Immigrants, Their Languages, and Their Children
Alex Poole presents three modest principles to facilitate familial bilingualism
Headlines like “Majority of Americans Want Immigrants to Learn English, Poll Says” (Benedetti, 2013),...
Spanish on the rise in the United Kingdom
Despite Brexit raising concerns about
isolation and lack of interest in other cultures, Spanish is becoming more
popular in Britain and it could soon be the most studied foreign...
Spanish in the World
Last month, the Instituto Cervantes launched its yearbook, Spanish in the World 2019, with the latest data showing that a total of 580 million people speak Spanish...
The challenges of minority languages: 1 in 4 children cannot speak Galician in Galicia...
Galician is a Romance language spoken in
Galicia, a region in the northwestern corner of Spain. It is the official
language of the region, along with Spanish, and it...
Nigeria Requires Igbo
Imo State, one of the five states located
in the South-Eastern region of Nigeria, has made Igbo language, the state’s
vernacular, compulsory in all the schools in the state....
‘Home of Hispanic Cultures’ to Open in Los Angeles
Toward the end of next year, the Cervantes Institute will
open its first center in Los Angeles, which will be "the home of Hispanic
cultures," according to Cervantes director...
Free English Lessons in the UK for Non-native Speakers
Long-established group of English-language
schools, British Study Centres (BSC) is now offering free English lessons for
local, non-native speakers. The classes aim to increase the quality of their students’
lives,...
Celebrate National Teach Spanish Day!
September 30 is National Teach Spanish Day. Launched by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), the goals of the day are:1. To promote...
Online Chat with Purpose
Chita Espino-Bravo offers advice on teaching and assessing conversation in a Spanish virtual course
Teaching any virtual conversation class is full of challenges, especially...
Poll Finds out What Latino Voters Want in Presidential Candidate
UnidosUS, the United State’s largest nonprofit advocacy organization,
has recently released its 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey. The Survey
was based on a poll...