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Dalí Concocts a ‘Liquid Desire’ of Language and Culture at the National Gallery of Victoria
Last Sunday I went with my advanced Spanish class to see “Liquid Desire” an exhibition of an extensive collection of works of art by Salvador Dalí the celebrated Spanish surrealist artist at the Natio… more →
Issues about the Spanish Language
Wordnik: Dictionary 2.0
Ian Blood wrote 1 week ago: As Erin McKean (creator of wordnik) puts it, most online dictionaries are little more than “pa … more →
Educational Inflation
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judsonson wrote 1 month ago: I’m working on a critique of Doris de Almeida Soares’ article, ‘Understanding clas … more →
Healthy vs. Lazy language learning...
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judsonson wrote 1 month ago: Just a quick note from a discussion I had with my reading group that I found rather interesting to p … more →
How *Not* To Infuse Multiculturalism Into The Curriculum
missincognegro wrote 2 months ago: During a recent Foreign Language Department meeting, a discussion ensued re: travel abroad. Specific … more →
L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Children: Effects of Learning Method and Cognate Status
Callier Library wrote 4 months ago: ABSTRACT In this study we investigated the effects of two learning methods (picture- or word-mediate … more →
Dalí Concocts a ‘Liquid Desire’ of Language and Culture at the National Gallery of Victoria
L. A. Pinel wrote 4 months ago: Last Sunday I went with my advanced Spanish class to see “Liquid Desire” an exhibition of an extensi … more →
The charming softness of the Spanish sound patterns
L. A. Pinel wrote 5 months ago: One of the nicest rewards of teaching a language is to be complemented by your students about aspect … more →
The pronunciation and written patterns of letter g in Spanish
L. A. Pinel wrote 6 months ago: Getting to know the correct way of pronouncing and using the different written patterns in which let … more →
Query about a student's difficulty in writing.
cathrau wrote 6 months ago: A teacher in a total immersion class is puzzled by the performance of one of her students aged 6.11. … more →
“Latino America Viva” Daily online News in Australia: Read Interesting Cultural Articles about Spanish Speaking People & Countries, in Spanish
L. A. Pinel wrote 7 months ago: I have been meaning to write a post about this Australian based website for quite a while. I don’t k … more →
Linguistic and metalinguistic categories in second language learning.
Callier Library wrote 8 months ago: This paper discusses proposed characteristics of implicit linguistic and explicit metalinguistic kno … more →
How important are the 'small words' in the learning process of the Spanish Language?
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L. A. Pinel wrote 8 months ago: One of my students asked me yesterday if I could prepare a lesson that could deal with the nature of … more →
Loving Language
ilovelanguage wrote 10 months ago: During my lifetime, I’ve started several languages. I lived in Germany for 10 years or so, but can’t … more →
How to learn any language...supposedly
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ilovelanguage wrote 10 months ago: If I have so much stuff to do, why would I bother learning a language? Job security. Most people d … more →
To read on more issues about the PSC SLE testing...
lynedesroberts wrote 1 year ago: If what you read on this blog was of any interest to you, then follow me on La Dame dragon’s … more →
Can language usage be poor or vulgar?
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L. A. Pinel wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t been able to write a post for quite a while. But there is plenty to write about, especiall … more →
La Dame dragon is Spreading her Wings and Leaving the Nest to Fly on her Own!
lynedesroberts wrote 1 year ago: by Lyne des Roberts alias La Dame dragon When I started this blog some time in June, I had no clue w … more →
An Image is Worth 1,000 Words...
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lynedesroberts wrote 1 year ago: by Lyne des Roberts alias La Dame dragon Yesterday was our evening at the theater! For me it is very … more →
Some more facts about Spanish in the Philippines
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L. A. Pinel wrote 1 year ago: Late last year I wrote a post here about the proposal of reintroducing the teaching of Spanish in th … more →
