Temple University Anxiety Disorder Essay
Question Description
- Read Negrón (2018), available as a PDF on Canvas
- Write a 250 to 350-word reflective essay on what you learned from the article. Please make reference to at least three specific pieces of information in Negróns article to support your discussion of what was most meaningful. Also, please tie in a mention of at least three terms/concepts that Shin discusses in Chapter 5 about bilingualism and identity. These elements (the three details from Negrón and the three terms/concepts from Shin) should be clear and easy to find for me when Im reviewing your work.
- Watch the following short videos and consider the way Spanish-English bilingual identities are depicted in the following videos from political interviews and debates over the past 8 years:
- 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks about the value of knowing English and Spanish at a town hall interview organized by the Spanish-language TV network, Univision, between time markers 4:37-6:04:
https://youtu.be/csiEKP8gxW0 (Links to an external site.)
- In the debates for the 2016 Republican primary elections, Cuban-American U.S. senators Ted Cruz of Texas (left) and Marco Rubio of Florida (right) argue over who will be tougher on undocumented Latin American immigrants. In the middle of the exchange, between markers 2:43–3:42, Rubio claims that Cruz wouldnt know what Rubios positions are because Cruz doesnt speak Spanish:
https://youtu.be/QZKx26irnFo (Links to an external site.) - In the June 2019 debate for the 2020 Democratic primary elections, European-American U.S. representative Beto ORourke of Texas and African-American U.S. senator Cory Booker of New Jersey use their non-native Spanish to answer questions about social and economic justice (video is 1min 30sec long:
https://youtu.be/2s_I4536Fyg (Links to an external site.)
This BuzzFeed news article summarizes (and pokes fun at) some of the social media reactions on Twitter:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/beto-orourke-speaking-spanish-democratic-debate (Links to an external site.)
- 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talks about the value of knowing English and Spanish at a town hall interview organized by the Spanish-language TV network, Univision, between time markers 4:37-6:04:
- Write short, 75-100 word responses to the following questions, based on your understanding of the relationship between bilingual abilities and how we try to present our identities as legitimate to the people we are interacting with.
- How does Romney depict the value of knowing Spanish and the value of knowing English in his comments? In other words, in what social circles would the ability to speak Spanish be a legitimate expression of identity and in what circles would the ability to speak English be legitimate. Are abilities in the two languages presented as of equal value?
- Why would Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio try to enhance their legitimacy before an audience of mostly non-Spanish-speaking supporters of tougher measures against undocumented immigrants by emphasizing their Spanish-speaking identities?
- How effective do you think Beto ORourke and Corey Bookers use of non-native sounding Spanish was in enhancing their legitimacy while speaking about social justice issues in front of a multi-ethnic and multi-racial audience?
2.Through watching the video, we observed that the candidates always focus on Spanish-English bilingual issues during President Election. Do you think that how whether the political candidates who are non-native Spanish speakers improve ethnic discrimination of Latina/o group in the United States?
- Why does the ideology of the American Dream influence the way people think English is the principal language?
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