THE CITY (LA CIUDAD) - TEACHERS GUIDE

TEACHERS GUIDE DICTIONARY

Im·mi·grate - v. intr. To enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native.

Im mi gra tion - n. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

Mi grate - v. intr. To move from one country, place or locality to another, often to find work, especially in harvesting crops.

Mi·gra·tion - n. 1. The act or an instance of migrating. 2. A group migrating together.

Ste reo type - n. Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern, especially: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, affective attitude or uncritical judgment.

Xe no pho bia - n. Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.

Sources:Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991; Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1998