User:Juanc101/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
New York Latino English

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because as a fellow Latino in the U.S. It's interesting in learning about your race and how others in the same country and even around the world speak Spanish or Spanglish in different ways. I find it very fascinating how Spanish can change by the area you are in, accents and slang play a big role. I also chose this article because it somewhat contributes to my project in class. In the project I talk about how class can make a difference on how people speak. In this article they talk about life in New York and gave examples of big names that came out of there that if you heard them there is a certain way that New Yorkers speak especially in Spanish. The New York accent is very strong and easy to distinguish from others.

Evaluate the article
I thought that the article was good it had enough information but I feel like it could've used more. They gave great examples and ideas that could hold the article together. I also really liked that they quoted William Labov and gave multiple examples on the topic. Overall it was a good article that informed me more about how New York Spanish people speak around there area and how it has grown and evolved. I also really liked that they brought in music and literature to explain how it has changed over time. The sources looked correctly done and they seemed reliable. I will be looking for more topics like this. I was thinking of getting into language and race a lot more. another topic is social movements and what they contribute to language and how it's evolved over time. Different slang in certain areas can be a good topic. I can also talk about the different ways language is used.