GLORIA ANZALDUA How to Tame a Wild Tongue Gloria Anzaldua was born in 1942 in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. At age eleven. she began working in the fields as a migrant worker and then on her family's land after the death of her father. Working her way through school, she eventually became a schoolteacher and then an academic, speaking and writing about feminis t, lesbian, and Chicana issues and about autobiography. She is best known for This Bridge CalJed My Back: Writings by Radical
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Jason Hernandez CRJU 100: Oral Presentation BORDER PATROL TYPICAL POSITIONS, Special agent, immigration examiner, border patrol agent, immigration inspector, and deportation officer. EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS, Applicants for the position of special agent must meet the general requirements for a federal law-enforcement officer and must (1) be a U.S. citizen; (2) hold a Bachelor's degree or have three years of responsible experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
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Code Switching Code Switching, in terms of language, is the use of more than one language, by a person or more, during their conversations with each other. Code Switching is done simply because those persons know more than one language and have more than one language in common. This switch may last for a couple of sentences, for only a single phrase or may be only for a single word. It depends on how the persons take it with themselves and the others. In the article Code Switching it is written
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Mexican Americans Mexican American population has increased dramatically over the years. According to the New York Times, The Mexican population grew fastest from 1990-2000. The head count for Mexican Americans would not be accurate on the United States Census bureau because illegal immigrants not accurately accounted for. When referring to the United States census bureau and monster fact.com census the number of Latinos did not represent a large percentage. According to the New York Times Mexican
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Test Information Guide for BILINGUAL TEST FOR COUNTER CASHIER, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST, SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST TEST 4301 (SPANISH) TEST 4302 (CAMBODIAN) TEST 4303 (CANTONESE) TEST 4304 (KOREAN) TEST 4305 (MANDARIN) TEST 4306 (VIETNAMESE) August, 1994 HR Performance Assessment Services Southern California Edison Company Introduction The purpose of this Test Information Guide is to familiarize you with the Bilingual
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Ethnic Themes Skylar Bandalan September 25, 2013 Instructor Solomon One point to remember when writing a comparative paper is that you have to know the material of whatever it is that is being paralleled. The theme I chose to write about is Race and Ethnicity. I am familiar with the theme and I also feel strongly about it which leads me to believe that I can do the topics justice. I chose What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl by Patricia Smith and Child of The Americas written by Aurora Levin
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Spanish My First Teacher. Having an older sibling made language acquisition an easier process. When we were little, my dad had an old tape recorder he would use to tape songs that came up on the radio. He used it also, to keep track of all the songs my older brother, Alex, learned while attending preschool. In some of those recordings, my baby voice popped trying to imitate his singing. He guided me "¡No Fabish, asi no va, anda canta conmigo, asi, asi¡" (No Fabish, is like this, come on! Sing
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William Shakespeare once said, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon." In American media the same can be said for the Latino culture. In the eyes of the media, some are born Latino, some become Latino, while others have Latino thrust upon them. Latinos in the media include, politicians, actors, activists and criminals. The vast majority of these individuals create their own personification. Their media image is formed by the causes they support, the roles
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Identification. Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico in 1493, during his second voyage, naming it San Juan Bautista. The Taínos, the indigenous people, called the island Boriquén Tierra del alto señor ("Land of the Noble Lord"). In 1508, the Spanish granted settlement rights to Juan Ponce de León, who established a settlement at Caparra and became the first governor. In 1519 Caparra had to be relocated to a nearby coastal islet with a healthier environment; it was renamed Puerto Rico ("Rich
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List and be able to give examples of Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy of higher learning, and how it must be applied to multicultural education. Know this material well! Be able to listen to typical “teacher talk” and match up the levels appropriately. (Building MC Curriculum PPT) a. Level 1: knowledge –lists, label, recite, name, find, and memorize b. Level 2: Comprehension- paraphrase, discover, translate c. Level 3: Application- apply, transfer, generalize, relate, operate d. Level 4: Analysis-
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