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In Argentina, Macri’S Victory In Midterm Elections Comes With Warnings, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

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Top U.N. Human Rights Official Criticizes El Salvador’S Crime-Fighting Approach, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

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

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New Leaders Appointed For Mexico’S Central Bank, Finance Ministry, Pemex, Carlos Navarro

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Chamber Of Deputies Approves Controversial Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Reciprocity And Reflection In Community-Based Study Abroad Courses In Rural Costa Rica, Genny D. Ballard, Sarah Murray

PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement

This manuscript will examine two high-impact practices in academia, community-based learning, and study abroad. The authors discuss the benefits of both practices and how pairing the two can benefit not only future educators but future leaders. This model provides students with the opportunity to become more globally competent through their time in another culture. Throughout this immersion, college students taught English in the context of reading, mathematics, science, or social studies. Critical and analytical reflection was a significant aspect of their college course. At the conclusion of their community-based study abroad course, students were asked to synthesize a final report …

Chile’S Presidential Race Heads To Wide-Open Final Round, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiSur

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Legacy - December 2017, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

SCIAA Magazine - Legacy & PastWatch

Contents:

Oemler Pottery: A Prehistoric Mystery.....p. 1
Director's Notes.....p. 2
Reconstructing Hawthorne: A New Documentary Film.....p. 3
Tracking Hernando de Soto.....p. 4
The Last Morning of the War: Archaeology on the Appomattox Court House Battlefield.....p. 7
Archaeology in South Carolina: Exploring the Hidden Heritage of the Palmetto State.....p. 9
The First Radiocarbon Dates from 38FA608.....p. 10
Port Royal Sound Stone Fleet Survey...p. 12
Update on Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Development Project: Ground-Truthing Operations.....p. 15
ART/SCIAA Donors Update August 2016-December 2017.....p. 18 Please Support the New Stanley South Student Archaeological Research Endowment Fund.....p. 20

Atrición Del Español Como Lengua Materna: Diversidad Y Sofisticación Léxicas, Martha Alexander Walch

Theses and Dissertations

Es natural que la lengua materna de un bilingüe cambie. Sin embargo, si un individuo vive en un contexto donde se habla su segunda lengua como lengua mayoritaria, si usa constantemente su segunda lengua y si el uso de su lengua materna ha disminuido, es muy probable que se vea afectado por la atrición de las habilidades lingüísticas. Esta investigación se concentra en el estudio de la atrición léxica del español como lengua materna. Los participantes son mexicanos adultos con educación universitaria entre los 25 y los 35 años de edad, los participantes del grupo experimental (n=10) inmigraron a los …

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

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Anatomía Comparada De La Representación De La Muerte En La Literatura Española Transatlántica Durante El Ocaso De La Edad Media Y El Renacimiento, Miguel Ángel Albújar Escuredo

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The main goal of this project is to dissect how death is represented during the Late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the beginning of the phenomenon of colonization of America carried out by the Spanish Empire, all of it by means of reviewing the representations in Spanish literary works of those times. This is accomplished by comparing works diachronically in order to reveal the main thematic variations between them. To that effect, representative models are taken from the literary canon in Spanish that involves texts since the Late Middle Ages until the first modernity, also known as the Renaissance. This …

Friends Outside New Program Feasibility, Monica Miramontes-Valadez

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Friends Outside is a nonprofit organization that primarily works with the incarcerated, newly released individuals, and probationers. Currently, female perpetrators of domestic violence who cannot afford the 52-week treatment program are being referred to Friends Outside to comply with probation terms, but they are not receiving any credit toward certification for completion, not is it being recognized by the California Courts. Presently, there is one program available in the entire Santa Cruz County, New View, which is only available in English and has limited time availability and prohibitive costs. The project focus was to examine whether Friends Outside should fill …

"It's Not Me, It's /U/: An Acoustic Analysis Of Target-Language Immersion's Effect On L1 English Speakers' Spanish Vowel Production" And "Tener: ¿Lo Tenemos Entendido?", Tanner Charles Linton

Theses and Dissertations

Within the field of second language acquisition of phonology, the role of immersion experiences on language learners' pronunciation has recently become a topic of greater interest. While students of a foreign language with study abroad experience (one to six months) have shown relatively little progress in pronunciation gains, language learners group with extended immersion experience—approximately 24 months abroad—have demonstrated more native-like pronunciation. This study compares the pronunciation of L2 Spanish /u/ among native English speakers enrolled in the same third-year Spanish course who belong to two different groups based on the context of their previous language learning: extended immersion in …

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 …

Sandinistas Dominate Local Elections In Nicaragua, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiCen

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As Protected Status Ends, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Immigrants Risk Deportation To Central America And The Caribbean, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Mexico Designates Archipelago Off Pacific Coast As A National Park, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Debate Over Capital Punishment Resurfaces After Texas Executes Mexican National, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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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

NotiSur

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Ecuadoran Politics Becoming A Circus, Luã­S ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

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New U.N. Mission In Haiti Inherits Predecessor’S Negative Record, George Rodrã­Guez

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€˜Acoustic Attacks’ Crisis Generates Bewilderment, New Difficulties For Cubans, Daniel Vã¡Zquez

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Private Service Stations Expanding Rapidly In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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World Trade Organization Reverses Course, Rules In Favor Of U.S. Tuna Restrictions, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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International Money Laundering Rules Clash With Uruguay’S Legal Marijuana Shops, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Brazilian Olympic Committee Suspended Following Arrest Of Top Official, Gregory Scruggs

NotiSur

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Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales Accused Of Taking Bribes From The Army, Louisa Reynolds

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Costa Rica’S Soccer Hooligans Are Using Games For Crime Sprees, George Rodrã­Guez

NotiCen

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Recovery Assistance Very Slow In Oaxaca Community Affected By Sept. 7 Earthquake, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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