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- 1. Alyssa Savitski ESL 502 Wilkes University
- 2. Interviewed Sue who came to the United States from Mexico in 1999. She took ESL at a local high school. However, she did not learn English because the students and the teacher were on a more advanced level than she was. Sue dropped out of high school in 11th grade to take care of her sisters children. She returned to Mexico for 2 years, then came back. Sues brother and her co-workers helped her to learn English. She can read English better than she can write it. In Spanish, she is proficient at a 12th grade level. Her English is not as advanced.
- 3. Omission of letters /r/, /ir/ sound Pronunciation Hones- honest Beerd-bird Jes- yes Omission of /t/ sound /ir/ sound not present /j/ sound is pronounced in Spanish as a /y/ sound Fro-from Wite- write Wights- lights Omission of /m/ sound /r/ sound not present in /l/ sound is pronounced Spanish as a /w/ sound Jus- just Theerty- thirty Seemilar- similar Omission of /t/ sound /ir/ sound not present The letters si are in Spanish pronounced with a long /e/ sound
- 4. SINGULAR/PLURAL WORDS TENSE AND ARTICLES It make no sense Incorrect form of We complete the Incorrect tense to me. make- plural program. (past)- completed I doesnt have a Incorrect form of car. doesnt- singular Class was the Omission of the reason I didnt article the at He get away with Incorrect form of like school. the beginning of a lot. get- plural the sentence.
- 5. SPANISH ENGLISH Syllabic-language Stressed-time language Alphabet has 27 letters Alphabet has 26 letters Nouns are either Nouns do not need to feminine or masculine have article in the front (el, la) to make it masculine or Five diphthongs feminine Five pure vowels Eight diphthongs Twelve pure vowels
- 6. /s/ and /z/ have the same sound in Spanish. /h/ sound is silent in Spanish, although words that begin with j use the /h/ sound. In Spanish, there are no words that end in /t/ or /h/, therefore it is hard for them to pronounce it at the end of English words. The /ir/ and /r/ sound are not present in Spanish, making it difficult to pronounce them in English.
- 7. Students whose L1 is Spanish may have a difficult time with producing certain sounds. This can lead to difficulty in writing English as well as speaking it. Written text may not be as difficult for L1 Spanish students, but understanding punctuation and where it belongs in text can be challenging.
- 8. Vocabulary and reading are the most beneficial to students. Six strategies to help ELLs Cognitive Metacognitive Memory-related Compensatory Affective Social (Hancock, 2002)
- 9. There are several various forms and dialects of the Spanish language. It is important for teachers to understand their students backgrounds and how it will affect their L2 learning.
- 10. Hancock, Zennia. (2002). Heritage Spanish Speakers Language Learning Strategies. CAL-Center for Applied Linguistics, EDO- FL-02-06. Retrieved from http ://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0206hancock.ht