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Supreme Court Considers Challenges To Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro Mar 2018

Supreme Court Considers Challenges To Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Brazilian Military Takes Command Of Rio State Security, Gregory Scruggs Mar 2018

Brazilian Military Takes Command Of Rio State Security, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Peru Debates Death Penalty As Punishment For Sexual Crimes Against Children, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Feb 2018

Peru Debates Death Penalty As Punishment For Sexual Crimes Against Children, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


President Evo Morales Riding High Despite Protests By Bolivia’S Doctors, Transport Operators, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2018

President Evo Morales Riding High Despite Protests By Bolivia’S Doctors, Transport Operators, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Judicial Corruption Threatens Guatemala’S Fight Against Impunity, Louisa Reynolds Feb 2018

Judicial Corruption Threatens Guatemala’S Fight Against Impunity, Louisa Reynolds

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Mexico Holds Successful Auction For Deepwater Reserves, Carlos Navarro Feb 2018

Mexico Holds Successful Auction For Deepwater Reserves, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Latin American Governments Move Right, Lose Female Leadership, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2018

Latin American Governments Move Right, Lose Female Leadership, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Signs Of €˜Lawfare’ In Uruguay As President Faces Court Inquiry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2018

Signs Of €˜Lawfare’ In Uruguay As President Faces Court Inquiry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Honduras President Begins Second Term Amid Controversy, George Rodrã­Guez Feb 2018

Honduras President Begins Second Term Amid Controversy, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


U.S. Issues Sanctions Against Nicaragua’S Top Electoral Official, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Feb 2018

U.S. Issues Sanctions Against Nicaragua’S Top Electoral Official, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Political Violence, Election Uncertainty Challenge Colombia’S Peace Process, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Feb 2018

Political Violence, Election Uncertainty Challenge Colombia’S Peace Process, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Rebooting The Ecuadoran Economy Should Be Top Priority For New Administration, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra Feb 2018

Rebooting The Ecuadoran Economy Should Be Top Priority For New Administration, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Castro Prepares Cuba For Transition At A Time Of International Readjustments, Daniel Vã¡Zquez Feb 2018

Castro Prepares Cuba For Transition At A Time Of International Readjustments, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Peru’S President Faces Challenges After Pardoning Fujimori, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A Jan 2018

Peru’S President Faces Challenges After Pardoning Fujimori, Elsa Chanduvã­ Jaã±A

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Voters’ Options In Costa Rica: Stay On Quest For Change Or Return To Tradition, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2018

Voters’ Options In Costa Rica: Stay On Quest For Change Or Return To Tradition, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Brazil Backtracks On Loosening Slave Labor Rules After International Outcry, Gregory Scruggs Jan 2018

Brazil Backtracks On Loosening Slave Labor Rules After International Outcry, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Army Parades Back In, But Haitian Opposition Worries About Its Potential New Role, George Rodrã­Guez Jan 2018

Army Parades Back In, But Haitian Opposition Worries About Its Potential New Role, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Mexico’S Supreme Court To Review Controversial Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro Jan 2018

Mexico’S Supreme Court To Review Controversial Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Reexamining Por And Para In The Spanish Foreign Language Intermediate Classroom: A Usage-Based, Cognitive Linguistic Approach, Elizabeth M. Kissling, Andrea Tyler, Lisa Warren, Lauren Negrete Jan 2018

Reexamining Por And Para In The Spanish Foreign Language Intermediate Classroom: A Usage-Based, Cognitive Linguistic Approach, Elizabeth M. Kissling, Andrea Tyler, Lisa Warren, Lauren Negrete

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

The present chapter represents the first stage in the larger investigation; it examines two aspects of applying a usage-based, CL approach to teaching por and para. First, we presented the multiple meanings of the two forms gradually, building learners’ knowledge in a series of scaffolded treatments, throughout the course of an entire semester rather than presenting them all in one concentrated lesson. Second, we presented the multiple meanings of por and para and structured their order of presentation according to a Cognitive Linguistic-inspired analysis, which emphasizes the systematic relationships among the multiple meanings. Such a systematic analysis is consistent …


