicate is in the other person’s own native tongue. So for me, I think that people who live in American should be learn to speak English because that is still one of the most spoken languages…

percent of first-generation Hispanics say they speak Spanish “very well”/”pretty well.” Among second-generation Hispanics Spanish proficiency falls to 82%. By the third-generation of U.S.-born Hispanics, less than half (47%) claim they can speak Spanish fluently (Taylor et al., 2012). When identifying the primary language spoken by Hispanics, research indicates a similar trend with successive generations. Among first-generation Hispanics, 61% say Spanish is dominant with 24% English dominant. …

Many people face discrimination due to the way they look or how they tend to speak a language that they aren’t perfect in. People move to different places looking for better lives, but instead experience racial discrimination and prejudice. This could be seen in the articles written by Tanya Barrientos, Amy Tan, and Robert Rodriguez that shows how not being fluent in the native language affected them. In their personal experiences, either them or their parents have been discriminated against due…

their child with homework, which in return can lead to a child not succeeding in school. The second issue is the parent’s inability to advocate for their child because there are not aware or well informed about school issues, which is due to the language barrier. These two issues are the reason for why teachers should advocate for non- English speaking parents, because helping the parents can in return help the bilingual students or ELL…

monitors. Juan sat with a group of boys and the first thing I noticed was they were all Hispanic. They seemed to be having a good time with one another, and the language they spoke at the table was Spanish. After lunch, they went into the gymnasium waiting to be released to their next period. While they waited, one of the boys started playing Spanish music he had on his phone. Three Hispanic girls came by to sit with Juan and his friends. One thing that I found very interesting was the fact that…

citizens with Hispanic/Latino being the primary ethnicity group. Although some people confuse Hispanic/Latino as being two separate ethnicities, they are fairly the same and share same beliefs and practices. Hispanic simply means, Spanish speaker and is derived from Spanish speaking countries such as Puerto Rico, while Latino means people who are from Latin America. With that being said, people that are from Puerto Rico or other…

There are many ways that the Hispanics have influenced us. One way is there language. Have you ever noticed that some of the English words sound a lot like the Spanish words for example, Elephant and Elefante, Princess and Princesa, and Sentence and Sentencia? That is because America inherited its language from the Hispanics. Another reason is because the Hispanics have told and taught they’re children the Spanish language and they are passing it on while America is growing, also average…

America and I understand more of the American culture.To my family I'm their Mexican girl that eat a lot of Mexican food everyday I mostly embrace my Mexican culture but in the end I talk English . English was the first language so that part of my American side and I talk Spanish too . Many people assume I'm…

Author's Note This assignment focuses on discrimination and racism of Chicano people, who live in the United States of America, done onto them by Americans and Mexicans. With outside research and utilizing resources provided in my environment, such as the Internet and translators and a small conducted interview with people from Hispanic background, I was able to fully understand and analyze the excerpt titled “How To Tame A Wild Tongue,” provided by Gloria Anzaldua. When writing, I planned on…