Spanish language

students’ first language, Spanish, to scaffold learning of the second language, English. It also discusses certain areas of the English language where teachers can support Latino students, such as phonology, phonics, vocabulary, sentence structure and writing. Spanish-speaking students enter the classroom with pre-existing knowledge of Spanish, or “linguistic capital” which improves their ability to master a second language. In order to help students transfer knowledge from Spanish, teachers…

words, and words make up the languages spoken around the world. These languages define who we are or who we want to be. When we are born we are taught to learn to a specific language and as we get older we either learn new ones or learn more about the language we first know. I for one grew up around the Spanish language and later on I learned to speak English. Now that I am older I have chosen Spanish as my target language. Not many people know how to use this language correctly, I want to be…

A language is one of the many defining aspects of a culture. Language allows for members of a culture to communicate with one another, express ideas, emotion, and most importantly, express who they are as individuals. Certain phrases, or “idioms,” can also be expressed through a culture’s language. These idioms are often unique to a cultural group and can have their own ties to the culture’s history, values, and practices. The remainder of the text will examine the Spanish language, its…

cultural groups are personal attitudes toward disability, communicative disorders, and stuttering. Culture and language are closely intertwined as they represent ways in how individuals perceive, understand, and interact with the world. With this rise in ethnically diverse populations, the numbers of culturally diverse persons who stutter will be increasingly represented in the speech-language pathologist's caseload. As a result, it is critical attempts to embrace multicultural and linguistic…

Code-Switching In order to effectively use the home language as a tool in the classroom it is imperative to understand the different language practices. Children growing up bilingual use their linguistic resources in a variety of ways, and one of these many ways is code-switching. Code-switching is the alternate use of two languages. It can occur within the discourse, between sentences or even within sentences (Brisk & Harrington, 2007). One of the most common types of code switching is…

(2011). Spanish heritage language programs: A snapshot of current programs in the Southwestern United States. Foreign Language Annals, 44, 321-337. doi: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2011.01137.x Hispanic students have become the second-largest minority student population after the African American students in the United States. Most of this population have distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. This study aims to provide a snapshot of Spanish…

Sometimes a person’s native language is not the same language spoken with the rest of society. Everybody comes from different backgrounds and based on those backgrounds influences how a person is raised, including the language they grow up learning. However, not knowing the same language as the rest of the population disables an individual from being able to communicate with them. In addition, language also affects a person’s ability to read and write. This becomes an issue with children who…

Peruvians. We are because of our cultural traits. We are visual, silent, introverts, stoic and very much good listeners and enjoy jokes spoken in the Quechua language. Cultural traits inherited and transformed out of the clash between the Inca and the Spanish culture. The Nobel Prize winner Vargas llosa is correct indicating that our Spanish language in Cusco is old, archaic and more likely spoken as we were in colonial times. Correct.…

literate in Spanish and often reads Spanish literature. Her previous report card indicates above average grades. This indicates that she is fond of reading and understands the grade level content. Based on her written and oral responses two specific learning needs the student has as an English learner are • Linguistic Vocabulary (Word Choice) The written response sample indicates that the student needs to build English language vocabulary. The student’s thought process is in Spanish and then…

With 74% of Spaniards speaking it, Castilian Spanish, also known as valencian, is the most commonly spoken language in Spain. This is mostly spoken in Catalonia, The Balearic Islands, and in The Valencian community. Following Castilian Spanish is Galician, with 17% of the population speaking it. Castilian Spanish is most used in Galicia. 7% of the population speaks Basque, which is spoken in The Basque country, and some of Navarre. The remaining 2%, with less than 5,000 speakers, is Aranese.…