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Violet : Hello, my name is Violet Alvarado and for the second audio portion of my SOGC project I will be interviewing another heritage speaker I personally know

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Would you like to introduce yourself; give us your name, your major, and the language that speak?

Julie-Rose : My name is Julie-Rose

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My major is costume design and my heritage language is Spanish.

Violet : Ok, thank you so much. To start off,you grow up around other heritage speakers

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outside your household? or was it just mostly you and your family.

Julie-Rose : It was just mostly me and my family-- mostly my mother because she came from Mexico so she

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would speak a lot of Spanish and I had picked up some from her.

Violet : Alright, cool. In highschool did you ever take Spanish classes?

Julie-Rose : I did.

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Violet : Do you know how to read and write in Spanish?

Julie-Rose : I do, only a little bit

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Violet : When it comes to reading, do you say you're pretty good at recognizing words? Or is that also something you struggle with.

Julie-Rose : That is something I struggle with

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Violet : When you took Spanish classes in highschool, do you think they helped with your reading and writing?

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Julie-Rose : They definitely did, yes did.

Violet : Yeah?

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How about coming to university; would you say that you started speaking less or more Spanish?

Julie-Rose : A little bit less?

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Violet : Have you made any connections with the Spanish speaking community here at university?

Julie-Rose : I have not, no [Laugther]

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Violet : When it came to your major and choosing what language classes you would be taking for you credits, what language did you end up choosing?

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Julie-Rose : Spanish [Laughter]

Violet : [Laughter] Do you want to tell the audience why?

Julie-Rose : Just so i can get to

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know my heritage more and speak more to my mother and just friends, if I ever make more. Just stuff like that.

Violet : Yeah. So far on the semester

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[do] you think your reading and writing has been helped by those classes?

Julie-Rose : Reading, yes. Writing, probably not. And I have learned a lot more, yes.

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Volet : Yeah, ok, that's so great! Is there anything else, comments, or anything you want to tell to the audience before we close this off?

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Julie-Rose : No, I don't think so

Violet : [Laughter] Ok, thank you so much Julie. And that is the end of the second audio portion of my SOGC.

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Than you to everyone who has listened and bye-bye

Julie-Rose : Bye-bye!

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Violet : Hello, my name is Violet Alvarado and for one of the portions of my website in my multimodal projecy

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I will be interviewing a heritage speaker that I personally know. Would you like to give us some background information about yourself like your name, your major, your heritage.

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L : My name is L and my major is in psychology with a chem[istry] minor and my heritage is my parents

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that come from Veracruz, Mexico

Violet : Ok yeah, thank you so much. Let's start with some background information

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Growing up was their a large Spanish-speaking community that you could connect to? Or how was that

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L : Growing up, I spoke a lot of Spanish at the house because my parents came to the US not knowing that much English, and I was able to talk with them a lot

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and otherwise I didn't practice that much outside home

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Violet : Ok, thank you. So, when it came towards school, growing up, did you ever take Spanish classes or try to take

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initiative and taking the AP exam for Spanish or anything liek that?

L : I did take some AP classes, and I did pretty well on them

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Considering I did practice a lot with my parents

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Violet : How would you say that's changed since you got here to university? Speaking-wise, do you think you're speaking Spanish more here?

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L : I think I'm speaking it much less. Like I said, my main practice was around my parents. And so, now that I don't go home to my parents

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everynight, I don't get that practice like I used to

Violet : Reading and writing-wise, would you say that is the same scenario? Are you see that

L : The only times that I've needed to use reading and writing

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were during my AP Spanish. It hasn't otherwise-- I have not practiced at all.

Violet : As Tech Students we all

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We all have to get like six hours, I think, in aforeign language for a portion of your degree.

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L : My AP credits already covered that, so I won't be taking any foreign language courses since my major

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is a [bacehlor's of] science-based one. Unfortunately, taking any classes won't be good because I don't have any elective hours left and to

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complete college on time I can only complete classes that are required for my major and my minor

Violet : So, I'm guessing you're not going to be taking a minor

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Spanish either?

L : No, I'm caught up in learning, and hopefully getting into med school and my

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requirements don't allow for a minor in Spanish.

Violet : Putting aside your current schedule

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planning, and things like that, if you haf the oppurtunity to still continue and take foreign language credits at

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univeristy, do you think Spanish would have been the language you chose?

L : It would've definitely been the language I chose to get more into my culture

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I lacked while I was growing up other than just getting it form my parents

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Violet : Have you ever taken the initiative personally to learn Spanish just outside of an academia settings?

L : I mean, personally, since I do have ADHD

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it's been really hard for me to be consistent with any type of learning so I have tried picking up some books

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and picking up Duolingo but it has never really made much of an impact since I haven't been able to

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practice it as much as I would like to

Violet : I think those are all the questions that I have for you today

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thank you so much for being on this podcast. Thank you to everyone who is listening. Thank you so much and goodbye

Both of the people in my interviews had taken advantage of their highschools' courses in Spanish. However, neither prioritised Spanish beyong fullfilling degree pre-requisites once in university. Both did say that heritage connections was a reason they were or would take Spanish classes; this reason was rarer in the survey, which may be because I accidentally interviewed both of them in a loaded way. Regardless, the interviews continue to support my conclusion from the survey.