English Language: Guillermo's Sentences

Another effect to take into account is Richard’s relationship with his parents. As time went by, language became a real problem for him and together with this, Rodriguez developed negative feelings towards his family. English seemed odd and difficult for Richard until a few of his teachers visited his house. In order to improve Richard’s master of English

As a young child, Rodriguez finds comfort and safety in his noisy home full of Spanish sounds. Spanish, is his family's' intimate language that comforts Rodriguez by surrounding him in a web built by the family love and security which is conveyed using the Spanish language. "I recognize you as someone close, like no one outside. You

teacher who was supposed to take him in and teach him, help nurture him, encourage him, and inspire his will to learn did nothing but completely write him off for the simple fact that this child didn’t speak english. She “couldn’t deal with him” so she sat him in a corner and ignored him. The situation was no different when Grillo was sent to another class, yet again he was sat in a corner the only difference this time being that the teacher was a little nicer about telling him he wasn’t wanted. However despite the sweetness she injected into her voice Luis still knew he wasn’t wanted, so due to his mistreatment he became reluctant to talk to anyone; even to ask to go the bathroom. As Grillo got older his outlook on school only got worse, he became a troubled child

“Aguantando” means holding on. In the very first paragraph we see how important it is for the narrator, Yunior, to hold on to his father’s memory. Yunior lives with his mother (Mami), grandfather (Abuelo) and brother (Rafa). They live in a house where anything of value, including furniture, food, clothing and even Mami’s Bible is stained from a leaky roof. As a Hispanic male, believe me when I tell you there is nothing more sacred than Mami’s Bible in that home. Yet it is clear how important Papi’s pictures are because they’re always in a plastic sandwich bag to keep them dry. It’s also clear that Papi leaving was the

He explains this idea by using subtext; “I am speaking with ease in Spanish. I am addressing you in words I never use with los gringos, I recognize you as someone special, close, like no one outside. You belong with us. In the family” (Rodriguez 306.) Rodriguez describes his experience of hearing his family speak Spanish through mental subtext. In the quote, a mixture of complete thoughts and fragmented sentences are used. Rodriguez begins the quote with longer sentences, and then ends the passage in short fragmented sentences. The progression of the quote goes from ‘formal’ to ‘informal’ fragments. Through this technique, Rodriguez coveys that again, through his language ‘otherness’, he experiences

Later it made him speak more fluently in English from his household and have confidence to speak to the class. Rodriquez had eventually noticed the loss of communication in Spanish often to their family as they go far apart for each other. While at the same time, he will be like every other people with the same identity, personality, and traits. In the end of the essay Richard Rodriquez explains he did not much listen his parent accent or their grammatical structure in the public. It had not made him worry to correct his parent word. The setting had shown the support the language has been greatly effective to his parent, but also shown Rodriquez personality has changed that transition from Spanish to English. What it has also shown Spanish had been the memory of him that give the idea of communication through songs, work days, and fun time. The skills also affect the main access to the main that show positive of getting the effective to the public, but it had it been making the connection to English to the public

Born in Medellin, Spain, he was a Spanish Conquistador who conquered most of Central America. He also gave Spain three-hundred years of control over Mexico. Cortez started exploring in the early 1500’s. He explored to find riches and conquered by being observant of the natives. With a small army, he conquered the Aztec Empire. Cortez went to the university in Salamanca, Spain. He attended the university to study Latin and Law. Unfortunately, Cortez completed only two years of school. He returned to his family in Medellin, Spain. However, life became boring for him. Nevertheless, Christopher Columbus inspired Cortez to explore the New World. Finally, Cortez was able to

During "picture walks" in small group instruction, Alex verbally describes the content of the picture, yet does not utilize details in the picture to predict what will happen next in the story. Alex appropriately orients books and successfully tracks print. Melissa Caballero-Cruz, special education

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz a mind ahead of her times, in a male dominated world where women were excluded from learning higher education and intellectual aspirations. However her destiny had something prepared for her greater than anyone could have ever imagined. From a very early age she had this insatiable hunger of learning. She grew up with no father and substituted that need with knowledge. Born in 1651, Sor Juana lived in San Miguel Nepantla with her single mother and later on moved to Mexico City when she was around seventeen years old. Octavio Paz’s book, “Sor Juana or, The Traps of Faith”, is a study of the enigmas that surrounded this young and beautiful woman with amazing intellectual powers but at the same time a mysterious woman

The fact of the matter is that Malinche, Cortes translator was not a victim but a traitor. She only acted on self benefit that was a result of too much power. You can of course have an argument that she was trying to survive, but on what basis was she in danger, the Spanish needed her and she was the only known translator so there had to be some kind of ulterior motive.

Children are very impressionable and tend to take on others’ opinions as their own, but as they grow older, they develop a greater understanding and perspective of the way things are and the way they should be. As adults, both Tan and Barrientos learned to accept and embrace the languages that previously embarrassed them. Barrientos immersed herself in her Mexican heritage and enrolled in many Spanish classes. With each enrollment, she faced yet another stereotype that came with being of Mexican ethnicity; her instructors thought she should already know Spanish since she was Latina. Barrientos is now determined to learn her native language. Tan has learned to love the way in

Mario Suarez use of description in “El Hoyo” essay affected his entire essay. The author describes everything from what the town looked like to the people in the town. The words used in everyday life in El Hoyo was described and translated to the readers who were not from that town or from that culture. The use of describing in this essay broke the barrier to those that do not understanding what the author was explaining. The author doesn't exactly describe the physical town of El Hoyo as paradise however, the people of the town is what made the town seem like paradise.

I hope you are doing well. From my understanding, Dr. Campos-Muñoz has spoken with you about possibly taking part in my Honors Thesis project about translating the poem Discurso en loor de la Poesía. I wanted to see if you would like to meet soon to talk about this project and whether or not you would like to help with this project.

These stories all have their own distinction of drama. The essay that has the most drama is “The Achievement of Desire.” Rodriguez cannot balance life in the academic world and the life of a working class family. He also witnessed the difficulties of his parents not speaking the language. He was not able to advance and succeed without losing himself. There is plenty of drama in this essay with the author, his family and himself. As Rodriguez states, “One only remembers. I remembered too well that education has changed my family’s life. I would not have become a scholarship boy had I not so often remembered” (5). Conflicted continued throughout the essay with his education and having a natural talent. In White’s essay he has an internal conflict

I am not traditionally creative. I express my creativity through writing. This is one of the reasons that I joined The Conversation, an online literary magazine that gives students the chance to voice their opinions. My responsibilities in The Conversation are to edit submissions from my peers, publish their work, update and maintain the website in order to reach its’ potential. I also submit my own work to The Conversation because I want to get my voice out in the world, which is why I have submitted my Spanish poems and some of my English stories and narratives. My Spanish Poem, “ Entre las Ruinas”, won a prize from the Phreaner Contest because it targeted audiences that the normal English language could not reach. The spanish speaking community