EXCLAMATORY PUERTO RICAN AND AMERICAN SLANG
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
This lesson is designed to enable English-speaking students to develop Spanish vocabulary mastery. It involves Puerto Rican slang and its American Cultural approximation dealing with exclamations. Thus, the English “translations” are to be considered approximations and not translations.
PURPOSE—
This lesson is bilingual in that it is intended to acquaint the English-speaking student with the appropriate Puerto Rican slang associated with exclamations.
MATERIALS
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A teacher or student who is bilingual in English and Spanish.
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A vocabulary list of exclamatory Puerto Rican and American slang for each person in the classroom.
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An activities sheet for each person in the classroom.
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PROCEDURE
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Explain to the class that today’s lesson will concentrate on Puerto Rican slang terms associated with exclamations.
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Present and introduce the speaker to the class.
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Distribute the vocabulary lists.
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Allow the students time to read the vocabulary list to themselves.
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Have the bilingual speaker read the list to the class.
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Allow time for the speaker to discuss the correct pronunciation and translation of these words.
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Allow the students the opportunity to pronounce the words either individually or as a group.
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To measure what the students have learned, distribute the activity sheet and ask the students to complete it. This evaluation is designed both as an evaluation and a learning instrument.
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