Bilingual Speakers of Spanish and English - Assignment Example

In Spanish words predominantly end in vowels, whereas in English they tend towards consonant endings.

For example:

Atlantico becomes Atlantic

democratic becomes Democratic

patriotic becomes patriotic

The lesson would then focus on developing student knowledge of which words carry over from Spanish to English or vice-versa and helping students build on their foundational knowledge.

When developing question-related vocabulary students need to recognize the similarities in the ways the two languages structure their questions. While it’s true that in Spanish many questions are formulated by the mere verbal intonation of the statement, the two languages share similar means of developing questions through ‘tag’ endings.

For example, in Spanish, you could say, ¿Vives en España, verdad? (meaning: You live in Spain, no?)

And in English, you can formulate questions with similar tag endings, “You eat Frosted Flakes, don’t you?”

An effective bi-lingual lesson would point students to the grammatical similarities these languages share in question formation, and again help students build on their foundational knowledge.