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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


Interview with teacher Kathryn Stewart

October 19, 2015
by Nicki Benson
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Kathryn Stewart of Esperanza Education
Check out this podcast interview of Esperanza Education teacher Kathryn Stewart on the Map Your Learning website. She discusses the ups and downs of being a teacher, the joys and challenges of working in a Canadian school with a majority immigrant population, blogging as a reflective
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Educación escolar: ¿enseñanza o entrenamiento?

October 14, 2015
by Martin Urrutia
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Exam assembly line
Valores de la escolaridad La educación escolar se ha convertido en un tema central en el discurso político internacional, recientemente incluida en los nuevos Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para el 2030 de las Naciones Unidas. Las formas en que instituciones internacionales como U
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Vocabulário – Português sem tradução para inglês

October 12, 2015
by Yane Brogiollo
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Ao aprender uma língua diferente, nos deparamos com algumas palavras e expressões mais difíceis. Por exemplo, as gírias, as expressões idiomáticas, os verbos etc. Outra dificuldade são aquelas palavras que existem em uma língua, mas não existem na outra. Que tal conhecer e treinar alg
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How to Celebrate World Teachers’ Day

October 05, 2015
by Kathryn Stewart
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Classroom skills post-its
The Work of Teachers Did you know World Teachers’ Day is today? Teaching is one of the most ubiquitous and perhaps most misunderstood jobs. We spend our days with other people’s kids. Sometimes we have a lot of fun. Sometimes we don’t. We get a winter break a spring
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Oaxacan Food from A to Z: Mezcal

September 28, 2015
by Heather Escobar
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Agave azul
“Pa’ todo mal mezcal, pa’ todo bien también” It’s Friday night and our daughter has fallen asleep at dinnertime. She’s had a really persistent flu since Monday and she’s too tired to eat. My wife and I sit down to dinner and she pours us each
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Field report: Kids do NOT just pick up languages

September 21, 2015
by Mary Leighton
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There is a myth out there that adults make language errors forever, while kids just effortlessly absorb whatever they hear. Now, I’m no specialist in childhood learning, but I am here, backed up with recently acquired anecdotal evidence, to tell you that kids do not just pick up
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Reflective Practice for the New (Jewish/School) Year

September 14, 2015
by Nicki Benson
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What We Can All Learn from Rosh Hashana Shana Tova! Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. Yes, for those who don’t know, the Jewish tradition follows a lunar calendar which begins in the fall, and is currently welcoming in year 5776! “Shana Tova” is one of the
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Ciclovia paulistana

September 08, 2015
by Yane Brogiollo
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Ciclovia paulistana
Ainda que eu visite São Paulo regularmente, foi com surpresa que constatei que a minha cidade natal está passando por uma transformação agradável e incrível. Quase inacreditável. Imagine o cenário urbano de uma cidade com estas proporções: Principal centro financeiro, corporativo e me
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What I’ve Learned From Teaching

August 31, 2015
by Kathryn Stewart
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What Have You Learned From Teaching? At the end of my first term in a High School classroom full-time, I wrote a post about five of the things I wish I’d known about teaching before I’d started. Since that time, I’ve finished a school year and am preparing for anothe
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Multilingual name games

August 18, 2015
by Mary Leighton
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Ibrahim is Abarham, but is Serra Sarah? Is Homer Ömer? I was hanging out with a Turkish friend last week and we started talking about names that appear in Christian and Muslim communities. Some are obviously from the same root: Abraham / Ibrahim Joseph / Yusuf Mary / Maryam or Meryem
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