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Spanish Project- 1st Draft
How are Latin Americans portrayed in American television? How has this changed over time? And finally, how accurate are these portrayals?
Films to be used
* Gringo demananaland (Old)
* Ugly Betty (Modern day)
* Modern family (Gloria is represented as a gold digger just because she is married to any American)
* Look up another film
* Spanglish(Representation of language)
* El zorro (1998)
* Once upon a time in Mexico (2003)
* Goal (2005)

Research Material
Question: How are Latin Americans portrayed in American television? Howhas this changed over time? And finally, how accurate are these portrayals? |
1. The power of films 2. |
abstract - executive summary. The length of the Abstract should be no more than300-500 words, not included in the formal word count. |
introduction - here you say why and what prompted you to choose this research question, and what you will do to answer your research question,etc, 10% of the work |
literature review/background reading – the reading of books, journals, magazines, web sites you have done in order to gain knowledge to answer the question that is leading yourresearch for the project |
methodology – the instruments you have used to extract your own data/information which will help you find the answer to your original question. There are 2 types ofmethodology: ethnographic and documentary. |
analysis of findings – 30% of the project, this is the most important part . This is the analysis of the new information/data you have found with yourmethodology |
research problems – any practical, intellectual problems you may have found whilst doing your research |
conclusion – the final answer to your original question in view of your research |bibliography – a properly referenced list of sources |
appendixes – any document that may be closely related to your research and which will show your work in a better light |
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