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Citizen Bill Calls For Easing Peru’S Abortion Ban In Rape Cases, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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Former Honduran President Manual Zelaya Says Coup Staged To Hand Country To Foreigners, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Voter Participation In 2015 Elections Surprisingly High, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Supreme Court Paper Represents De Facto Legalization Of Gay Marriage In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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€˜Pink Party’ Experiment Falls Flat For Uruguay’S Reeling Right, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Thousands Of Candidates Will Vie For Posts In Haiti's Long-Awaited Elections, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Martyred Archbishop ÓScar Romero Beatified In El Salvador, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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A Unit On The Family And Traditions: For Middle School Spanish Classes, Rebecca A. Proper

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis project for a Master of Arts in Spanish Pedagogy consists of a four-week, ten-lesson unit on culture in the family. This unit is designed for a middle school Spanish I class and is intended to supplement Chapter 5 in the Realidades textbook in the cultural aspect of learning a foreign language. The intention is to engage students to consider cultural perspectives, or the “why” cultures do what they do. The lesson plans from the unit are based on backward design and are structured around essential questions including, “What constitutes an ideal family?” An emphasis is placed on cultural …

An Exploration Of Barriers Among Gamblers Who Seek Recovery Programs In Spanish, Alicia Rodriguez Marenco

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Gambling in the United States has been in existence since the 1800’s. For over two hundred years, gambling has brought in revenue and entertainment for consumers in the United States. As the population has diversified and the technology has advanced, the access to gambling has grown to be convenient and accessible for the consumer to enjoy. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the barriers and motivators from gamblers who sought recovery programs in Spanish. Fourteen current members of Spanish Gamblers Anonymous group were interviewed in small focus groups. The findings indicated that those who sought Spanish recovery …

Corruption Scandals Prompt Extreme Cabinet Makeover In Chile, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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Peruvian Mining Project Challenged, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

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Special U.S. Military Task Force Prepares To Land In Honduras, Critics Say To Secure U.S. Interests, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Others Join Ecuador’S Workers In Labor Day Protest, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

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Dominican Republic Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion And Demands Official Apology, Crosby Girã³N

NotiCen

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Could A Trial Finally Be In The Works For El Salvador’S Jesuits-Massacre Case?, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Disgruntled Voters Could Stay Away From Polls Or Support Independent Candidates In June Elections, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Fugitive Mensalã£O Convict Caught In Italian Extradition Limbo, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

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Paraguay’S President Horacio Cartes And Congress End 20-Month Honeymoon, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Sexual Minorities Left Out Of Nicaragua’S New Family Code’, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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Afro-Cubans Reaffirm Demands More Strongly In Times Of Economic Change On The Island, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.

Opinion Polls Show High Rate Of Disapproval For President Enrique Peã±A Nieto’S Administration, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Forging An Anonymous Voice In The Spanish-Language Mass Media Of The United States, Hannah Artman

Open Access Theses

Most "standardized" languages have a corresponding geo-political center, where the language of society offers a location to the linguistic norms and standards of the language in question. The purpose of this study is to identify the linguistic center for Spanish used in Spanish-language media in the United States. Some have dubbed this neutral accent, “Walter Cronkite Spanish” and argue that it is the discrete "Mexicanization" of the Spanish language (Ahrens 2004). The first is a reference to the legendary anchorman who was one of the first in broadcast media to attempt to eliminate all traces of an identifiable regional accent. …

Drug Cartels Corrupt Dea Agents In Colombia, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Belizean Police Accused Of Human Rights Violations, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

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Senate Approves First Step For Mexico City To Attain Autonomy, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Non-Language Barriers To Effective Care Of The Hispanic Population, Elizabeth M. Dobbins

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This research study was designed to improve the quality of health care received by the Hispanic population in northeast Tennessee. After reviewing past research, it is evident that the Hispanic population reports a lower level of health care satisfaction and a greater number of health disparities. Although attempts to reconcile this problem have included implementing regulations and guidelines on the cultural competency of and the provision of language services by health care providers, no measurable improvement has been noted. To positively impact this pervasive problem, the focus must shift away from how health care agencies can affect health care for …

Negotiations To Globalize, Privatize Service Industry Upset Uruguayans, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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La Quiero Ver~Quiero Verla: Monolingual And Bilingual Children's Variable Clitic Placement, Anita Rao

Linguistics ETDs

This study addresses whether/how monolingual and bilingual Spanish-speaking children differ in their acquisition of grammar by examining direct object clitics in contexts where either proclisis or enclisis is possible (Lo voy a ver vs. Voy a verlo). The current study examines variable clitic placement in sociolinguistic interviews conducted with 21 Spanish-English bilingual children of Mexican descent, ages 5-11, and 71 monolingual children in Mexico, ages 6-11. All direct object clitics in variable contexts were extracted (N =140 tokens, .2% of total word count). Both the monolingual and bilingual children produced high rates of proclisis (76%, 75%, respectively). It is concluded …

Bilingual Intercultural Education In Ecuador : Education As A Means Of Language Revitalization., L Danielle Robinette

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

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Preliteracy Skills Promoted In Children’S Spanish-Language Books, Katherine Marie Suter

Masters Theses

As of July 1, 2013, the latest census figures indicate that there are approximately 54 million Latinosliving in the U.S. (US Census Bureau, 2013). However, many Latino children still do not receive the services or resources they need to perform well academically. The primary aim of this research study is to determine if the books available to Spanish-speaking Latino¹ populations in two Michigan Counties contain features that might be used to facilitate beginning pre-literacy skills.

Children’s Spanish-language books from bookstores and public libraries were analyzed to determine the presence of features that might facilitate print awareness, phonological awareness, and …