Spanish language

I was basically the only one in my household that had trouble speaking Spanish because I would get nervous when I had to speak it. Spanish, was the only language that connects me with my family and only way to communicate with them. Not able to speak perfect Spanish to my relatives is difficult for me, Sometimes when I do speak Spanish, all three of my sisters being to laugh and make jokes. Besides them, when my Mother’s on the phone, she tells everyone…

with speakers of another language. As I entered my freshman year in the International Baccalaureate or IB program in high school, I received my wish. The program requires all students to intricately study a foreign language. At Bolton High, Spanish is the only available option. In middle school, I opted not to take Spanish, which is why I was inadequately prepared to reach my teacher’s level of expectation as freshman in IB Spanish. When my teacher instructed in Spanish, I would quickly…

How Long Does It Take To Be taught Spanish is a question typically requested by potential Spanish language students. However, there will be no commonplace answer to such a query because there and too many variables involved. What's the language aptitude of the student? How much effort will the student put into actually learning Spanish? What Spanish language studying program will the student use? Will the scholar examine with a private tutor, in a small class environment with different college…

France and Spain, in the Pyrenees mountain range. They live in three regions on the Spanish side of the mountains and three on the French side. The Basques refer to these regions, together, as Euskal-Herria, or Land of the Basques. The population of Basques is almost 3 million, but there are about one million people living the Basque regions that are of other ethnicities. In the early 1500’s, the Basques on the Spanish side won the right to a small degree of self-government, but in 1876, all the…

The dynamics of any family can be complicated. A family that is in a strange country will have even more stress than the average family, especially if that family does not speak the language of the land, and is unfamiliar with the customs. This is the situation for Richard Rodriguez 's family as explained in his autobiography Hungar of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez. In his memoir, Rodriguez explains the transfermation he makes during his education. Rodriguez details how he becomes a…

In 1970, the United States government came up with the word to describe a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This is a word we are all familiar with when it comes to referring to this group of people. This word is “Hispanic.” At the present time, the United States Census Bureau defines race in five categories and does not specifically define Hispanic with a category of its own. The categories include: white…

How did the country begin? After the Mexican War of Independence (which were between the years 1810–1821), Costa Rica became independent from Spain. But after the first few years the country struggled. so during 1824 Juan Mora Fernandez, elected the nation's first chief of state, proposed the construction of more modern roads and ports for means of transportation and trade through the country and others . Juan Mora Fernandez also granted land to farmers that would grow coffee. And into the…

In 1493, Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico, during the second voyage he called it San Juan Bautista. Later in 1508, the Spanish permitted settlement rights to Juan Ponce de Leon, who established a settlement at Caparra and became the first governor. In 1519, “Caparra relocated to a nearby coastal islet with a healthier environment, it was renamed Puerto Rico” (“Every Culture”). Puerto Rico is the easternmost and smallest of the Greater Antilles and is connected by the Atlantic Ocean.…

My two sides American and Honduran People thing is a very unique experience being in born in the USA and having a Hispania or Latino background. In a ways is very unique having two different background; I get to learn two different language English and Spanish. I get to know my American culture and my Honduran culture. It is not always easy being Hispanic American. A good reason being born in the United States is that I have more opportunities here. The downside is that I did not get to grow up…

Most people today know more than one language, no matter where they originated from. Language is learned to make communication with others much easier and to know more. People who are bilingual learned the language from their families and while some identify with the culture in which the language is from, others do not. When someone learns a language they also learn about the culture and race. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” by Gloria Anzaldua, her language is her cultural identity and even…