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Esperanza Education 2021: A Fresh Start

April 07, 2021
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Some reflections from our collaborators on the strange year 2020, and a look ahead to what 2021 has in store - including a website refresh!
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My Bilingual Baby’s Spanish Mind: 3 Years Old

October 01, 2020
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My bilingual baby is a preschooler now! And she's speaking to me mostly in Spanish. Here's how I know she's thinking in Spanish too.
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Esperanza Education 2020

January 09, 2020
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It's a new year and a new decade! Here's a recap of 2019, including some of our favourite posts, and some of our plans for 2020.
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My Bilingual Baby’s English: 27 Months

August 13, 2019
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Linguistic Leaps Since my last post, my daughter’s language has taken a huge leap. I don’t plan to provide quarterly updates on her language development, but so much has changed in the last 3 months that I felt compelled to share again. Almost everything I wrote about the
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My Bilingual Baby’s Spanish: 2 Years Old

April 10, 2019
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The Linguistic Quirks of a Spanish-Speaking Toddler The last time I wrote about raising my baby in my second language, Spanish, she was only 2 months old. I can’t believe that in just a few weeks she will be 2 YEARS old!! By age 1 she had many one-syllable words, and by 15 month
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Prioritizing Language (Learning)

January 02, 2019
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The only thing you really need to learn a language Happy 2019! It’s a new year, and if your goal is to learn a language or improve your language skills, I’ve got just the trick for you. All you have to do is…. make it a priority! Easier said than done, I know, but ov
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What is Indigenous Language Revitalization?

October 15, 2018
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Defining Words and Worlds We’ve written quite a bit about Indigenous language revitalization on this blog, but I don’t think we’ve ever taken the time to thoroughly explain what it is. Here’s an attempt to do that. It’s long, I know, but there’s act
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Language Games to Help you Fall Asleep

July 02, 2018
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My Secret Cure for Insomnia I often have a hard time falling asleep, but a few years ago I came up with a simple language game that often does the trick. When other techniques such as trying to relax each part of the body or deep breathing aren’t working, or when my brain is buz
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La Viajadora Ridiculosa! Learning Language by Inventing Words

May 03, 2018
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The Importance of Language Play We’ve written many times about the importance of having fun with language, and my recent linguistic adventures have got me thinking about an important aspect of language play: making up words. I often tell my students that when they don’t kn
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The Indigenous Languages of British Columbia

March 08, 2018
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Language Love on the West Coast Last month the government of British Columbia announced that their 2018 budget would include $50 million to support Indigenous language revitalization across the province. I’m very excited, of course, as there is more and more support for the work
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