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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 International Mother Language Day!

February 21, 2014
by Nicki Benson
cultura, culture, heritage languages, indigenous languages
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Flowers for Language Day in Bangladesh
Celebrating Language Diversity and Linguistic Rights Origins of International Mother Language Day Did you know that today is International Mother Language Day? In 1999, UNESCO declared that the day would be celebrated annually on February 21st in order to commemorate a 1952 student de
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A região Nordeste do Brasil

February 19, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Rio do Fogo
Sobre a região Nordeste A região Nordeste do Brasil é composta por nove estados: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte e Sergipe. Nesta região começou a colonização portuguesa no Brasil. Os portugueses extraíam a árvore nativa chamada pau-bra
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Photo-Free Travel

February 17, 2014
by Roma Ilnyckyj
China, living abroad, photography
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Me With Le Shan Giant Buddha
Can I go to China without a camera? A close friend of mine recently came back from a few months in India, and during our hours-long catch-up one of the things we talked about was taking travel photos. It seems like such an integral part of travel: bringing a camera, sending home pictu
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Love in Spanish

February 14, 2014
by Heather Escobar
español, language play, love, vocabulary
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El día del amor y la amistad This Valentine’s Day (el dia de San Valentín or el Dia del Amor y la Amistad, the Day of Love and Friendship) and to follow Roma’s post about Valentine’s Day for Language Lovers, I’d like to talk about how to talk about love in Span
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Kurdish 101

February 12, 2014
by Mary Leighton
additional language, history, Kurdish
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A very basic introduction to Kurdish languages Even if you don’t  plan to learn a whole new language, here are some fun facts that you can bust out to impress your other language-loving friends. Kurdish is in the Indo-European language family This is really exciting news if you
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Spanish Vocabulary for Social Change

February 10, 2014
by Nicki Benson
español, language resources, social justice, vocabulary
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School of Americas Protest
A Website for Translators, Interpreters, and Learners What is it? Spanish for Social Change is a blog by Sara Koopman, “a feminist political geographer who does collaborative research with international solidarity movements to support their efforts to decolonize the relationship
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A região Centro-Oeste do Brasil

February 07, 2014
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Gruta Azul
Composição da região Centro-Oeste Única região do país que faz fronteira com todas as outras regiões, a região Centro-Oeste é formada pelos estados de Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás e Distrito Federal.  Apesar de ser a segunda maior região em termos de área territorial, é a re
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Valentine’s Day for Language Lovers

February 05, 2014
by Roma Ilnyckyj
communication, language play, love
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Language Lovers
Things to do when you’re in love with language I like Valentine’s Day. I know it has a dubious history and is probably the most commercialized holiday after Christmas. But setting heart-shaped chocolates and saccharine advertising aside, I think it’s quite lovely to
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Revisiting Our Bilingual To-Do List

February 03, 2014
by Heather Escobar
action plan, bilingual children, heritage languages, parenting
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Chalkboard
How are we doing? It’s been 6 months since I wrote about our bilingual goals and action plan. I’m now ready to revisit those goals and see what we’ve accomplished and what has changed since then. Bilingual To-do List Round Two 1. Decide which languages are important
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Turkish Tea Time: Best Online Turkish Listening

January 31, 2014
by Mary Leighton
learning on your own, listening, self-directed learning
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Turkish Tea Time Logo
A website and podcast focused on Turkish listening Last week I wrote about my poor listening skills in Turkish. It prompted me to look for some online materials. Only after sifting through a dozen confusing websites with bad layouts and ancient recordings did I remember that someone h
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