Tag: Spanish
Toward Biliteracy: Spanish and Californian Trajectories
As Californian demands grow for biliteracy, Cynthia García Dehbozorgi and Nehemias Giménez García compare the state’s initiatives to those of Spain
Surprisingly, one of the oldest bilingual-education programs in...
World Tapas Day
Celebrate World Tapas Day (October 22) with a taste of culinary Spanish:
Famous Tapas
Aceitunas: olives, sometimes with a filling of anchovies or red bell pepper
Albóndigas: meatballs with sauce
Bacalao: salted cod loin sliced very...
Library of Congress Celebrates Hispanic Literature
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Library of Congress launched an online selection...
English Now Second Place in Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican Senate recently approved a bill declaring Spanish as the first official language of the country, moving English to second place. The...
King Felipe VI’s Universal Spanish Language Proficiency Test
Last month at the San Ildefonso College in Mexico City, Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia launched the Siele, or the International Service...
U.S. has more Spanish speakers than Spain
The U.S. is now the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico, according to a new study published by Spain’s Instituto Cervantes. The report,...
Sephardic Jews Learn Spanish Language for Citizenship
A government decision in 2012 started an official dialogue offering Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews in compensation for their ancestor’s expulsion from Spain during...
Spanish Prevails in Miami Schools
The Miami-Dade School district in Florida is postponing a scheduled change in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, namely Spanish. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s original...
China’s Demand for Spanish Skyrocketing
Lu Jingsheng, the Chinese government’s National Coordinator for Spanish, said that in the last fifteen years the demand for Spanish language education in China...
