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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


Prioritizing Language (Learning)

January 02, 2019
by Nicki Benson
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Nicki on a mountain
The only thing you really need to learn a language Happy 2019! It’s a new year, and if your goal is to learn a language or improve your language skills, I’ve got just the trick for you. All you have to do is…. make it a priority! Easier said than done, I know, but ov
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Basic Steps to SOGI 123

November 21, 2018
by Kathryn Stewart
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During the municipal elections, many first heard about the SOGI 123 implementation as a topic for school board trustee candidates. Did they support SOGI? Were they against it? Those outside of the K-12 education system may not know what SOGI means, and its importance to kids and our c
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Coming back to teaching?

November 05, 2018
by Mary Leighton
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Four rich years in organizing I came back to British Columbia in 2014 after living abroad, and jumped into political organizing. Now I feel myself being drawn back towards teaching. Books I have read lately – and one in particular – affirm this old/new direction. In these last four ye
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What is Indigenous Language Revitalization?

October 15, 2018
by Nicki Benson
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Campesina graffiti
Defining Words and Worlds We’ve written quite a bit about Indigenous language revitalization on this blog, but I don’t think we’ve ever taken the time to thoroughly explain what it is. Here’s an attempt to do that. It’s long, I know, but there’s act
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Gestión del bienestar: clima escolar

October 09, 2018
by Martin Urrutia
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Círculo zen
La burbuja del bienestar En los últimos meses he tenido la suerte de trabajar en temas de gestión del bienestar educativo, tanto para estudiantes como para personal de escuelas. Digo suerte porque es fascinante lo mucho que sabemos y lo poco que hacemos sobre este tema. Como si fuera
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Inquiry Based Learning in Geography

September 19, 2018
by Kathryn Stewart
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Teaching Geography 12 A new school year has started! This year I have moved out of English Language teaching to focus on English and Social Studies subjects. This has also put me in the position of teaching Geography for the first time. Geography can be a dry subject. It also involves
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When witnessing student suffering…

August 22, 2018
by Martin Urrutia
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Ercole e i leone nemeo, by Pieter Paul Rubens
Reflections on my teaching practice During my first year as a teacher, I experienced my first informal educational moment with a student. I was not yet an International Baccalaureate (IB) Spanish teacher but I was helping a few IB students after class. They wanted to review poems, the
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Naming Trees

July 12, 2018
by Mary Leighton
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Many of us speak English, but what do we use it to speak about? How often do we use this language to name and understand the beings beyond human civilization? When we cannot name Micah White, a community organizer and author of The End of Protest, worries that, “when we cannot name th
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Language Games to Help you Fall Asleep

July 02, 2018
by Nicki Benson
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Profile of Nicole Benson - Esperanza Education
My Secret Cure for Insomnia I often have a hard time falling asleep, but a few years ago I came up with a simple language game that often does the trick. When other techniques such as trying to relax each part of the body or deep breathing aren’t working, or when my brain is buz
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Gestión del bienestar en la escuela: liderazgo y ataraxia

June 26, 2018
by Martin Urrutia
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La escuela de Atenas, de Rafael Sanzio
El bienestar y los objetivos de la educación Como parte de un curso que enseño sobre liderazgo escolar, mis alumnos mostraron interés en la relación del liderazgo educativo y su rol en la construcción de una escuela feliz. En mi experiencia, el tema del liderazgo siempre está atado a
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