Saturday, April 13, 2013

Pobre Juan: Immigration into the U.S. from Latin America

Students in Spanish 3-4 with Profe Bañuelos this week while learning when to use preterite and imperfect past tenses in the same sentence dove into a song Pobre Juan by the great Mexican rock band Maná.  The sad yet realistic story uses both preterite and imperfect tenses in telling Pobre Juan's trek from his native town to trying to cross into the U.S.  Profe Bañuelos also discussed the push/pull factors that lead to immigration from one country to another. 

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