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Language, Learning, and Culture

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


For Humanistic Language Teachers

July 09, 2013
by Mary Leighton
EAL, language education
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Humanising Language Teaching
An Online Resource Humanising Language Teaching is a wonderful online journal in its 15th year. Free, well-organized, and complete with back editions—what’s not to like? The target audience is the EAL (English as an Additional Language) teacher, specifically the EAL teacher in countri
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How to Be Gender-Neutral in Spanish

July 08, 2013
by Nicki Benson
español, gender, progressive, social justice
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Granada Graffiti Woman
Avoiding Sexist Vocabulary in a Gendered Language In Spanish, all nouns and adjectives are assigned a gender, also referred to as grammatical gender. We have grammatical gender in English as well (for example, we say “he” or “she”, “boy” or “girl”, etc) but in Spanish even inanimate o
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Portal e-Unicamp

July 05, 2013
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, language education, português
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp
Procurando uma forma diferente de treinar o seu português? Olha só uma excelente oportunidade! Seguindo a tendência mundial de possibilitar o livre acesso da comunidade ao conteúdo didático produzido pelas comunidades científicas, a Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Unicamp de
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The Unanswered: Introduction and Volume 1

July 04, 2013
by Roma Ilnyckyj
language education
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Esperanza Education Logo II
One of the best things about teaching is realizing how much you don’t know. Every time I teach I’m asked questions that I don’t know the answer to. Sometimes I simply say that I don’t know. Other times I answer with confidence and then lie awake at night wondering whether I’ve led a s
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Raising Bilingual Children / Criando Niños Bilingües

July 03, 2013
by Heather Escobar
bilingual children, español, language education, niños bilingües, parenting
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Pochote
This is the first of my posts about raising our daughter in a bilingual environment and I have decided to include a Spanish version below to be able to share my experiences with Spanish-speaking parents who would like to raise their children bilingually. I began actually researching h
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What is “Progressive” Language Education, Anyway?

July 02, 2013
by Mary Leighton
collaboration, language education, progressive
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Language Lessons by Esperanza Education
Esperanza Education aims to provide and foster “progressive” language education. It’s something we pride ourselves on. But what does that mean, you might ask. In my mind, it means that the education is not an end in itself. For example, if I am tutoring someone in English, the learnin
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Social Justice Education in the Language Classroom

July 01, 2013
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, language education, progressive, social justice, theory
1 Comment
Social Justice Books
How Language Teachers can Promote Social Change At Esperanza Education, we believe strongly in the importance of bringing together language learning and social justice education. In fact, we believe that this kind of education is important in all aspects of life. But what is social ju
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Blogging Starts Monday!

June 28, 2013
by Nicki Benson
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Get ready for the Esperanza Education blog: Language, Learning, and Culture! Starting on Monday July 1st 2013, this will be the place to find information and ideas on progressive language education. Expect a diverse selection of posts from our teachers on all aspects of learning and t
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Hello World!

December 26, 2012
by Nicki Benson
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Welcome to Esperanza Education! We are a group of language specialists dedicated to language learning for intercultural communication and social change. We are currently updating our website. Thank you for your patience during this time!
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