Final Essay Topic Spanish Listening Test

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The speaker will study only monolingual adults from another city. The topic is about the history of a neighborhood. The speaker wants to study how bilingual young people use Spanish in the neighborhood. The speaker has chosen a topic unrelated to language.

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The speaker will interview people without preparing questions or asking permission. The interviews will use only yes-or-no questions. Before interviewing anyone, the speaker will prepare open questions and ask for consent. The speaker will ask for consent only after publishing the interviews.

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The speaker believes academic sources should only summarize the topic. No academic source is needed for the analysis. An academic source should support the analysis, not merely describe the topic. The speaker will replace the analysis with a source summary.

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The speaker has no relevant articles yet. The speaker has enough sources and needs nothing else. The speaker found two relevant articles but still needs a more recent source. The speaker only wants an older source.

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The introduction will contain only the final conclusion. The speaker will avoid explaining the purpose of the study. In the introduction, the speaker will explain the topic choice and what will be compared. The comparison will be introduced after the bibliography.

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The speaker plans to publish every interviewee's full name. The interviews will be anonymous only after grading. The speaker will not publish the real names of the people interviewed. The speaker has no concerns about interview privacy.

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The teacher suggested combining every section into one paragraph. The teacher wants the discussion removed completely. The professor suggested separating results from discussion to improve the structure. The structure will not be changed after the teacher's advice.

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The speaker will quote interviews without identifying any speaker at all. Private information will be included with every quotation. When quoting an interview, the speaker will identify the speaker without revealing private information. The speaker will avoid using interview quotations completely.

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The first draft must be perfect before any ideas are developed. The speaker thinks ideas are less important than formatting. The first draft can be imperfect; developing the ideas well is more important. The speaker will skip the first draft and submit notes instead.

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The speaker will correct style first and ignore the argument. No revision will happen after receiving feedback. After receiving feedback, the speaker will revise the argument before polishing style details. The speaker will rewrite only the bibliography after receiving comments.