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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


Happy Holidays from Esperanza Education!

December 22, 2014
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, language education, writing
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eperanza word cloud
Another Great Year of Language, Learning, and Culture The last time I sat down to write an end-of-year post for Esperanza Education, the team had only been blogging for six months. Now it has been a year and a half and I couldn’t be more impressed with the passion of our team an
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Learning vs. Education

December 15, 2014
by Martin Urrutia
philosophy of education, social justice
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Dr. Gert Biesta
Gert Biesta reclaims a language for education I recently read an article by Gert Biesta in which he made an open claim against learning. Even though it is a bold claim, what Biesta states is that “a language of learning” has replaced the language of education, causing majo
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Um Feliz Natal no Brasil

December 08, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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A importância do Natal para os brasileiros O Brasil ainda é a maior nação católica do mundo. Segundo o último censo sobre religião (IBGE/2010), aproximadamente 65% da população é católica. Como o dia 25 de dezembro é a data simbólica do nascimento de Jesus Cristo, a maioria dos brasil
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Five Things I Wish I Had Known about Teaching

December 03, 2014
by Kathryn Stewart
classroom teaching, language education, teaching advice
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Teaching books
What Do You Wish You’d Known When You Started Teaching ? Another year has come and gone! As I wrap up another year in the classroom, I’ve been reflecting on what I know now, and what I wish I had known when I started teaching nearly 8 years ago. After working with students
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Multilingual Frozen: Disney’s dream come true for bilingual children

December 01, 2014
by Heather Escobar
bilingual children, language play, multilingualism, music
1 Comment
Last December I took my daughter to see Disney’s Frozen and I am the first to admit that I loved it as much as she did. I laughed (and cried) and instantly fell in love with the music. Having grown up with musical theatre (my mother worked in wardrobe), I have a real soft spot f
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Classroom Language Teaching: 6 Activities I Rely On

November 24, 2014
by Mary Leighton
EAL, language education, writing
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Language teaching in a classroom is so different than tutoring one-on-one. This really hit home last week, when I came back to classroom teaching as an instructor with SFU’s digital communication and advanced English certificate program. You need a whole different set of skills and ac
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El Valor del Sufrimiento en la Educación

November 19, 2014
by Martin Urrutia
cultura, filosofía de la educación, history, valores educativos
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La letra con sangre entra (1785) por Francisco de Goya
El que no sufre no aprende La cultura del sufrimiento como medio de aprendizaje es muy antigua en la América española. Sin duda una herencia del mundo ibérico a través de los siglos de colonia, hemos aprendido que para aprender hay que sufrir. El cuadro de Francisco de Goya, que ya a
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How You Know You’re a Spanish Pro

November 17, 2014
by Nicki Benson
additional language, confidence, vocabulary
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Volador Maya
Spanish Fluency in Five Not-So-Simple Steps What does it mean to be fluent in a language? Does it mean that you can read, write, speak, and understand everything in the language with no mistakes? Or is getting by with most day-to-day conversations good enough? This question has been t
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A primavera brasileira

November 10, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Primavera brasileira - flores
Características da primavera brasileira A estação das flores no Brasil, a primavera brasileira, começa no dia 23 de setembro marcando o final do inverno e vai até o dia 21 de dezembro quando se inicia o verão. É na primavera que a nossa natureza fica ainda mais exuberante. Perfumes e
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Learning Mandarin Chinese

November 05, 2014
by Kathryn Stewart
China, communication, language learning, Mandarin
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Facebook Founder Learns Mandarin Two weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg spoke with students at Tsinghua University in Beijing.  Apparently he has been learning Mandarin Chinese, because he surprised everybody by speaking in Mandarin. So, how did he do? From my own limited, but immersive, expe
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