303 Diversidad linguistica Texto Guía PDF

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Guía para textos escritos: control de lectura + aspectos léxicos + gramática Las lenguas de América Latina Time estimate for homework: 1-1.5 hours Prior to reading Write down 3 points you think you know about the diversity of languages spoken in Latin America. If you cannot think of 3 points, write down three questions you could ask an expert, like a reference librarian or professor in the field, to learn more.

First read. Read from start to finish attentively. If there are words you don’t know, highlight them. Try to figure out as much of what the text is saying from context clues. Second read: capturing the main ideas. Write down notes in Spanish for each section, in a combination of your own words and words you pick up from the text. Texto 1: Introducción (párrafos 1-2)

Texto 1: Lenguas nativas en México y Centroamérica (Mesoamérica)

Texto 1: Lenguas nativas en Sudamérica

Texto 2: Las lenguas oficiales en América Latina (párrafo 1)

Texto 2: El guaraní

Texto 2: Palabras de lenguas nativas en el español actual

Third read: lexical elements. Focus on seeing vocabulary in context. Follow these prompts. 1. Write down words for specific languages and places. If it helps to make a concept map of the words, feel free to do so.

2. Highlight these keywords in the text. País (el) Población (la) Blancos (los) Negros (los) Mestizos (los) Indígenas (los) Idioma oficial (el) Hablantes (los) Realidad social (la) Habitantes (los) Significar Preferir Calcular Grammar focus: verb conjugations and structures. This text uses a variety of passive voice constructions. Their use is common in expository communication in Spanish. Here are some links with explanations of passive constructions: http://www.spanish411.net/Spanish-Passive-Voice.asp http://grammar.spanishintexas.org/verbs/passive-voice/ After you read the grammar links, read the text one more time and write down two examples of passive constructions that you hear. Then write down two of your own sentences, using the same construction, to explain something about languages in the United States context, or the context of any other country with which you are familiar....