Spanish language

used English. But when addressing adults, we addressed in Spanish- and they didn’t like it when we tried to speak back to them in English” (Arellano 117). I could relate to Arellano when it comes to speaking Spanish to older adults and speaking English to everybody else. The idea of assimilation comes in when many Immigrants, children of immigrants and those with Hispanic background begin giving up their native tongue as their primary language to assimilate better to American culture. I have…

vast colonial empire, and fused Mexico’s long-established Mesoamerican civilization with European culture. Perhaps nothing better represents this hybrid background than Mexico’s languages. This country is both the most popular Spanish-speaking country in the world and home to the largest number of Native American language speakers in North America. For three centuries Mexico…

United States-born Hispanics/Latinos affect their education level; Why US-born Hispanic have a higher graduation rate than Hispanic immigrants? First, it’s important to understand who are Hispanics and/or Latinos. Hispanics are people of Spanish speaking and/or with Spanish origin. Hispanics was the term created by the Nixon government in 1960 to categories the large group of immigrants as “Hispanics.” Latinos are those who were born from Latin America countries; In other words, those that comes…

after The War of Spanish Succession. Gibraltar’s population is 32,217 and has the 5th highest population density out of any country or territory in the world. The demographic breakdown of the territory is a bit of a melting pot. 27% of the population is British and another 26% of the population is Spanish. The rest of the population is a mix of Portuguese, Italian, and Moroccan. The population represents the different waves of immigration over the past 300 years. The official language is…

Nicaragua From the 500 miles of coastline to the hundreds of baseball fields across the country, Nicaragua is more than just a large country in Central America. Tourists thrive in Nicaragua, enjoying the beaches, the scenery, including the volcanoes, but they tend to keep away from Lake Nicaragua, which is the only lake in the world known to contain freshwater sharks. Nicaragua’s unique history, diverse geography, large population, and various dishes make it one of a kind.…

Race and religion have always been historically tied together, especially in California with our history of the mission system as a form of colonization. In Cherrie Moraga’s play Heroes and Saints, she confronts this directly through her characters using various racial projects. In their piece, Racial Formation in the United States, Omi and Winant define a racial project as a “historically situated action that represents and organizes human bodies in a hegemonic structure of power” (Omi and…

was home to several different tribes of people over many years. In more modern history it was contested over by the greeks and the romans. The Romans eventually conquered Spain and ruled spain for over six centuries. This brought Spain the Latin language, Roman laws, military, local government, and Christian Religion. After the Roman empire fell came the visigoths. They established a new forms of local government and converted the nations religion to catholicism. Parts of spain was taken from…

I was born in Virginia, but I have moved back and forth across cultures, having grandparents living in three different countries and having spent six years of my life in Puerto Rico. As I reflect on the question, I realize that these places certainly provided subtle traits that contributed to who I am, such as the urge to never start eating without saying “buen provecho” to the table, as all Puerto Ricans do; my quiet “Andean” demeanor; and, as a good “Washingtonian,” my liking for debate, as I…

through any welfare program, but if she does she might not be able to continue receiving it. If anything horrible happened to her then the family system theory will be interrupted. ¿Hola, cómo estás? I just asked hello, are you doing in Spanish. The Spanish language has increased…

Angeles?” They said that the community of Los Angeles was more like that of home, a similar culture, the Spanish language and my grandfather had already had family in California and the Los Angeles area. However, my grandmother was not happy when she moved. She had been so used to a more rural life, where you walked everywhere even if it took a long time to get there. She was used to the Spanish language 24/7 where as in the United States English was spoken and it took some time to adapt but she…