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In the online article by Max J. Castro, Ph. D, The Future of Spanish in the United States, the author effectively uses his credibility to link facts and history of other languages to Spanish along with appealing to the reader’s emotions to explain why the longevity of the Spanish language is possibly threatened in the United States. In his article, Castro refers to a plethora of statistical information about Spanish as a language in the United States, including that it is predicted to be the largest Spanish speaking country in the world by 2050. Even today Spanish is by far the second most spoken language in America, second only to English. Although the amount of Spanish speakers is increasing, Castro also mentions in his article, largely concerned, …show more content…

will eventually lead to the death of Spanish as the second largest language in America, unless there is a stance taken to actively keep it …show more content…

Castro, Ph.D, the author of this article, has effectively used and appeal to the readers emotions, a mass of reasoning and logic using statistics, data, and and personal experiences to get his point across. He conveyed the message that Spanish is threatened in the United States due to many reasons. Even as a non-native Spanish speaker I can see the value of keeping your ancestral language alive. I can’t imagine losing English, my native language in the future or how it would affect my culture and heritage. In the future I can see this author being successful as they know how to write based on their audience. Castro appeals to a younger audience in many ways, pleading for a call to action in continuing to teach Spanish to the 2nd and 3rd generation Hispanics. He knows that these are the people who he needs to reach with his words. The kids and young adults who should take pride in their culture, but maybe aren’t because their heritage through their native language wasn’t passed down to them. These are the people with the power to revitalize the Spanish speaking natives in America’s

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