What would you think if you see me doing the gesture of pointing my finger to the temple and moving it in circles? For me, it’s clear that I want to express someone is crazy, but if I were in the north of Europe I could be in trouble […]
I am a native Spanish speaker and I teach it as a foreign language. If I someone asked me, why learn Spanish or another language, I would have lots of reasons to cheer people up to learn a foreign language, whatever it is. But if I had to suggest a […]
This post has been inspired by the book I have just finished reading: In the name of identity: violence and the need to belong, by Amin Maalouf. Read that I strongly recommend for several reasons: it is a thought provoking book about what makes up an individual: he says […]
Few days ago I came across this video while my research for inspiration for a post for my blog. I really loved it, it’s so clear that you don’t even need to read the text in the video or my post, even, because a picture is worth a thousand words, […]
I originally wrote this article on 17th September 2011. Back then, I believed that the main purpose of language was communication. Now, ten years later, after ten years of teaching and exploring languages, my vision has changed a lot. In fact, I disagree with what I wrote back then. So, […]
To err is human We all make mistakes, that’s an inevitable fact. And despite what many would think, making them is not that bad, because it’s mostly from the error, that, both, the students and the teachers learn. It’s mainly from the acknowledge of the error that […]
– [the Red Queen] “But you make no remark?” – “I didn’t know I had to make one-just then” – Alice faltred out. – “You should have said,” – the Queen went on in a tone of grave reproof, – “It’s extremely kind of you to tell me all this”– […]
Why spend time and effort in learning a foreign language when I can travel and communicate with the people without speaking their language? Well, there are so many reasons that I would need hundreds of posts, but I’m going to set out only the couple of ones that works for […]
