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Spanish is my native language—a language that is deeply engrained in my heart and soul. Even though I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and the fact is that English is the dominant language in my daily activities, Spanish is still part of who I am. Spanish is the language that reminds me of my home country, Chile, my family, my friends, and my entire life before I moved to the United States 18 years ago.
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Azocar, A. (2015). The Instrumentality of Spanish in Early Spanish Education: Unraveling the “Linguistic Masquerade” via Storytelling. In: Lightfoot-Rueda, T., Peach, R.L. (eds) Global Perspectives on Human Capital in Early Childhood Education. Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137490865_4
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