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Language, Learning, and Culture

Welcome to the Esperanza Education blog! Here you will find regular posts from our teachers that explore diverse aspects of language, learning, and culture. We share our experiences as language learners and teachers, tips and resources for learning specific languages, travel and cultural advice, and more. We are a diverse group, each with our own interests and background, so expect to find an eclectic selection of entries. Enjoy! Disfruta! Amusez-vous! Divirta-se! Tadını çıkar! !التمتع به


Language Mind Games

May 18, 2016
by Nicki Benson
language play, learning on your own, vocabulary
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Dr. Seuss Fish Art
How to Memorize New Words without Lists or Flash Cards Most people who have learned, or tried to learn, multiple languages know the phenomenon where you try to speak one language and another comes out. This especially seems to happen with third or fourth languages – somehow your
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Pedagogía alternativa 3: artes marciales y la práctica como aprendizaje

May 11, 2016
by Martin Urrutia
alternative education, cultura, learning on your own
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Practicantes de aikido
Educación occidental: teoría vs práctica Hay momentos en los que todo educador se enfrenta a los límites de la enseñanza. Particularmente sucede a quienes enseñamos materias cargadas de contenidos abstractos, en donde explicar la relevancia de una función matemática o de una estructur
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Propaganda no Brasil

May 02, 2016
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Na minha opinião, uma das grandes qualidades dos brasileiros é a criatividade. E certamente é por conta dessa qualidade que criamos peças de propaganda tão atraentes. Sem falsa modéstia, somos muito bons nisso. Hoje o Brasil é considerado uma das maiores potências em termos de criação
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What is Canadian English?

April 25, 2016
by Kathryn Stewart
America, Canada, England, Language
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English Sounds Different in England I am on holiday in London, England. April 23rd was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Shakespeare’s prolific work inspired new vocabulary and phrases still used today. Have you ever “been in a pickle?” (The Tempest
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More than Language: Social Potentials of Language Exchange

April 18, 2016
by Mary Leighton
additional language, culture, language exchange
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Beyond language acquisition As I embark as the coordinator of a new nine-week exchange program with Arabic and English speaking women, with some anxiety about exactly how we will introduce Arabic with seven different Arabic-speaking countries represented in the room, and how we will i
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Countering the Five Faces of Oppression

April 11, 2016
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, oppression, social justice
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Colourful faces
A Social Justice Approach for Everyone As described in my first ever blog post, Esperanza Education aims to promote social justice education throughout all aspects of our work and relationships. My own understanding of social justice has been influenced by philosopher Iris Marion Youn
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Sobre paradigmas y preconcepciones en educación

April 04, 2016
by Martin Urrutia
cultura, educación intercultural, español
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Ilustración de la charla sobre paradigmas educativos de Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson y la reforma educativa Es muy probable que ya hayan escuchado hablar de este video o de este presentador. Sir Ken Robinson es ya famoso por sus charlas en TED, por sus libros y por sus ideas sobre cómo revolucionar la educación, promoviendo la creatividad como princip
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Mindfulness in Teaching

March 21, 2016
by Kathryn Stewart
mindfulness, strategies, teacher
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Teaching and Mindfulness: While we often think about mindfulness in the context of meditation, it is a strategy that is also useful in teaching practice. Towards the end of the year both students and teachers start to get a little… done. Like an overcooked steak, the juices aren
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Intro to Armenian

March 14, 2016
by Mary Leighton
culture, history, living abroad
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One of many languages in the Sandcastle Girls My mom recently passed on to me the Sandcastle Girls, a novel set during the Armenian Genocide around 1915, when Armenians were deported en masse from the Ottoman Empire and over a million people were killed or died of diseases, starvation
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Celebrating Squamish

March 07, 2016
by Nicki Benson
events, heritage languages, indigenous languages
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Cathedral Mountain - Photo by Ira Sutherland
The We Speak! Gala for the Squamish Language Last month I wrote about my work with Kwi Awt Stelmexw in support of Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Language revitalization. This week I am shamelessly promoting a special event happening later this week: the We Speak! Fundraising Gala is this Frid
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