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Peer reviewedAriza, Eileen N. – Clearing House, 2004
In this article, the author discusses Steven, a classic example of an individual who was torn between two cultural worlds. His mother was Puerto Rican, but she was raised in upper New York State. She and his birth father divorced, she remarried, and the family moved to Puerto Rico, because the company for which Steven's Anglo stepfather worked was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Peer reviewedAriza, Eileen N. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
Anxiety can impede language learning. By using the Community Language Learning method, a teacher helped young Spanish-language learners in Puerto Rico break through almost impenetrable social and psycholinguistic barriers that threatened their capability of learning a new language. This method focuses on strategies that reduce anxiety as the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Humor, Personal Narratives
