Extracts from "English con Salsa"

Welcome to ESL 100, English Surely Latinized,
inglés con chile y cilantro,
English as American as Benito Juarez.
Welcome muchachos from Xochicalco,
learn the language of dólares and dolores
of kings and queens,
of Donald Duck and Batman,
Holy Toluca!
In four months you'll be speaking like George Washington,
In four weeks, you can ask, "More coffee?"
In two months you can say, "Can I take your order?"
In one year you can ask for a raise, cool as the Tuxpan River

Welcome, muchachas from Teocaltiche,
in this class we speak English refrito,
English con sal y limon.....

When a teacher from La Jolla or a cowboy from Santee
asks you "Do you speak English?"
you'll answer  "Sí
yes, simón, of course.  I love English!"
...
excerpts from "English Con Salsa"
by Gina Valdez "Cool Salsa:  bilingual poems about growing up Latino in the US"  Lori Carlson Editor, 1995

I love this poem, I live it every day I teach Spanish or English!

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