A life-changing experience Learning a new language changes you. Your brain shifts as you begin to think and perceive in a new way. Research shows that people even express personality differently. With this in mind, I wonder why language memoirs are not more popular. After all, many pe
¿Por qué estudiamos literatura? Hace muy poco me tocó cerrar el año en el curso que enseño de Literatura en el Bachillerato Internacional. Los estudiantes están muy cerca de dar sus exámenes internacionales y me quedaba una clase. Fuera de repasar temas o practicar pruebas pasadas qui
As we enter into the fall, I offer you this evocative poem from the Turkish poet Hilmi Yavuz, entitled “Eylül”, or “September”. I translated it a few years ago in a creative writing class at UBC, and I acknowledge the likelihood of mistakes. See what you make o
Keeping Up-to-Date with the Linguistic Times At Esperanza Education, we often share news and articles about language from other sources on our social media pages. These include the latest studies and trends in language acquisition, language learning ideas, and interesting stories abou
Al Sur del Río Bravo Como inmigrante tiendo a pensar mucho en qué tan diferente soy y, al mismo tiempo, cuánto tengo del mundo y la cultura norteamericana. Como muchos latinoamericanos de ciudad, me encuentro compartiendo mucho, pues finalmente el cine, la música y los productos de Es
One of my favourite things to do in Oaxaca City In the next few months before our much needed family trip to my wife’s home town I have decided to write about some of my favourite places to visit in Oaxaca City. BS Biblioteca Infantil The Biblioteca Infantil (Children’s Li
The Inspector Chen Series What is it? The Inspector Chen books are a series of detective novels by Chinese poet and writer Qiu Xiaolong. The eight-book series follows Chief Inspector Chen Cao, a police detective, as he solves murders in present-day Shanghai. Who is it for? Anyone who
Learning French with Pomelo the garden elephant What is it? A series of eleven French picture books written by Ramona Bădescu and illustrated by Benjamin Chaud that explore the world from the perspective of a small pink ‘garden elephant’. It is obvious that Pomelo is not y
Thoughts on giving to travellers My sister is travelling to Peru next summer, and for Christmas I want to get her something that will help her prepare for the journey. Books are always a go-to gift for me, but when I browsed the travel section of my local bookstore all I saw were tra
Using Comics for Language Learning Reading comic strips can be a really fun way to practice a new language. As with illustrated books and graphic novels, the visual stimulus of the pictures can help learners to understand the story even if they do not recognize all of the vocabulary.
