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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


Mother Tongue and Identity

August 10, 2015
by Paloma Pacheco
bilingual children, heritage languages, parenting
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Mother Tongue Poster
Reflections on Multi-generational Language Loss A guest post by fellow language lover and educator, Paloma Pacheco. In the latest edition of the excellent Maisonneuve magazine, journalist Chantal Braganza has something pretty important to say about language. Educators, researchers, an
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La lengua ajena y la identidad migrante

August 04, 2015
by Martin Urrutia
additional language, indigenous languages, living abroad, Peru
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Mujer cuzqueña, por la fotógrafa peruana Alexia Polis
¿Partir o llegar? Los diferentes tipos de migrante Es interesante como en español tenemos tres variantes para una palabra que expresa el abandono de la región natal y la búsqueda de oportunidades en una diferente: emigrar, inmigrar y migrar. De la última, el Diccionario de la Real Aca
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EAL Vocabulary Resources to Support Language Growth

July 27, 2015
by Kathryn Stewart
EAL, language resources, vocabulary
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Helping EAL Students Develop a Diverse Vocabulary How do you help English learners identify and understand new vocabulary and then use it? I’ve put together some English as an Additional Language (EAL) vocabulary resources I’ve been using to support new word usage, and to
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Oaxacan Food From A to Z: Part 9 Itanoní

July 20, 2015
by Heather Escobar
corn, culture, food, Mexico, Oaxaca
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Street food with a story to tell Itanoní is a restaurant in Oaxaca City’s Colonia Reforma neighbourhood (less than 30 minute walk from the zocalo) that sells street-style food using criollo (what we would call heirloom) corn. When you enter the open air eatery the first thing th
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Brenna MacCrimmon: Turkey’s favourite Canadian

July 13, 2015
by Mary Leighton
additional language, culture, music
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A famous folk singer in Turkey If you travel for long in Turkey as a Canadian you will inevitably be asked, “Do you know Brenna MacCrimmon?” or “Do you like Brenna MacCrimmon?” I once blogged about the most famous Canadian in China – Dashan – who achieved fame not for his
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Learning Vancouver’s Local Language

July 06, 2015
by Nicki Benson
collaboration, indigenous languages, social justice
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View of Vancouver
Last year I asked readers to help me decide which language to focus on next: French or Punjabi. Well, I have to admit, I didn’t follow through on either plan! Although I have continued to use Duolingo for French vocabulary building, and have learned a few more Punjabi phrases fr
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Español Peruano: Parte 1 – El “Ah” Limeño

June 29, 2015
by Martin Urrutia
cultura, español, Peru, vocabulary
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El español peruano
Yo hablo español peruano Recientemente, una amiga mexicana me hizo notar algo sobre el español que hablo. Ella me dijo que yo era el primer peruano que había conocido y que encontraba mi forma de hablar muy particular. Sin entrar a muchos detalles teóricos sobre las lenguas y sus vari
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Educating, Acknowledging and Fixing Historical Wrongs

June 22, 2015
by Kathryn Stewart
culture, curriculum, history, social justice
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B.C. Addresses Racism through Curriculum Change In May 2014, a formal apology was delivered by the BC Provincial Legislature to Chinese-Canadians in BC. The province acknowledged and apologised for the historical wrongs committed by previous Provincial governments against Chinese-Cana
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Raising a Bilingual Child: Finishing Kindergarten

June 16, 2015
by Heather Escobar
multilingualism, parenting, school
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kindergarten
How did we do? I can’t believe how quickly this school year has flown by. When I was a kid the school year felt endless but so did the summers. As we are about I embark on our first summer vacation it’s seems appropriate to reflect on our bilingual daughter’s first y
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Interview with a Multilingual Person: Sane

June 08, 2015
by Mary Leighton
additional language, learning on your own, Mandarin
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It has been a while since I profiled a multilingual person. You might remember Maria “going home” to English instead of Spanish, Jeremy describing the challenges of learning Kyrgyz, and Jordi reflecting on “foreignerisms” arising among non-native speakers. Here
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