Spanish
March 31, 2009
- Like Chitra Divakaruni, I too have Mango Memories, but they take me back to Mexico and they don't summon up fabulous recipes like her mango ice cream, which I can hardly wait to try. A 19 year old student studying Spanish in college back in the 60's, I traveled with two sister students to the beautiful city of Saltillo for summer classes. The first day there we were introduced to this ...
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March 4, 2009
- Imagine for a moment that a major retailer decided to create a marketing campaign for everyone in the U.S. whose last name began with a “J.” Household income, education, age, gender, race and other demographic factors would not matter. The only unifying element in this group would be the first letter of each person’s last name. As absurd as this sounds, that is essentially what some ...
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January 20, 2009
- Hi all I just started writing for Suite101 and this is my first article! http://picture-books.suite101.com/article.cfm/new_bilingual_book_for_young_readers It's a review of a bilingual (English and Spanish) children's picture book, Zooprise Party/Fiesta Zoorpresa. Best,Mayra
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January 3, 2009
- I taught myself Spanish by reading cookbooks and newspapers. I have graduated to more challenging works in art history, science,and wine appreciation. I am a firm believer in using authentic documents from the culture you are studying to master a language. Also,you should study topics that interest you to keep up your motivation especially when studying alone.The payoff for me has been ...
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September 4, 2008
- "A veces me pregunto si no será mi sombraque siempre me persigue, o un ser sin voluntad.Pero es que ya ha nacido así, pa' la milonga,Y ,como yo, se muere, se muere por bailar."("I ask myself sometimes if it's really my shadowthat's always chasing me, or some being with no will of its own. But it was born this way, for the milonga,and, like me, it dies, it dies to ...
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September 4, 2008
- I am absolutely dismayed at the decline of the English language in this country. Just in case you think this is another anti-immigration diatribe, forget it. I, for one, love the variety of languages I hear on the Washington subway as I commute to and from work. No, I am talking about the abysmal use of English, written and spoken, but people who speak nothing else in many cases. ...
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