Spanish Empire

The Spanish language has been an influential and constant part of American history in not only recent years, but dating back prior even to the colonization of the European settlers and pilgrims. Spanish has continued to be a prevalent force in America that is changing/impacting the culture in many ways, such as through its business transactions, education, and media. Therefore, the benefit of knowing the history/origin of Spanish, and how it’s important to the U.S, will convey the significance…

Puerto Rican teacher, teaching in the United States to Spanish speakers and native English speakers it is important to know each students background, especially its culture and home language. Through the years, I have seen the struggle of many parents trying to work with their child at home. Luther, V. (2012) says that we must remember to show patience when students come to us with limited reading skills. Students learning English or Spanish often struggles because one of the reasons is…

George Tabori’s Autodafé: Erinnerungen is a unique look into the world of autobiographies. Up to this point, we have read a wide variety of autobiographical themes and methods of narration. Each has its own characteristics and portrays the author’s life in a different form. Tabori’s book is no different. Not only does it provide a new style or method of narration but also discusses a wide variety of different themes. To understand this book as a whole, one must examine the aspects that make it…

later generations of children, English monolingualism becomes the prominent form. The study also looks at demographic trends, such as observing that although the third-generation children use more English in their lives, there are areas along the Spanish…

such as Spanish and English to create a new melting-pot language called Chicano. Chicano can be further categorized into regional dialects, which result in different types of Chicano due to the way English and Spanish are spoken in these areas. Further, Anzaldúa describes a system that attempts to assimilate Chicanos so they no longer have accents or speak their non-standardized Spanish. The system is made up of both American educational institutions and speakers of standard uncorrupted Spanish.…

Literacy in the Spanish language for me means that I have a strong understanding of the language and am able to comprehend what is being communicated to and around me. Thanks to Señor Jimenez, what I learned in my Spanish classes is something that I can take and practice for the rest of my life. The road to get there was not painless, but it was worth it. After four extensive years of pain and suffering day after day in Spanish class, I can proudly say that I am literate in the Spanish…

Latin American social movements have stimulated silenced divisions of the community including indigenous people, students, LGBT, the unemployed, undereducated and all those who have been excluded from the promised ideal globalized economy. The movements, which include non-violent protests; maintaining culture; and addressing the educational achievement gap have deployed a wide array of strategies and actions which have been outcome oriented. The movements have helped to synthesize old ways of…

Around second grade, our classes began getting separated into two categories: the students who mainly spoke spanish, and the students fluent in english along with bilinguals. Of course, I felt comfortable around people who spoke spanish, but as a child I would notice most of my friends who were in the “normal” classes would get small prizes which allowed me to have something to look forward to achieving. Not only that,…

us with colonial Latin America in 1820, the sketch is composed of a Spanish man who we are able to conclude is well off economically. He seems to be the head of the household, this is noticed by his leadership position in the sketch and is followed by what seem to be his daughters, wife, Indian servants, and African slaves. Although, many might argue that this is a sketch is…

A Hardworking Immigrant Before Ruth Day retired at the age of 75, she was a cashier at a food supermarket called Casey Jones for merely 25 years. Unlike most cashiers, Ruth was a short elderly woman with square-rimmed glasses, aging skin, and grey, curly hair. She knew how to make her workplace seem like a big family. Every customer who walked in the store knew Mrs. Ruth. Once they finished walking the aisles shopping, they instantly looked for register six, where she normally worked, to check…