Pronunciation Instruction Can Improve L2 Learners' Bottom-Up Processing For Listening, Elizabeth M. Kissling Jan 2018

Pronunciation Instruction Can Improve L2 Learners' Bottom-Up Processing For Listening, Elizabeth M. Kissling

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Listening is widely regarded as an important skill that is difficult and necessary to teach in L2 classrooms. Listening requires both top-down and bottom-up processing, yet pedagogical techniques for the latter are often lacking. This study explores the efficacy of pronunciation instruction (PI) for improving learners’ bottom-up processing. The study recruited 116 relatively novice learners of Spanish as a foreign language and provided the experimental groups with brief lessons in PI emphasizing segmental or suprasegmental features followed by production-focused or perception-focused practice. Learners’ bottom-up processing skill was assessed with a sentence-level dictation task. Learners given PI on suprasegmental features followed …


Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Cleared To Run Again In 2019, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Dec 2017

Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Cleared To Run Again In 2019, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Paraguay’S 2018 Presidential Race Encumbered By Shady Deal-Making, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Dec 2017

Paraguay’S 2018 Presidential Race Encumbered By Shady Deal-Making, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Mexican Senate Delays Consideration Of Key Measures To Address Corruption, Carlos Navarro Dec 2017

Mexican Senate Delays Consideration Of Key Measures To Address Corruption, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


A Tangled Vote Count In Honduras Leads From Tension To Violence, George Rodrã­Guez Dec 2017

A Tangled Vote Count In Honduras Leads From Tension To Violence, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Chamber Of Deputies Approves Controversial Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro Dec 2017

Chamber Of Deputies Approves Controversial Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Abortion Rights Still Face Challenges In Several Latin American Countries, Janelle Conaway Dec 2017

Abortion Rights Still Face Challenges In Several Latin American Countries, Janelle Conaway

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Student Expectations And Motivation In Spanish For Heritage Speakers Programs, Sergio A. Guzman Dec 2017

Student Expectations And Motivation In Spanish For Heritage Speakers Programs, Sergio A. Guzman

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The changing demographics in the United States and the growing need for multilingual individuals originated by globalization, among other reasons, have contributed to the emergence of a new field within the area of Applied Linguistics: The Teaching and Learning of Heritage Languages. Due to historical and geographic causes, Spanish for Heritage Speakers (SHS) is currently the largest and most established of these programs. However, the curricula, like those of most college courses, has been developed from professors’ perspectives, largely ignoring what students want to learn and/or their motives for enrolling in these classes. The lack of student input is especially …


Cuasi Nomás Inglés: Prosody At The Crossroads Of Spanish And English In 20th Century New Mexico, Jackelyn Van Buren Nov 2017

Cuasi Nomás Inglés: Prosody At The Crossroads Of Spanish And English In 20th Century New Mexico, Jackelyn Van Buren

Linguistics ETDs

This dissertation investigates prosodic change in the long-term language contact setting of Traditional New Mexican Spanish (NMS). NMS prosody is perceptually distinct from other contemporary varieties of Spanish (Hills 1906, Bowen 1952, Lipski 2011), yet the features which make it unique have not been acoustically examined. This study hypothesizes that bilingualism with English has affected NMS prosody and analyzes three features which are known to differ between Spanish and English and therefore provide a quantitative point of comparison: pitch peak alignment, pitch variability, and rhythmic timing. These variables have been demonstrated to be susceptible to transfer in contact situations, including …


Opposition Reeling After Chavistas Win Majority Of Venezuela’S Governorships, Andrã©S Gaudã­N Nov 2017

Opposition Reeling After Chavistas Win Majority Of Venezuela’S Governorships, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.


Ecuadoran Politics Becoming A Circus, Luã­S ÁNgel Saavedra Nov 2017

Ecuadoran Politics Becoming A Circus, Luã­S ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.