Spanish people

visit Dominican Republic because it is a very beautiful island. I would also like to visit the Dominican Republic because I would like to see what people do there and how they celebrate. It is also the perfect vacation spot. I would like to visit Dominican Republic because it is very beautiful island, a different culture, and can help me with my Spanish skills! First, the Dominican Republic is very beautiful. Beaches upon beaches upon beaches! It would be very nice to live in a beach…

In Spanish-speaking countries holidays are very different from what most people celebrate in the United States. It is important to understand these differences when learning about other countries because it can give a better understanding of culture and traditions. In Spanish-speaking countries they have different holidays, traditions and culture than we do in the United States. They have many holidays that we do not celebrate such as the Day of the Dead and Carnival. “Day of the Dead is a…

Missions. Information on the history of the people that lived, worked, and built the foundation for the city that would become San Antonio was sufficient history source. Another intriguing topic found on the website was the Spanish settlers reasons for colonizing in San Antonio. Settlers did not by chance land in the San Antonio area. This area not only had the natural resources to support a growing culture but was also in an area the gave the Spanish an advantage against…

Espanol” the author, executive communication’s director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Tanya Maria Barrientos, explains the struggles of a Latina who does not speak Spanish fluently. Barrientos has two main audiences who she is addressing. The first audience is mainstream America, such as her classmates and other people born in America that she desired to fit in with. She is trying to help them gain a better cultural understanding by exposing them to her personal views. The second…

“Can You Lose A Language You Never Knew?” is the importance of speaking Spanish. In the article, the author explains that as she was going up, she was taught that learning the language of your home country was the “utmost importance.” According to research, “ 71 percent of self-identified Hispanic adults said that you don't need to speak Spanish to be considered Latinx,” but when she explains to people that she cannot speak Spanish, in the view of many Hispanic peers, she wasn’t…

few years in my younger teenage days, I learned a lot of culture and even some of Spanish language from the neighborhood kids, mostly cuss words but it was still Spanish. Once established relationships took hold with some of the kids, I would receive invitations to their houses where the parents spoke very little English and my friends would have to translate between the two of us. I was not required to speak Spanish in their homes and it did not make them uncomfortable that I couldn’t speak it.…

of the slave trade, prompted a completely different colonial regime. To make up for the lack of native workers, Portuguese imported a large number of West African slaves, they made up about sixty-five percent of the native population. Whereas in Spanish Latin America, the hierarchy was highly legalistic and made up of both racial and social elements, In Brazil the system was almost exclusively racial; whites over blacks. Slavery was endemic in this region, with a small elite of Portuguese…

have struggled with these challenges throughout my lifetime. My first language is spanish, I did not learn english until I entered the first grade where it was mandatory. A clear memory I have with the transition of spanish to english is being frustrated and angry that I was being forced to learn another language. Although school is taught in english, I am in touch with my spanish vocabulary because I speak spanish in my house and to my relatives. I am comfortable with both languages and I am…

My two sides American and Honduran People thing is a very unique experience being in born in the USA and having a Hispania or Latino background. In a ways is very unique having two different background; I get to learn two different language English and Spanish. I get to know my American culture and my Honduran culture. It is not always easy being Hispanic American. A good reason being born in the United States is that I have more opportunities here. The downside is that I did not get to grow up…

English speaker and a Spanish speaker. The reason for this is because head start makes up 60 percent Latinos and 40 percent are Spanish speaking in their home language. The native language is half English and half Spanish speaking children. I teach them both languages in my classroom. The thing I like most about my job is spending time with the little ones that are Spanish speaking and teaching them it is okay to talk in their language. Teaching…