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Chispa in LATINA Magazine – Teaching Spanish to Your Children
A few months ago, I was contacted by LATINA Magazine's Lifestyle Editor for an article on encouraging your children to speak Spanish. Well, the magazine is out, and I'm quoted in it ...We spoke at...
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Who is a Latino?
L.A. Law actress Michele Greene.Supermodel Christy Turlington.Wonder Woman Lynda Carter.Baseball legend Ted Williams.New Mexico Governor – and presidential candidate – Bill Richardson.What do these...
View ArticleIch bin ein Latino!
I have a new catchphrase that I am going to start spreading around: "ICH BIN EIN LATINO." If we all said that, then they REALLY couldn't deport us all! (Kind of like JFK showing his solidarity for...
View ArticleReaction to "Who is a Latino"
Well, that's why they call them opinion pieces ....In addition to a number of positive responses, I also received one very negative reaction to my "Who is a Latino" piece, by someone who felt I...
View ArticleAre you involved in a Heritage Language Program?
Just got this from the Heritage Language Listserve .... if you are involved in a K-12 and/or community-based heritage language program, the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages would like...
View ArticleDoes he spit in the bath? (and more from a medical Spanish phrase book ...)
Phrase books are a funny thing. They have to anticipate situations and then provide just the right sentence to address that situation.Sometimes I'm just surprised at the situations that the authors of...
View ArticleLatinos Describe “How I Learned English” in New Essay Collection
I just found this on Hispanic Trending .... great article, and I'm buying the book today ....It's interesting that this book touches on two things that I'm writing about -- the fact that immigrants DO...
View ArticleSpanish lessons in San Diego
I just got back from San Diego, and as always when I'm in the Southwest - and especially California - I feel like the entire experience is a Spanish lesson. And I'm not even talking about how much...
View ArticleNew op-ed published
Is advertising coffee in a foreign language really going to undermine our culture and our values? (If so, someone had better tell Starbucks to take the words “grande” and “macchiato” off its menu.) Do...
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Just say Hola!
September is always such a busy month, with many new beginnings ... especially this year, when this month began with taking my oldest child to college on the opposite coast and then starting a new...
View ArticleThe One Semester of Spanish Love Song
I can't stop laughing at this .... and you know what? It really shows how much you can communicate with some very simple words!
View Article¡¡¡ Maná at Madison Square Garden !!!!
AMAZING concert ........ and what an opening!When the wall exploded, the Garden went wild.(This video is from the Chicago concert.)These guys have been around for over 20 years (really, almost 30), and...
View ArticleBBC Mundo Interview
I was so thrilled by BBC Mundo's "¿Hablas español?" project that I blogged about it several times, and wrote them a number of messages and comments along their route.It turns out that one of my main...
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Why I Love Teaching
I love teaching because I love the kids, I love the language, I love sharing my passion for it all .... and because I just can't make this stuff up.On the midterm this week, the students had to define...
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¿Por qué no te callas?
It's the #1 ringtone in Spain, the top phrase on T-shirts in Venezuela, and now a great cartoon.The cartoon is funny. Too bad the situation in Venezuela isn't.
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Priceless ....
Like the Chávez cartoon below, this wouldn't be funny if it weren't so true. And the fact that it is true isn't funny at all. Still, enjoy the laugh!width>
View ArticleHostages released in Colombia
Just saw on my Yahoo news en español that Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzales were released in Colombia after six years of captivity. Let's hope that Ingrid Betancourt is next ... and soon.Here is the...
View ArticleGeraldo Rivera vs. Bill O'Reilly on immigration
VERY worth viewing .... wow. EXCELLENT. Good for Geraldo ... he is soright that racism is at the heart of this debate.In the middle of this first clip, listen to what O'Reilly says when Geraldo...
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Concierto por la paz
Juanes tiene la camisa blanca - and so do tens of thousands of others who want PEACE.A message of peace from the Colombian-Venezuelan border .... initiated by Juanes, joined by Alejandro Sanz, Juan...
View ArticleProof that the Celts were in Northern Spain
You can always tell who was tromping around in a country by the music they left (and the faces -- there are a lot of redheads in northern Spain).Enjoy this clip of Hevia, and his music that - believe...
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