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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


5 Reasons to Love Turkish

August 06, 2013
by Mary Leighton
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Turkish Lessons with Esperanza Education
Why Turkish should be your next language to learn 1. It’s impressive. Few people learn Turkish as an additional language. As a result, native Turkish speakers praise you for your efforts. “Your Turkish is amazing!” they will say. “Turkish is so difficult!” they will say. People who do
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Teaching Social Justice through Grammar

August 05, 2013
by Nicki Benson
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Language Resources by Esperanza Education
Simple Social Justice Lessons from the Spanish Classroom In earlier blog posts, Mary and I have described what we mean by Progressive Language Teaching and Social Justice Education. Today I would like to share a few examples of how I teach Spanish for social justice. It’s actually qui
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Língua portuguesa no Brasil e no mundo

August 02, 2013
by Yane Brogiollo
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Dicionários da língua portuguesa
Língua portuguesa, também denominada português Quando estou viajando fora do Brasil e digo que sou brasileira, normalmente vem a pergunta: Você fala espanhol? Não, respondo, eu falo português. A minha resposta em geral surpreende e desperta curiosidade, mas bons papos já surgiram devi
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Ramona Quimby is Teaching Me to Read

August 01, 2013
by Roma Ilnyckyj
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Ramona Quimby Age 8 Chinese Translation
Nostalgia and life lessons in learning to read Chinese Mary Leighton’s post earlier this week about feeling like a child when learning a language made me reflect on my own return to childhood through my learning of Chinese. One challenge of being a kid again linguistically is finding
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Which Language and Why? / ¿Qué Idioma y Por Qué?

July 31, 2013
by Heather Escobar
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Pochote
Choosing a Second (or Third) Language for Your Child At first I felt like this was a big decision, choosing a language. However, choosing a language for your child is just like choosing any other academic, artistic or athletic activity for them. And just like piano or skating, results
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Feeling Like a Child

July 30, 2013
by Mary Leighton
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Two Girls Frustrated with the Task at Hand
The pleasures and frustrations of learning a new language From fully-functioning adult Speaking my mother tongue all day and being understood is a privilege. Whether I go to the library, the bike shop, the café, or the office, I carry all the necessary vocabulary and grammar and all t
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Intercultural Bilingual Education in Latin America

July 29, 2013
by Nicki Benson
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Two Girls Read - UNICEF Peru
My Work with UNICEF Peru – Part 1 In June 2013, I began a six month position as a Junior Professional Consultant in Education Research at UNICEF Peru in Lima. The position is part of the UN Professional Placement Program with the United Nations Association in Canada. My terms of
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Crianças, estas adoráveis criaturas

July 26, 2013
by Yane Brogiollo
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Imagens de Crianças
Aula de filosofia para crianças? Segundo a neurocientista brasileira Suzana Herculano-Houzel, o cérebro infantil é menor e mais leve do que o cérebro de um adulto porque ele é um órgão que não nasce pronto. É durante os primeiros anos de vida que acontece a maturação das conexões entr
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Heritage Language and the Couplelect

July 25, 2013
by Roma Ilnyckyj
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Tagalog and Ukranian Textbooks
Keetcha, Sungit, and Incidental Language Learning One day last year I came home from the library with the only Ukrainian and Tagalog language textbooks I could find. I had a very specific goal for those books: my boyfriend and I would learn each other’s heritage language and eventuall
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Bilingual Family To-do List / Lista de Quehaceres para la Familia Bilingüe

July 24, 2013
by Heather Escobar
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Chalkboard
Bilingual Action Plan Creating a bilingual action plan is not something that I would think of doing on my own. However, I see the value in really thinking about and discussing the kind of bilingualism that we aspire for in our family. Step 2 in Dr. Steiner’s book is about concep
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