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Latino/a Literature Seminars
Manuel Hernandez has given seminars on how to integrate Latino/a Literature
in the English Classroom in cities across the United States, Puerto Rico
and Mexico. He is willing to visit your school, community center, corporation
and institution and share his view on this new literature. The literature
can serve as a bridge for further literary analysis and can help students
improve their scores on city, national and state testing requirements.
(Click here for curriculum vitae)
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Puerto Ricans is impaornt for me to connect with other lantio and to know what is gogin on. News Upsates Music Food. Adios Amgio....
Jason De La Cruz - jibaro2632@bellsouth.net
USA - Navaare FL,9/5/2007 8:17:39 AM
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Bediciones!
It's great to read what beautiful essays! Gracias por tu perseverancia "in Spreading God's Word". Keep up the Great Work! My regards to you and the family. Miss you guys and V. Abundante too!
Daisy Garcia - djgarciag1@hotmail.com
USA - Norfolk, VA,2/7/2007 12:41:54 PM
198.204.97.2- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Very interesting and very pretty website. :)
Good luck and keep up good work.
Best regards.
Robert
RobertJ - robdj@dj.com
Manchester - England,1/12/2007 3:33:50 PM
201.26.68.229- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Tienes razón en que hace falta un cambio de actitud, pero a través de
la historia queda establecido el concepto de cambio como algo que
proviene, tanto de la necesidad, como de lideres y gente responsable que, al
ver la necesidad, inspiran al pueblo a proceder de otra forma. Otra
forma que se acate a la necesidad particular.
Si miras a nuestro derredor veras que el pueblo en
general no se preocupa por cosas que requieran cambio. La falta de conciencia
se pronuncia en las calles sucias y la basura en los medios; en la
prensa y sus primeras planas con fotos de raperos y mujeres en bikini.
Quien ha notado la falta de calidad en eso y quien lo critica? El Horizonte
tiene una persona que publica bajo el seudónimo de ‘Hijuela’ y yo le
pregunté a una persona cristiana que lo leía que si no le molestaba
eso. Se echó a reír como si fuera una gracia.
Lo que sucede es que mientras el pueblo encuentre gracia
en toda esa basura que se nos arroja a diario, no hay esperanza para un
cambio de actitud. Mientras programas como ‘ La Comadre’, las novelas
llenas de temas vanos o sexuales, y los programas radiales que reciben
llamadas del público [es chiste pensar que esas llamadas puedan ser del
público enterado de las realidades] sean el entretenimiento del
ciudadano promedio, nuestra Isla tiene muy poca esperanza de actualizarse
como pueblo.
Mientras aquellas personas que se supone sean ‘la sal de
la tierra’ se comporten como cualquier otro ‘Juan del Pueblo’ y no den
un testimonio [en su diario vivir, no en literatura, prédica o
cánticos] al mundo, que éste pueda mirar y emular, no vamos a ver un cambio en
nuestro pueblo.
Aquellos que se atreven, los valientes como dice la
escritura, que dejen de gritar y nos muestren aquellos que se les encomendó.
Quizás asi…
Rafi - rafivaz03@yahoo.com
- ,5/18/2006 5:00:37 PM
144.228.182.238- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Colleagues,
The following excerpt is an abstract of a hands-on conference/workshop which includes video interviews, copies of my textbook and strategies and ideas on how to use and integrate Latino/a Literature in the English Classroom. This workshop is not only open to teachers but to counselors, principals, social workers, politicians, parents and all those interested in the education of our
children.
I am coordinating a three-week stay this June and July in the NYC area, and I am interested in visiting your school, community center and even your church. Feel free to share the news and call me if you
are interested.
Manny Hernandez, 787-556-2956
Abstract
The Literature of the Latino/a Experience and its Relevance in
the English Classroom
by Manuel Hernandez
An alternative to the teaching of literature is the integration of the literature of the Latino/a experience in the
English curriculum. The study of literature is the only real academic situation in which students have to explore issues that are relevant to their interests. Latino/a literature combines the language, history and the cultural _expression of the Latino/a experience that allows students to examine these themes and make language their own
by making personal connections with their lives and background information. The characters in the story, settings, conflicts and the poetic language all express the experiences of the recently arrived,
and even portray universal situations that all American teens go through. Themes include education, identity, varied approaches to
race, self-acceptance, self-esteem, peer-pressure, family, domestic violence, sex, mother-son-daughter; father-son-daughter
relationships, just to mention a few.
