Spanglish

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Spanglish

• By Janice Castro

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Pre-reading

• Some people think America should be an
  English-only country. For example they object to
  government tax forms or road signs in languages
  like Spanish or Chinese. What do you think, in
  terms of an outsider?
• What do you think if the Taiwanese government
  puts Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesian or simplified
  Chinese characterson the road signs and paper
  forms? Will you accept or object to it? Why? Do
  you think it necessary that we put English on the
  road signs and government paper forms?

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In reading

• 1. Present participle (p. 2)
• A crackling line of cross cultural patter (p. 4)
• Sesame (p. 4) an open sesame
• What other rhetorical strategies are used in this
  essay? Find examples. (hint par. 1, 2, 4, 9)

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In reading

• Find out the meaning of the following Spanish
  words
• Rancho meaning
• Bronco meaning
• Tornado meaning
• Incommunicado meaning

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In reading

• Gracias
• bueno
• amigo
• por favor
• The Miller Lite what is Miller Lite
• gaffe and blunder

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Building Vocabulary

• A. the study of language
• B. arrangement of words into meaningful sentences
• C. to make a quick succession of light, soft
  tapping sounds
• D. understood although not openly stated
• E. embarrassing mistake

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Understanding the Writers Ideas

• 1. This is a free-form blend of Spanish and
  English known as Spanglish.
• 2. From watching TV shows such as Sesame Street
  where children learn other languages, such as
  uno, dos, tres

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Understanding the Writers Ideas

• 3. Southern Californian Anglo Cuban American
  from Miami, Florida Spanish sentences that are
  mostly Spanish.
• 4. It is easier, for example, to say income tax
  than the complicated Spanish expression, says a
  Florida language processor (par. 5)

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Understanding the Writers Ideas

• 5. There are only 19 million Hispanics in the
  United States, but high school students choose
  mostly Spanish as their foreign language.
• 6. A Spanish Miller Lite ad told readers that
  their drink was less delicious because the
  company misused a Spanish word.

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Understanding the Writers Techniques

• 1. The thesis is that Spanglish is a hybrid
  language (Hispanic and English) that is becoming
  common in America.
• 2. The title is an example of the essays
  thesisit is an example of Spanglish itself!

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Understanding the Writers Techniques

• 3. In par. 4, the term is defined one part
  Hispanicized English, one part Americanized
  Spanish, and more than a little fractured syntax.
• 4. By referring to the million of American Anglos
  and Hispanics who use Spanglish, this essay
  convinces us of its thesis Spanglish is becoming
  common. If statistics were not used, one would
  hardly be convinced that this is not a small
  isolated phenomenon.

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Understanding the Writers Techniques

• 5. Par. 4 uses specific forms of Spanglish to
  illustrate its point par. 9 shows the process
  that Latinos use to clip phrases par. 2
  contrasts broken English of early European
  immigrants to the accepted linguistic modes of
  Spanglish.

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Understanding the Writers Techniques

• 6. Because the words in italics are not English
  or hybrid, setting them off warns the reader that
  this italicized word or phrase needs special
  attention because it is different from the rest
  of the text.
• 7. Given that most terms important to
  understanding the essays ideas are in English,
  this is mainly for an English-speaking audience
  and those who are not familiar with Spanglish.