The Effects of Spanish-Language Background on Completed Schooling and Aptitude Test Scores

We investigate the effect of speaking Spanish at home as a child on completed schooling and aptitude test scores using data on Hispanics who grew up in the U.S. from the NLSY79. We model the accumulation of traditional human capital and English fluency, leading to the joint determination of schooling and test scores. We find that speaking Spanish at home reduces test scores but has no significant effect on completed schooling. The reduction in test scores is more dramatic the higher the education of the parents and when the choice of home language is endogenous.Hispanics, language, aptitude, ability, NLSY79

The Symbolic Annihilation of Latinas in Spanish Language Music Videos and Its Detrimental Effects on Mental and Physical Health

• How does the Symbolic Annihilation of Latinas in Spanish-Language music videos promote Western beauty standards? • How can this action impact a Latina woman’s mentality and physical health

The determinants of Spanish language proficiency among immigrants in Spain

This article uses micro-data from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes-ENI in Spanish) carried out in 2007 among immigrants in Spain. In recent years, Spain has received unprecedented immigration flows. A substantial number of immigrants cannot communicate adequately in the language of the country to which they immigrate. Among the multiple reasons for the lack of host language proficiency one can distinguish factors such as a low level of educational attainment, not having been provided with adequate opportunities to learn the host language, living in ethnic enclaves or having arrived at an older age. Language skills (including oral and written ability) play a crucial role in the determination of the immigrants’ social and economic integration in the host country. As a consequence, analyzing the source of foreign language acquisition is crucial for understanding the immigrants’ economic, social and political involvement. The results show that an increase in educational attainment is associated with a higher level of Spanish spoken proficiency. Language ability is also associated with the country or region of origin. The results show that immigrant men and women from the Maghreb and Asia, as well as men from Eastern Europe and Sub Saharan Africa show a significantly weaker command over spoken Spanish than Western Europeans.N/

Elementary Spanish Language Instruction

Foreign languages have always been taught in high school and in college. Students who are eager to learn a new language should not have to wait until they are older. This project will provide second grade teachers with three units that can be used to begin an elementary Spanish language instruction program. Teachers will be able to start their students with the basics and slowly move them into conversations. This project was selected due to high interest being shown from students and parents at a local second grade elementary classroom. The goal of this project is to have a second grade classroom comprehend and be able to carry a conversation in Spanish

Miscellaneous Worksheets (Spanish Language)

Series 8: Altadena, Southern California / Jubilee (2000-2012): Spanish Files, Notebook 9https://digitalcommons.fuller.edu/kinsler-tee/1057/thumbnail.jp

A corpus-based writing aid for Spanish language authors: the scientific abstract generator prototype

Producción CientíficaAbstracts are a secondary genre based on the Research Paper (RP) that have often been analyzed in English for insights into rhetorical structure and information distribution. However, this wealth of descriptive research has not produced particularly useful results for scientists who are not native speakers of English nor has it been “directly amenable to applied endeavours”. The aim of this paper is to describe the methodology and the tools devised by the ACTRES research group to bridge the transition between the descriptive and the procedural approach. The findings obtained will feed into a writing application for Spanish-speaking scientists who need to report their work in English to the global research community: it is called the Scientific_Abstract_Generator. A custom-made comparable corpus, BioABSTRACTS_C-ACTRES, has been compiled and analyzed for rhetorical and lexico-grammatical features of this genre in both English and Spanish. Then, crosslinguistic similarities and differences relevant for our intended users have been identified and will be used to build a writing prototype available as a useful and usable computer interface

A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF MEXICAN TEEN MOTHERS’ CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CHILDREN’S LANGUAGE SKILLS VIA MOTHERS’ LANGUAGE

The current study includes 204 Mexican teen mothers and their children from a larger study who were interviewed when children were 3 years old (Wave 4; W4), 4 years old (W5), and 5 years old (W6). The current study is guided by the integrative model of developmental competencies (García Coll et al., 1996), which suggests that parents’ adaptive cultural characteristics and exchanges with their children inform children’s developmental competencies. Thus, the current study examined whether teen mothers’ adaptive cultural characteristics (i.e., familism values, language competency pressures, and involvement in Mexican culture and U.S. mainstream culture) at W4 informed mothers’ Spanish language use with their children at W5 and, in turn, children’s subsequent Spanish language abilities at W6. The current meditation model was tested with path analysis in Mplus. Results indicated that five mediational processes were significant, such that mothers’ familism values, Spanish competency pressures, and involvement in U.S. mainstream culture at W4 were associated with mothers’ lower Spanish language use with children at W5 and, in turn, children’s Spanish language abilities at W6. Mothers’ involvement in Mexican culture and English competency pressures at W4 were associated with mothers’ greater Spanish language use with children at W5 and, in turn, children’s Spanish language abilities at W6. Additionally, mothers’ involvement in U.S. mainstream culture at W4 was directly associated with children’s lower Spanish language abilities at W6. The discussion centers on the importance of the family context in Mexican children’s Spanish language skills over time

Construction Management Spanish Language Class

Some research was done by past Cal Poly students into the industry, faculty and student desire for a Spanish Language class through multiple surveys. The results indicated that all parties agreed that a Spanish Language Construction Management class would be beneficial to add to the curriculum. In this project a student at Cal Poly was tasked with creating a Construction Management Spanish Language Class. The deliverables for this project are to provide the Construction Management department with a syllabus, course schedule, thirteen PowerPoints for use as lecture material, thirteen activities for students to apply what they have learned, and thirteen quizzes and an exam to ensure students are retaining the information they are being taught. This class is designed to teach students how to use Spanish within a Construction setting with the outcome of providing students with the skills necessary to create toolbox talks and safety meetings in Spanish. The purpose of this project is to provide the curriculum necessary to implement a Construction Management Spanish Language Class to create a safer work environment for Hispanic workers who speak little to no English. This project is to have the deliverables implemented into a class to be taught at Cal Poly