This document summarizes the language differences between English and Spanish from the perspective of a student named Jane who is a native Spanish speaker. It notes that Jane learned English primarily from watching TV shows and is now teaching her parents some English. The document then lists 21 common mistakes made by Spanish speakers learning English and provides examples of errors Jane made in writing, including issues with spelling, verb usage, and word order. It concludes by suggesting focuses for continuing to teach Jane English, such as vowel combinations and differences between Spanish and English pronunciation.

1. Language Comparison English vs. Spanish By: Elizabeth Moore

7. Actual Errors from Jane (Prompt: What did you do over the weekend? ) What Student did: What is correct: Error: Weel what I do is that I go tu the pul whe is hut, Or I go to the besh tu play whit my brother in the warer. Well, what I do is I go to the pool when it is hot, or I go to the beach to play with my brother in the water. *Spelling *Insertion of word that *Comma usage Or a gow tu the par. Also, I go to the park. *Spelling *Article error Or I play whit my frenths in the neyverjud. Another thing I do is I play with my friends in neighborhood. *Spelling *j instead of h *Sentence beginning Or I estay in my hause and seen TV or see yuotube washin fani videos. I stay in my house and watch TV, youtube, or family videos. *Spelling *e in front of st blend *verb usage *comma usage that is the staf I du in Puerto Rico That is the stuff I do in Puerto Rico *Spelling *Capitalization When in Unada Esteit I don’t now watt u du bikause I em neuw and I don’t have eni Frends in the neverjud. I don’t know what you do in the United States because I am new and don’t have many friends in the neighborhood. *Spelling *e in front of the st blend *Word order *Capitalization

8. Actual Errors from Jane (Prompt: What are your plans for the Summer? ) What Student did: What is correct: Error: I guna du is that my and may frend Caser wi are gona du a slomber party. I am going to have a slumber party with my friend Caser. *Spelling *word order *verb usage And I guna guw tu visit mey and TiTi Luli. I will go to visit my TiTi Luli (Aunt). *Spelling *Conjunction usage *Word order And I gunna go to the muvis. I am going to go to the movies too. *Spelling *Conjunction usage And I guna go to a pul if whe fair wan. If we find a pool, I am going to go to the pool also. *Spelling *comma usage *Word order And I gunna go to this ni werld for my first tam. Finally, I am going to go to the new world for my first time. *Spelling *Sentence at the end of the paragraph would make more sense at the beginning of the paragraph

9. Language Comparison English vs. Spanish

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