Luis Angamarca

Luis Angamarca
English 1100/35
Professor Young

                                                          How to Tame A Wild Tongue

1. The opening scene shows that she has a wild tongue and that its hard to tame it. It in a way foreshadows what it means to have a wild tongue.
2. It made sense because she was using it to make people who don't read Spanish feel like her. She wanted them to feel uneasy because they don't understand the other language.
3. Yes, since in standard Spanish you speak more formal using all of the vowels and syllables. Nonstandard is different because it is improper Spanish since its missing vowels and syllables. One you use in a professional manner and the other one can be used with friends.
4. Yes it is necessary, when speaking Academic English it shows your professionalism, that you are well educated. Meaning that you can formally communicate with others.
5. I know I use proper English to speak with my professors, higher authorities, or in a professional setting. But with my friends and cousins I use slang, and use words incorrectly to refer to something.
6. Me and my friends have changed the meanings of some words, but it wasn't a really big thing since they mean the same thing as certain slang words. We used the words we knew or found out how to use other words improperly to try to describe things.
7. With my friends I speak sang, since we fool around we don't need to speak proper English. with my mother or others I speak proper English, so I can communicate with others and not seem immature or uneducated.
8. This means that a person has their own way of speaking, making them a unique individual because the way the speak represents where they came from. It is your identity because it shows your culture.
9. In the beginning it says that she has a wild tongue that need to be tamed. By the end of the story she ends it by saying that she wont be controlled, that she will be as free as she want to be in a language sense.
10. The language you speak is a part of your identity. Your language represents who you are and it shows where you came from.
11. Identity is important because it shows who you are and where you came from. Anzaldua believes it is important to have identity. She says "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language, Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity,- I m my language

Luis Angamarca

Luis Angamarca
English 1100/35
Professor Young


                                                           How To Tame A Wild Tongue

"If you want to be American, speak 'American'. If you don't like it, go back to Mexico where you belong."

"My 'home' tongue's are the language I speak with my sister and brothers, with my friends."

"By the end of this century. Spanish speakers will compromise the biggest minority group in the U.S., a country where students in high schools and colleges are encouraged to take French classes because French is considered more 'cultured'"

Getting to Know You

Luis Angamarca
English 1100/35
8/25/15
Prof. Young

                                                                     Getting to Know You

1. I played lacrosse for four years and ice hockey for three years and I LOVE both sports.

         2. On my free time I really enjoy playing the bass guitar or just hanging out with my friends and family.

         3. My nickname back in high school was Dexter. I got during the off season practices for lacrosse. The captain of that year said I reminded him of him of Dexter because I was short, chubby, and had glasses.

         4. I usually just let words flow. I like to hand write first because it feels better than typing. It also allows me to easily change my sentences to make them better.

         5. My writing experience in high school was alright. They would tell us a paper is due on a certain day and to get it done by then. They would tell us what to change, but wouldn't go into why we should.  We learned many grammar rules and structures and a lot of them have really helped and stuck.

         6. I listen to a lot of music, it ranges from rock, metal, alternative, R&B, rap (although the new stuff sucks), bachata, old school Ecuadorian music, and anything that sounds good lyrically and instrumentally.  I don't have one favorite artist because there are many that are just so unique in there own form. BUT I would go with Alesana, Slipknot, Eminem, and Nirvana

         7. I use Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook. I go on probably three times a day to see how my friends are doing.

         8. I want to expand the way that I write. As in the formatting of It and how to make sure that my point gets across to the reader.

         9. I rate my self a B writer. When I write about something that is interesting or has no boundaries I can really express my feelings and ideas. But when I have to pick a side in a situation its harder for me to write because I usually understand both sides of a story and I'm limited to just choosing one side.