by Myriam Pablo | Dec 12, 2022 | education, languages, Spanish, Uncategorized
Spanish is ubiquitous. What do you know about Spanish language and culture? It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, what language you speak, or the culture you are experiencing; The language and culture of this place are intertwined. Language is the...
by Myriam Pablo | Nov 25, 2022 | education, languages, Spanish
While there is a great variety of English accents and dialects, the same is also very true for the Spanish speaking parts of the world. A tourist in Barcelona, Spain, might hear some familiar words, but if they then travel to Colombia, the very same sentence might...
by Myriam Pablo | Nov 18, 2022 | languages, Spanish
There are 142 different language families, and 7,151 languages are spoken today. 40% of these languages are endangered, and only 23 languages represent more than half of the world’s population. Of these 23, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the...
by Myriam Pablo | Jun 3, 2022 | education, languages
You know that practice makes perfect – so what happens when you don’t practice for an extended period of time? Many students view summer vacation as a time to completely separate from academic pursuits. While taking a break is important to avoid burnout, doing so may...
by Myriam Pablo | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tse Imagine for a moment how Samuel Johnson must have felt when he was asked to compile the first dictionary in his native English. A gargantuan task, by any standards. In the end, it took Johnson nine...
