2. Spanish is the third most commonly used language
worldwide, behind only English and Chinese.
Spanish is considered to be the official language of
twenty countries and Puerto Rico.
The United States has at least 40 million native Spanish
speakers, which is about 10% of the world’s Spanish
speaking population.
Spanish in Spain versus Spanish in other parts of the
world do differ in pronunciation and use of indigenous
words, however, they still retain fundamental
cohesiveness.
3. Spanish English
- 18 consonant phonemes - 26 consonant phonemes
- Pronounced phonetically, - uses 8 additional vowels sounds
with a silent /h/, /b/, and for a total of 13 vowel sounds
/v/ sounding the same - diphthongs
are used in - dialectal changes are indicated
- Grammatical gender is both languages by vowel differences
assigned to nouns
- phonetic - many one syllable words
- Shifts in consonantal classes languages because English supports final
mark dialect change consonants
- use the same
- No irregular plural nouns alphabet - uses irregular verbs and nouns
and no irregular verbs
- vowels a, - places subject before the
- No distinction between personal and e, i, o, u verb
non-personal relative pronouns
- prepositions frequently occur
- Requires the trilled at the end of sentences.
/rr/ and /ɲ/
4. Student: Maritza
2nd grade
attends an emotional support classroom
level 6 ELL student
born in New York City, New York and moved to York, PA at
the age of four
mother speaks fluent Spanish but uses English in the home
since moving to the United States ten years ago
reading above grade level in L2
knows and uses limited Spanish phrases and inappropriate
Spanish words
most errors occur in her oral and written
5. 4 errors in pluralizing nouns (added –s to
make words plural)
11 errors in verb tense (added –ed to all verbs
to make them plural)
10 errors in pronoun/verb agreement
6. deers
hitted we is
mouses runned her is
making pronoun
verb
nouns plural verb
tense
agreement
buyed
gooses goed
we was she go
fishes
7. The Spanish language does not have irregular verb,
but the English language does.
The simple present tense can have multiple meanings
in Spanish. This could cause confusion when
including past tense verbs.
The Spanish language pluralizes noun, adjective, and
article, which could cause confusion when attempting
to pluralize nouns in English.
The student may be over generalizing the English
rules they have learned. (adding –ed for past tense
and –s or –es to make a noun plural)
8. direct, explicit instruction within context
exposure to plural nouns in a variety of ways
repeated practice of grammar skills
(example: brainstorm a list of nouns and then together list the plural of each noun)
Mini lessons on exceptions to the rules
(example: lessons on irregular verbs)
print rich environment with supporting visuals
(example: opportunities to see and read magazines, comics, newspapers,
books, charts, etc. to relate the newly learned concepts)
Instruction for both oral and written language that is engaging
(example: incorporate learning songs, games, and videos)
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