|When you read English con Salsa it can be almost impossible to imagine what it is about, because how can you know what it tastes like, what it looks like or how it sounds. Gina Valdes, author of the poem English con Salsa, helps the reader understand what these words mean. It mixes these two words from two different languages and creates a unification for two different cultures. Throughout the poem, she continues to mix the two languages, mentioning important figures from American and Mexican culture. The poem is about Latinos coming to the United States, who are trying to learn a new language and live in a new culture. But the poem also describes how Latinos Latinize this new culture to feel more at home. Valdes tells the reader that Latinos will keep their Latin culture with them, even though they try to learn the American language and customs, they still adhere to their Mexican traditions. That's why the poem is called English con Salsa, because Mexicans do everything they do when they eat something: they have to add salsa to their food, no matter what type of food they eat , they just want to add their own touch, the spiciness, to taste better. It's the same with English with salsa, every person, from every other culture, adds their own touch. In English con Salsa, Gina Valdes uses a humorous tone, imagery, and comparisons to describe how Latinos adapt to a new culture and continue to embrace their culture. To show a humorous tone, Valdes makes each line of the poem related to Latin culture and how they modify it to suit their tastes. In the first line, the author says “Welcome to ESL 100, English surely Latinized…” (692), instead of saying English as a second language, she reaffirms that English is distorted by Latinos. She does... middle of paper ......t their mother tongue may have it, it may be a thick accent but the benefits gained from it could be sweet as mangoes. At first reading only In the title of the poem, everything is confusion, but after reading each stanza of the poem, everything becomes clear. English con Salsa, these are no longer words that have no meaning but have a deeper meaning. This means that Mexicans, when they come to America and try to learn a new language and adapt to a new culture, do not leave behind where they come from and who they are, and they continue to embrace their culture. This is what the author of the poem English con Salsa by Gina Valdes says, she uses a humorous tone to make everything fun and easier to understand, images to be able to see and compare to be able to compare how Latinos always find a way to live in a new culture without forgetting their original.

Essay / |When you read English con Salsa it can be almost impossible to imagine what it is about, because how can you know what it tastes like, what it looks like or how it sounds. Gina Valdes, author of the poem English con Salsa, helps the reader understand what these words mean. It mixes these two words from two different languages and creates a unification for two different cultures. Throughout the poem, she continues to mix the two languages, mentioning important figures from American and Mexican culture. The poem is about Latinos coming to the United States, who are trying to learn a new language and live in a new culture. But the poem also describes how Latinos Latinize this new culture to feel more at home. Valdes tells the reader that Latinos will keep their Latin culture with them, even though they try to learn the American language and customs, they still adhere to their Mexican traditions. That's why the poem is called English con Salsa, because Mexicans do everything they do when they eat something: they have to add salsa to their food, no matter what type of food they eat , they just want to add their own touch, the spiciness, to taste better. It's the same with English with salsa, every person, from every other culture, adds their own touch. In English con Salsa, Gina Valdes uses a humorous tone, imagery, and comparisons to describe how Latinos adapt to a new culture and continue to embrace their culture. To show a humorous tone, Valdes makes each line of the poem related to Latin culture and how they modify it to suit their tastes. In the first line, the author says “Welcome to ESL 100, English surely Latinized…” (692), instead of saying English as a second language, she reaffirms that English is distorted by Latinos. She does... middle of paper ......t their mother tongue may have it, it may be a thick accent but the benefits gained from it could be sweet as mangoes. At first reading only In the title of the poem, everything is confusion, but after reading each stanza of the poem, everything becomes clear. English con Salsa, these are no longer words that have no meaning but have a deeper meaning. This means that Mexicans, when they come to America and try to learn a new language and adapt to a new culture, do not leave behind where they come from and who they are, and they continue to embrace their culture. This is what the author of the poem English con Salsa by Gina Valdes says, she uses a humorous tone to make everything fun and easier to understand, images to be able to see and compare to be able to compare how Latinos always find a way to live in a new culture without forgetting their original.

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