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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


Do you speak organizer?

August 03, 2016
by Mary Leighton
collaboration, social justice, vocabulary
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Vocabulary of the Social Change Community Over a year a ago, I took a position as Provincial Organizer with Dogwood, an organization that brings together local people to defend air, land, and water in B.C. I notice that since then, I have adopted a new set of words and ways of using c
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Curriculum Development for Indigenous Languages

July 25, 2016
by Nicki Benson
curriculum, indigenous languages, language resources
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Quechua girl writes
How Materials Development is Different for Endangered Languages Over the last few weeks, I participated in a course at the University of British Columbia called “Materials Development for Indigenous Language Learning and Teaching” taught by Dr. Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu
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Plan Nacional de Desarrollo para la Población Afroperuana (2016-2020)

July 18, 2016
by Martin Urrutia
cultura, español, Peru, social justice
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Centro de estudios y promoción afroperuanos - LUNDU
“Me gritaron negra” Las palabras de Victoria Santa Cruz son un excelente manera de visibilizar una realidad bastante marginada en el Perú: la discriminación racial existe. Aunque se discute muchísimo, a nivel mediático y académico, si el racismo todavía existe en el país,
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Inhotim, um lugar encantador no Brasil

July 11, 2016
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Inhotim
Inhotim, que lugar é esse? A pequena Brumadinho, cidade de 30 mil habitantes no estado de Minas Gerais, abriga um dos mais importantes acervos de arte contemporânea do Brasil. Atualmente o Instituto Inhotim é considerado o maior centro de arte ao ar livre da América Latina. Numa relaç
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On Canadian Culture

July 04, 2016
by Kathryn Stewart
Canada, culture, immigration
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July 1st was Canada day and, for the first time (maybe ever), I was feeling very proud to be Canadian. Being Canadian, for years, was just about my passport and where I grew up. But things have changed. My partner just moved over from London, UK two days after Brexit. We’ve been
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5 Thoughts Language Nerds Have All the Time

June 24, 2016
by Nicki Benson
language play, listening, vocabulary
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Nicki in glasses
Observations of a Linguaphile OK, I guess I can’t speak for all language nerds so this is actually a list of thoughts I have on a fairly regular basis. Do you have them too? (How many language lovers have to agree before the post title is accurate?) 1. I wonder how many language
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Los retos de la interculturalidad

June 13, 2016
by Martin Urrutia
cultura, interculturalidad, Peru
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Detalle del cuadro
Interculturalidad y educación El tema de la interculturaldiad es de común presencia en los debates educativos actuales. No solo en América del Sur, en donde la educación intercultural bilingüe ha tenido un papel fundamental, para bien y para mal, durante el siglo XX, sino también en e
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Impeachment em curso no Brasil

June 06, 2016
by Yane Brogiollo
Brasil, Brazil, cultura, culture, português
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Brasília
Significado de Impeachment Processo político-criminal que se instaura contra uma autoridade (o presidente da República, um governador, ministro do Supremo Tribunal ou procurador-geral da República), com o fim de impor-lhe a pena de destituição do cargo, por delito de responsabilidade
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Are Provincial Exams Bad for Students?

May 30, 2016
by Kathryn Stewart
BC curriculum, provincial exams, standardized tests
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Provincial Exams are Finished for Many BC Students This week in British Columbia, the Ministry of Education announced that there would be fewer provincial exams for BC students in the coming year, starting with this year’s summer school, which starts July 1st. A change to the ma
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Learning Arabic – Again

May 24, 2016
by Mary Leighton
confidence, self-directed learning, social justice
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Three things I have learned while learning Arabic – again I have studied Arabic in books, learned from a teacher, and learned from a tutor. Now I have the pleasure of learning Arabic during the language exchange sessions that I am coordinating between 10 English speaking women and 10
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