Post on 22-Dec-2015
What does this phrase mean to you?
What languages do you think of?
Where have you heard them before?
…???
Let’s explore multilingualism!
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1. “The Crayon Box that Talked” by Shane DeRolfe (1996)
2. Foreign Language Influence on English
“We are a box of crayons,Each one of us unique.But when we get together,The
picture is complete.”DeRolf (1996)
Chandelier
Oy vey
Cashew
Guerilla (warfare)
Schmooze
Pizza
Algebra
Ballet
Kindergarten
Aficionado
Cul-de-sac
Bungalow
Guess the word origin: Salsa
Fortissimo
Hamburger
Croissant
Sierra
Coyote
Balcony
Pajamas
Hummus
Khaki
Add any others you might know and share them with the class!
Languages in the U.S. Today: On the following maps:
White = language not spoken
Yellow = language somewhat spoken
Red= Language widely spoken
• *Range, varying degrees
Timeline of Discoveries
1492: Columbus’ ships (the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria) depart Spain for the New World
1494: Spain and Portugal split territory in the New World with the Treaty of Tordesillas
1500: Portuguese colonize Brazil
1513: Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida and names it La Florida, meaning “place of flowers”
1519: Spaniard Hernan Cortés lands in Mexico
1524: French explore region between Florida and Newfoundland for route to the Pacific Ocean
1585: Sir Walter Raleigh of England tries to set up a colony in Roanoke, North Carolina.
1607: King James of England sends a group to settle the Chesapeake region in Virginia. Jamestown becomes the first permanent English settlement in North America.
1608: Frenchmen Samuel de Champlain establishes a fur trading post at Quebec (in Canada)
…to this?! English-speaking French-speaking
Portuguese -speaking Spanish-speaking
& many, many more!
Bibliography of Pictures:1. http://www.oberholtzer-creative.com/visualculture 2009/02/language-matters/
2. http://umsenglishdepartment.blogspot.com/2010_10_24_archive.html
3. http://arcgis.mla.org/mla/default.aspx
4. http://www.njfamily.com/NJ-Family/September-2012/Eight-Myths-About-Multilingual-Kids/
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colonization_of_the_Americas_1750.PNG
6. http://gospain.about.com/od/spanishlife/ig/Spanish-Flags/Spanish-Flag.htm
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_Adolf_Closs__Die_Schiffe_des_Columbus_-_1892.jpg
8. http://terrifictop10.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/portugal-flag.gif
9. http://www.golisbon.com/culture/age-of-discovery.html
10. http://bestflag.blogspot.com/2012/09/french-flag.html
11. http://www.historicfortsnelling.org/history/fur-trade
12. http://zona-information-scholarship.blogspot.com/2011/01/british-chevening-scholarship-20102011.html
13. http://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/bayhistory/johnsmith
14. http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110130/education/is-italian-an-endangered-language-in-malta.347685