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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


Spanish for Social Justice Website

March 17, 2014
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, español, language resources, social justice
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SFSJ logo
Resource Sharing for Progressive Spanish Teachers I am very excited to announce the launch of the Spanish for Social Justice website! A space for teachers to easily find and share resources for teaching social justice in the Spanish classroom. The Spanish for Social Justice Teacher Ne
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Arte brasileira na Bienal de Vancouver

March 14, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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3ª Bienal de Vancouver Agora, neste mês de março, começa a Bienal de Vancouver 2014. Durante os próximos dezoito meses a paisagem urbana se transformará em um museu ao ar livre. Um museu que reúne artistas de vários cantos do mundo e diversos tipos de arte. Esculturas e instalações vã
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Book Recommendation for Mystery Lovers

March 12, 2014
by Roma Ilnyckyj
books, China, culture, reading, vocabulary
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Don't Cry, Tai Lake
The Inspector Chen Series What is it? The Inspector Chen books are a series of detective novels by Chinese poet and writer Qiu Xiaolong. The eight-book series follows Chief Inspector Chen Cao, a police detective, as he solves murders in present-day Shanghai. Who is it for? Anyone who
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Reading in French – Pomelo Books

March 10, 2014
by Heather Escobar
bilingual children, language resources, picture books, reading, vocabulary
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Learning French with Pomelo the garden elephant What is it? A series of eleven French picture books written by Ramona Bădescu and illustrated by Benjamin Chaud that explore the world from the perspective of a small pink ‘garden elephant’. It is obvious that Pomelo is not y
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Dreaming in Turkish

March 07, 2014
by Mary Leighton
learning on your own, motivation, self-directed learning
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Language learning “check in” I started dreaming in Turkish. Well, I had one very mundane dream involving basic sentences (which makes sense, since my brain probably won’t produce Turkish sentences that it can’t comprehend), and a few times in the early morning
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Promoting Critical Thinking with English Modal Verbs

March 05, 2014
by Nicki Benson
debate, grammar, social justice, vocabulary
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Women's rights poster
A Social Justice Tip for English Language Teachers I speak often about incorporating social justice themes into language lessons. For example, recently I posted a list of Spanish social justice subjunctive sentences. This week, I will switch the focus to teaching English modal verbs.
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A região Norte do Brasil

March 03, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Tucano
Sobre a região Norte Maior região do país em extensão territorial, a região Norte do Brasil é formada pelos estados do Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima e Tocantins. É nesta região que está localizada a Amazônia. Cabe lembrar que o Brasil hospeda 60% da Floresta Amazônica
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Travelling Toward, Not Away

February 28, 2014
by Roma Ilnyckyj
health, living abroad, motivation
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A Boat in a Canal
Questioning the language of escape Last week I went on a short trip to Boston to attend a wedding. I was excited about the trip for many reasons, including that I was travelling sans computer. I recently wrote about travelling without a camera, but the last time I left for the airport
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Why we chose not to apply for French Immersion Kindergarten

February 26, 2014
by Heather Escobar
bilingual children, french, language education, school
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Countdown to Kindergarten Our daughter has now been accepted into our first choice kindergarten – the fine arts program at Nootka school. Even though this program was listed as our third choice in my blog Choosing a Kindergarten Program back in November, after visiting a few sch
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Kurdish: Do I Really Need to Learn It?

February 24, 2014
by Mary Leighton
additional language, communication, heritage languages, living abroad
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Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Some thoughts on dabbling in a non-official language in Turkey The short answer No, I don’t need to learn Kurdish, but it will make my life more fun! Some background: Using Kurdish in southeast Turkey The Kurdish language (the Kurmanji dialect, if we are being more accurate) has
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