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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


Oaxacan Food from A to Z: Part 3 Chapulines and Chicatanas

November 03, 2014
by Heather Escobar
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Chapulines and chicatanas – Oaxacan traditions It was difficult to decide which foods to include in this third instalment of Oaxacan Food from A to Z – since my initial list for the letter C included over a dozen food items. This is also complicated by the fact that the le
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Understanding adult ESL cuts in B.C.

October 27, 2014
by Mary Leighton
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Basically The federal government of Canada has cut $17 million in funding for adult ESL training in the province of British Columbia (B.C.), specifically funding delivered through public colleges. Background There is a bit of blurriness around the jurisdiction of adult ESL training. T
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Mitos de la Educación Internacional

October 20, 2014
by Martin Urrutia
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La Educación Global La idea detrás de los programas internacionales de educación es que existe la necesidad de preparar a las nuevas generaciones para participar activamente del proceso de globalización. El temor que genera este concepto es que sin una educación que oriente a los jóve
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Social Justice in Social Studies

October 16, 2014
by Kathryn Stewart
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Social Studies and Social Justice Over the past month or so, I’ve started a new position – teaching Social Studies and ELL at an independent High School in Richmond, BC.  I started a bit late into the year, so have spent much of the past few weeks planning Social Studies c
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Mulher – E a batalha continua…

October 14, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
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A situação atual da mulher Estamos no século 21 e, inacreditavelmente, a mulher ainda precisa lutar pelos seus direitos. Direito à liberdade, à igualdade e ao respeito. De diversas maneiras a mulher continua oprimida. Nos países ditos ‘desenvolvidos’ ou ’em desenvolvimento
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Reviewing our Bilingual Goals for Kindergarten

October 06, 2014
by Heather Escobar
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Our bilingual goals and action plan for this year We’re exhausted – Kindergarten is a lot of work! After a long wait due to the BC teacher’s strike, our daughter has finally entered the world of public education. The goals that we set for her bilingualism were to ach
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7 Foreign Language Films at VIFF

September 29, 2014
by Mary Leighton
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Films and languages from around the world The Vancouver International Film Festival is here! From September 25th to October 10th, the festival invites us into lives and worlds beyond our city in the rainforest. Many of these lives and worlds come in other languages, giving us the perf
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The Politics of Accents

September 24, 2014
by Nicki Benson
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Colourful faces
Do Accents Matter? While listening to a radio interview of Vancouver mayoral candidate Meena Wong the other day, an acquaintance commented that her accent was going to be a problem for her during the campaign. Meena was born in China but came to Canada as a young girl and speaks perfe
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The Creativity of Language

September 22, 2014
by Martin Urrutia
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Maravillosas Ocupaciones by Cortazar
Problems and opportunities in language learning Language is inherently a creative practice. We actually don’t realize it, but in our daily communication, an act of impossible creation is occurring. Of course this is a matter of perspective, but if you think about it, talking, wr
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Animais de estimação no Brasil

September 15, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
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O mercado de animais de estimação no Brasil Segundo especialistas do setor, o mercado de animais de estimação no Brasil deve faturar perto de R$ 16 bilhões em 2014. Um dos segmentos da economia brasileira que mais tem crescido nos últimos anos, este mercado abrange várias áreas: alime
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