Effectively used and integrated, Latino/a literature may improve academic outcomes and provide the preparation needed for students to enhance their scores on city, national and state testing requirements.Although Latinos have been migrating to the United States since the middle of the 19th century, it is not until the publication of Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas in in 1967 that their presence with a literary awakening became evident. Two scholars in the area (Noyce and Christie, 1989) state that the mind assimilates information to explain the missing link between skills and reading/writing. The new Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) now has
three sections: reading, writing and math. The changes will provoke spontaneous and widespread curriculum changes in the United States that will without a doubt affect the education of Latinos and other
American teens as well. Therefore it is up to teachers to include additional instruction and educational materials to help students
fill in those missing links.
The literature of the Latino/a experience is not only relevant
but also essential in the English classroom. I recommend that the literature be used to supplement classical literature in the English curriculum in the United States, especially in cities and school
districts with large Latino school populations (The Bronx, Orlando,
Miami, Los Angeles, etc.). Over the last twenty years, stories, poems, novels and plays written by Latino/a writers have become
overwhelmingly popular not just in schools and colleges in the United States, but throughout the world. It is time to integrate Latino/a writings to those reading lists in high schools. Secondly, I suggest
that the SAT's should also include at least one or two writings (Latino/a authors) from the reading lists in the exams. If students
read them, why not test them on the subject. Finally, I strongly recommend that educators receive the necessary training to integrate
Latino/a literature in the English Classroom.
Manny Hernandez - mannyh32@puertoricans.com
United States - New York City,4/26/2006 9:45:19 AM
164.42.193.119- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Posted by Latino at March 3, 2006 11:16 PM | TrackBack
Comments
Manuel Hernandez: Your story about the birth of a Puerto Rican may be fiction, but it does have a great deal of truth behind, inside and ahead of it. I am also a Puerto Rican writer, I was also a Legislator, and also a member of the Juventud Nacionalista (I witnessed the Masacre de Ponce at age 9, and I have felt myself touched by the depth of your story. If you deepen your finger in the center of it all, it happens to be mirroring of the colonial system to which our Puerto Rican race/nation has been subjected. Pitifully, it has been under the US rule that colonialism has achieved its greatest success; forcing our people into a very profound state of lack of self-esteem, which is, after all, the basis of the system. At this point, the PuertoRicans have achieved the state of thinking they are somebody else (USians) and that being Puerto Rican is disgraceful. Not only that, we have lost all concept opf our own racial nature, being born as a race from four hundred years of endogamic crossing between Spanish, Africans and native Indians races. It is a pity but, as time marches on and every keeps quiet, our people get ready to dissappear as such. One great Puerto Rican thinker/writer, Nemesio Canales, said: EITHER PUERTO RICANS HAVE LOST THEIR NATION OR PUERTO RICO HAS LOST ITS MEN. Kindest regards and thanks for your deep feelings and ability. Riggin Dapena, La Corunha, Espanha
Manny - mannyh32@yahoo.com
Naguabo - Puerto Rico,3/7/2006 10:57:53 AM
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Manny, your are breath of fresh air for me on so many levels. Your essays are dead on. Keep up the good work. The Bronx, Santurce, Silver Spring... It's all good. Just a matter of perspective.
PJ Estrada - pestrada_2000@yahoo.com
USA - Silver Spring, MD,10/30/2005 8:51:42 AM
70.110.25.169- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Manny,
You set a powerful and positive example to the Latino population. Your essays encourage others to speak up and make a difference!
Melissa Algarin-Ortiz - melissa_alga@yahoo.com
Puerto Rico - Rio Grande,7/1/2005 8:39:29 AM
216.233.96.43- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Prof.Hernandez essays are an excellent resource in my English class.
Grace Henke - kristopher_93@yahoo.com
Puerto Rico - Bayamon,4/13/2005 1:22:08 PM
65.38.209.82- ip registered at http://www.puertoricans.com
Hola mi amor te amo tu vas a llegar donde tu quieras llegar siempre voy a estar ahi a tu lado pues no hay limites tu eres espectacular como tu no hay nadie tu eres sobrenaturallllllllllllllll.
MOR
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Maria - discipulando12@hotmail.com
- Naguabo,2/28/2005 3:51:12 PM
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