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I encounter them every day. I eat lunch with them. I ride the bus home with them. They are everywhere and the more I listen, the more I hear them: Hispanic adolescents who can’t speak proper spanish. “EN LA CASA SE HABLA ESPAÑOL!” Growing up, I couldn't speak a full sentence in english before my parents hit me with: “AT HOME WE SPEAK SPANISH!” Given that I had strict parents and I was an obedient child, I managed to maintain my native spanish tongue intact. In fact, it has only gotten broader…

Some of Webster’s reasons for proposing changes to the American language were reasonable, while others were completely blown out of proportion, or irrelevant. The first of his reasons for the changes he proposed were that it would be easier for the children to learn to spell. This is a reasonable assessment to make but i’m not sure that it would really affect the amount of time it would take a child to learn to spell. Webster’s second reason for changing the AMerican spelling is that…

When discussing and analyzing Latin America as a region, we must understand the environment in which the region started and the journey it has taken to get to where it is. There are many questions that need to be addressed while we look in-depth into the developing regions democratic problems, questions like; What is democracy? What effect did Caudillo rule have on Latin American democracy? What is the significance of the transition between neoliberalism and neostructuralism in the region? Once…

Many things contributed to the cause of World War 1. Some of which were imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances. Nationalism is belief that your country is above all other countries and nations. Imperialism is the controlling of another nation or country by the power of military. Militarism is the belief that a country or nation should have a strong military and be prepared to use it. Though imperialism and militarism might have been the biggest cause of World War 1. In reality,…

Many countries are represented by their official language, where there is a common language there is nationalism, pride and unity. The United States of America is a country full of diverse people; there many cultures, languages and traditions that all contribute to how we see and develop our American identity today. North America is the only country that does not have an official language to represent. For instance, Cuba’s official language is Spanish, Egypt’s is Arabic and Vietnam’s is…

The nation of Germany did not come about until the year of 1870.The word Germany comes from the Latin word Germania, it is said it came to use by Julius Caesar, who used it to describe the people who lived by the Rhine River many years ago. Law in Germany is codified and is predominantly federal. The system of criminal justice comes from civil rather than common law. The power in Germany is split between the federal government and state. Pretty similar to the United States of America, Germany…

America is considered a melting pot of both cultural and ethnic identities; accepting the diverse languages and religions of the world. In the essay about bilingualism “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” in the book Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing, Gloria Anzaldúa writes, “So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself” (172). Anzaldúa…

hands of the monarchy, while Wilhelm wanted to collect taxes to enlarge the army (Kagan). This conflict led to the appointing of Bismarck as chancellor. In an article called German Unification, it is stated that the aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848 aroused the ambitions of Prussians to form their own sphere of influence (German). This shows that Bismarck was ready to do what he could to make Prussia a strong power and unite Germany, even if it meant going against those who opposed his ideas,…

One of the major cause for the great changes during World War Era, 1890-1945, is the economic downturn. In fact most of the changes were done due to the economic crises. For example, the British debts from the Seven Years War brought England and colonists’ relationship to its knee, then again in 1780’s, the inflation of the Continental Currency forced the colonists to redesign the government system, thus constitution was adopted as the solution for strugger central government. No matter what…

Informal Border Language People shouldn’t be ashamed about the way they speak both English and Spanish at the same time. Yes, it may sound improper in the way they are communicating to another person especially if that person to which they are communicating to does not know Spanish at all. It’s proper to talk in one language while speaking to a person. Whether it’s English, Spanish or any other language sticking to one language sounds more formal. In my opinion, to me the only time that they…