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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


Interview with founder Nicole Benson

April 08, 2015
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, language education, social justice
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Profile of Nicole Benson - Esperanza Education
Check out this podcast interview of Esperanza Education founder Nicole Benson on the Map Your Learning website. She discusses her path as an educator, her experience living and working in Peru, what bringing social justice and language education together is all about, blogging, and mu
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Are “to sow” and “to sew” related?

April 07, 2015
by Mary Leighton
culture, history, vocabulary
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Agricultural metaphors in English Planting season has me thinking Spring has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. I recently expanded our garden to have room for the plants I want to grow. Marigolds, arugula, spinach, mustard greens, sweet peas, and peas are already in the ground. Indoor
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Indigenous Education: Initial Thoughts & Terminology

March 31, 2015
by Nicki Benson
heritage languages, indigenous languages, social justice
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Happy National Aboriginal Languages Day! Did you know that today is National Aboriginal Languages Day in Canada? Why do you think it might be important to teach and learn Aboriginal languages? I began to explore this and other questions when I started my job researching Intercultural
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The Struggle of the Introvert Student

March 30, 2015
by Martin Urrutia
learning on your own, philosophy of education, schooling
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Woman Reading on a Settee (ca. 1905–10), by William W. Churchill (1858–1926)
A World for Loud People In her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking (2012), Susan Cain states that western culture promotes extroversion as a universal ideal while negating the worth of introversion. The author defines introversion as a preferen
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Educação no Brasil

March 23, 2015
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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“A educação, direito de todos e dever do Estado e da família.” Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 (artigo 205) Responsabilidade sobre a educação no Brasil A União, os Estados e os Municípios são os responsáveis por gerir e organizar seus respectivos sistemas de ens
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Fresh Off the Boat: Sitcoms and Stereotypes

March 18, 2015
by Kathryn Stewart
social media, stereo, stereotype, television
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Fresh Off the Boat: A Success or Stereotyping? I have started to watch Fresh Off the Boat, which is about a Chinese American family that moves from Washington DC to Orlando, Florida. Fresh off the Boat is based on a memoir written by Eddie Huang, about his own childhood growing up in
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Oaxacan Food from A to Z: Part 6 Epazote, Elotes y Esquites

March 16, 2015
by Heather Escobar
culture, food, indigenous languages, Mexico, Oaxaca
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Three foods that start with the letter ‘e’ whose names come from Nahuatl I love etymology. I realize now that when I started this Oaxacan Food from A to Z project I should have written about the use of nahuatlismos – words that are commonly used today whose origin is
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Teacher training vs. curriculum design

March 09, 2015
by Mary Leighton
curriculum, language education
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A thought experiment: would you rather have great training or great curriculum? From a teacher standpoint, that means walking into a classroom with excellent training, or with lesson plans and materials perfectly crafted for that course. From an administration standpoint, that means h
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Why do Latinos Hug and Kiss?

March 02, 2015
by Martin Urrutia
communication, cultura, culture, latinos
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To hug or not to hug? If you have a Latin American friend you have probably noticed by now that we tend to touch each other a lot. Or maybe more than you are used to. It is one of those cultural differences that seems exotic, but that may generate some awkward moments. I have been in
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Hino Nacional Brasileiro

February 23, 2015
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, history, português
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Teatro Amazonas
  Teatro Amazonas – Manaus/AM – Brasil – photo by Gabriel Smith História do Hino Nacional Brasileiro Em 1822, para comemorar a independência do Brasil, o maestro Francisco Manoel da Silva compôs uma música chamada Marcha Triunfal. Composta originalmente para banda, ao longo dos
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