Second Congo War

Language played a very prominent role in Anzaldúa's life, as the Latino culture contains many variations of Spanish, English, and indigenous languages. Anzaldúa expands on these, mentioning that there are eight different varieties of language spoken by Chicano/as: standard English, working class and slang Spanish, standard Spanish, standard Mexican Spanish, North Mexican Spanish dialect, Chicano Spanish (primarily used in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California), Tex-Mex, and Pachuco or caló…

What if the way immigrants are viewed in American society becomes a positive one. Helping immigrants and helping ourselves in the process is the best way to work together on some immigration issues. I propose a program that will help immigrants who want to live in the country learn the English language. In return helping our soon to be teachers get hands-on training for their degree requirements. Along with learning the language immigrants could tell their stories of where they came from and why…

Have you ever felt like your life would be totally different if you didn’t make a certain decision? When I was only two years old my parents made the decision to move to California. They believed my sister and I would have better opportunities here. Knowing how difficult it would be driving all that way since we did not have the money for plane tickets, they did it anyway. Growing up in a Hispanic home, I was obviously used to hearing and speaking Spanish. When it came to going to school, I…

While there would be an infinite number of ways to raise bilingual children, the two that stand out to me are One Parent One Language and Minority Language at Home. The one covered here will be Minority Language at Home. The minority language is the language that is not spoken in the community. For example, if a family lives in the United States and one of them is from Mexico, the minority language would be Spanish because English is spoken in the community. Therefore, one of the parenting…

This week’s webcast with Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan was very informative. I learned that when a language is alphabetic, the consonant sounds transfer very well from language to language. Therefore, a teacher can be aware of the difficulties and problems regarding that area even if the child is speaking their native language. However, vowels, especially short vowel sounds, are very difficult for English Language Learners. Dr. Hagan then went into some detail about how to help with the vowel sounds,…

One of the most impactful experiences of my education has been being a part of a dual language program. I was enrolled as an English only speaker, the second year the program was offered. Starting in Kindergarten, half my day was taught in English, half in Spanish. We were partnered up with “bilingual buddies” which switched every few weeks. I stayed in the dual program all the way to 8th grade, then at high school, where dual wasn’t offered, I enrolled in Spanish courses to continue my…

Metaphors A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to something being the same as another thing. A name given to something else with a similar figurative meaning. We use metaphors everyday of our lives. In our everyday texts and when we speak. Metaphors are used by writers to make you think about something of find a new meaning in something. Metaphors are a way to say something without having to straight out say it. Metaphors helps us illustrate a way of thinking, they help illustrate the…

Before we started writing, I told Triven we would be writing for ten minutes and that he could write a narrative or true story on any of the topics that we listed the day before. It took him ten minutes to write two sentences, so I gave him some more time. We spent a total of fourteen minutes writing, I had to prompt him to keep writing about 3-4 times. Triven is in 3rd grade and he exhibited very little enthusiasm when reading his piece back to me. He mumbled and didn’t seem very confident with…

Taking the English standardized tests tends university students to pay more attention to English. Due to the fact that the purpose of the English standardized tests is an evaluation of the students' English language proficiency, consequently, the students certainly are enthusiastic to learn English more than usual for passing these English standardized tests. As Orie (2008) said that she took the practice exam of TOEIC and she collected more than 500 points then she wanted to improve her scores…

Analyzing Humorous Text Does this sentence make sense: “ Are you ok, what happens?” I don’t think so. Well many schools have had to cut the past tense out of English Programs due to the lack of funding. While this may seem crazy, schools have saved over $3 million. The Onion found this news very amusing and used this bizarre event to write an article that uses ridicule, folly, and low comedy. The way this article uses ridicule is when Utah Sen says “ The past tense is, by definition is outdated.…