Shawna Simm ns SWP 6/24/09 ¡ Hola y ’ all ! By: Shawna C. Simmons Introducing Young Learners to...

Shawna Simmns SWP 6/24/09

¡ Hola y’all !

By: Shawna C. Simmons

Introducing Young Learners to Spanish Through Spanglish

Literature & Writing

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Let’s transition into Spanish.

•E- S (e-s) •P-A (p-a)•Ñ -O (ñ -o)•L (L)•E-S-P-A-Ñ-O-L, •Español (clap, clap) LET’S GO!


Tag the board•Write at least UNO word you

know in Spanish on the board.

•Use inventive spelling if necessary.


Read the Board

• Who will read a word from the board?

Hola Perro uno

Adiós Buenas Días por favor

De nada CERVEZA gracias

Muy Bien rojo Si

Amigo padre español


The difference between the terms

Bilingual & Spanglish.Which one means…

“Using or able to use two languages, especially with

equal or nearly equal fluency.”

Bilingual Spanglish


BILINGUAL: “Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency.”

¡Excelente!

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No. Lo siento.

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What is Spanglish? (Espanglés)My Definition:

A text written mainly in English with a sprinkle of Spanish vocabulary.

Wikipedia’s Definition:“Spanglish refers to the code-switching of English &

Spanish.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary’s Definition:

“Spanish marked by numerous borrowings from English; broadly: any of various combinations of

Spanish and English.”


Spanglish…

• Linguists call this mix of two languages "code-switching."

Generally, there are two basic approaches to Spanglish, with

countless variations of switching and borrowing.


Ilan Stavans

“Spanglish speakers see (Spanglish) as an expression of ethnic pride. Spanglish is proof that Latinos

have a culture that is made up of 2 parts. It’s not that you are Latino or American. You live on the hyphen in between. That’s what Spanglish

is all about, a middle ground.”

(professor of Latin American and Latino Culture who translated Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpieces such as Don

Quixote.)

(The reason he did this was because a linguist mix will never be taken serious until it’s

produced into a classic.)


Authors who use Spanglish:

• Alma Flor Ada• Arthur Dorros• Susan Middleton Elya• Jay M. Harris• Judy Schachner• Gary Soto


Author Study:

Susan Middleton Elya

• In college, she kept journals, especially when she was traveling.

• She taught in Nebraska, Iowa, and California.

• Recently, she opened up a store called the “Polka Dot Attic” where she sells old things, new things, and her books.

• Other jobs she held: U.S. Post Office letter carrier, a bartender, a racetrack ticket seller, a door-to-door salesperson, a telemarketer, and a Sunday school teacher.

• She traveled to Venezuela & Spain.

http://www.susanelya.com/


Say Hola to Spanish

by Susan Middleton ElyaIllustrated by Loretta Lopez


Other examples:• A snippet from Judy

Schachner’s Skippy Jon Jones….


And another example:

Abuela by Arthur Dorros Illustrated by Elisa Kleven

-----> Who will volunteer to read?


Let’s Try it!• Work with your table group using

Arthur Dorros’, Susan Middleton Elya’s, Gary Soto’s, or Judy Schachner’s literature to write a fragment of your own Spanglish piece.

(Feel free to use the books or the board to jog your memory)


Let’s share it!

• One person in each group shares their piece.


Katie Wood Ray pg. 267 of Study Driven

On picture books: “We are laying important groundwork for them (students) to understand a variety of

sophisticated writing intentions that will grow with them as they grow, both as people and as people who write. If a

kindergartner learns, for example, that one kind of writing people do in the world is a

kind where a reader is entertained in some way but also learns important information

about a topic, this is a precursor to so much of the writing he’ll be asked to do later in

school and in life.”


What else students could do with their Spanglish writing?

1) Create a Photostory (after drawing picutres)

2) Develop a Windows Movie Maker

3) Put together a class poem book


Grab bag

• Write one thing you have learned today & place in bag.

• Read 3 sentences aloud. Who will read one?


¿Preguntas?


Disclaimer:• The majority of foreign language teachers

and research does not agree with using Spanglish to teach, read, or write. I,

however, know my students best & think this style of teaching suits me & my students. I

just wanted to acknowledge that I know a lot of people disagree with me (or do I disagree with a lot of people?), and that’s ok with me.

• "Be who you are and say what you feel, because the people who mind don't matter, and the people who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss


Works Cited:• “Bilingual.”

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/bilingual. 6/20/09.

• Kong, Deborah. “Do you speak Spanglish?” 6/21/09.

• Ray, Katie Wood. Study Driven. 267.

• “Spanglish.” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spanglish. 6/20/09.

• “Spanglish.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanglish. 6/20/09.


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