Crazy Quilt
On Spanglish
William James, Jose Marti, Mark Twain, "The American Language" by Mencken, et al. The other
night, with some friends over, I made a reference to "Old Spanish," and my friend, who didn't speak
Spanish and was amazed about such a possibility, asked, "Really?" He didn't know that an
equivalent to Old English existed.
I love going back to Old Spanish in order to find some irregularities that I witness often, as I naturally
approach the matter with my regulatory and proper Spanish measure of the present. Actually,
Spanish Baroque I read for rhythm, but really, the Old Spanish of La Celestina, and the Arcipreste de
Hita, are the real oldies where I find my Spanish limits, its borders....
countries, regions, and cities where Spanish is spoken. If so, why do we still have all of the academic research in education, and its literature, referring Spanish to us as a “minority language”?
As many agree, education research findings, and the American population at large, should begin
interacting more to further necessary critical awareness if we are to make it out of
the dualistic grip of “reformers” versus “those-who-oppose-this-reform” talking heads (cf. Dana
Bennis' “The Education Policy Debate”), who add more confusion instead of resolution to our dire public schools, and overall education problems.
Having recently completed a Masters in Childhood Education with a bilingual...
Posted on Aug 06, 2010 - 01:15 PM by Luis Moreno
I sit here reading Lope de Vega and all of the other oldies who've come closer this Summer 2010:William James, Jose Marti, Mark Twain, "The American Language" by Mencken, et al. The other
night, with some friends over, I made a reference to "Old Spanish," and my friend, who didn't speak
Spanish and was amazed about such a possibility, asked, "Really?" He didn't know that an
equivalent to Old English existed.
I love going back to Old Spanish in order to find some irregularities that I witness often, as I naturally
approach the matter with my regulatory and proper Spanish measure of the present. Actually,
Spanish Baroque I read for rhythm, but really, the Old Spanish of La Celestina, and the Arcipreste de
Hita, are the real oldies where I find my Spanish limits, its borders....
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Another major languagePosted on Jun 16, 2010 - 05:53 PM by Luis Moreno
Spanish, like every other major language, is indeed a crazy quilt of various dialects as there arecountries, regions, and cities where Spanish is spoken. If so, why do we still have all of the academic research in education, and its literature, referring Spanish to us as a “minority language”?
As many agree, education research findings, and the American population at large, should begin
interacting more to further necessary critical awareness if we are to make it out of
the dualistic grip of “reformers” versus “those-who-oppose-this-reform” talking heads (cf. Dana
Bennis' “The Education Policy Debate”), who add more confusion instead of resolution to our dire public schools, and overall education problems.
Having recently completed a Masters in Childhood Education with a bilingual...
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