Spanish Language

Steven Kurlander: Spanish-Language Pizza Promotion Gives Some Heartburn

Steven Kurlander | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Pepperoni-Pizza, English as Second Language, Immigration, Pizza Patron, The Big Bang Theory, Spanish Language, Pizza Patron Spanish Language Promotion, Pizza Patron Promotion, Culture News

Last week, Pizza Patron, a 104-restaurant chain based in Dallas, offered a Spanish-language promotion. Like it or not, speaking Spanish is a big part of today's American culture -- even when ordering a pizza.

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Transforming Schools to Match the Needs of a Minority-Majority Nation

Sam Chaltain | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: English as a Second Language, Education, Spanish Language, Education Policy, Sam Chaltain, Immigration, Bilingual Education, Illinois, Angela Valenzuela, Education Reform, Education News

Brain-based research is starting to demonstrate that the benefits of being bilingual go a lot deeper than knowing another language. And the schools -- and states -- that are ahead of the curve are acting accordingly.

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Speak In Spanish, Get A Free Pizza Pie

Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Marketing, Video, Pizza, Hispanic Marketing, Pizza Patron, Slidepollajax, Spanish Language, Language Purists, Latino Voices News

Free pizza? Si, porfavor. Pizza Patrón, a carry-out pizza chain with headquarters in Dallas, is going to give away free pepperoni pizza pies to custo...

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Telenovelas Are The New Coveted Marketing Niche

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Spanish Language Television, Video, Univison, Mia Mundo, Hispanic Marketing, Mun2, Spanish Language, Telenovelas, Marketing, Spanish, Telemundo, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

Last week Telemundo premiered the first episode of their web-based telenovela "Mia Mundo". The three-minute long episode features characters driving C...

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Education Reform: Language and Technology vs. STEM

Mirla Gonzalez | Posted 04.27.2012

Today, a lot of attention and funding is given to STEM programs but the humanities, language acquisition in particular, deserves just as much attention.

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¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Why do Hispanics deny that George Zimmerman is Hispanic?

Gustavo Arellano | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Treyvon Martin, Spanish, Ask a Mexican, George Zimmerman, Spanish Language, Latino Voices News

No Latinos deny that Zimmerman is half-Peruvian, and the reason we're joining African-American leaders in vilifying him is because he killed Trayvon Martin, a story of racial profiling gone horribly wrong that our respective communities know far too well.

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Smithsonian's New Exhibit Focuses On Immigration

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Video, Smithsonian Institution, Mexico Quinceañera, Spanish Language, Spanish Translation, Quinceanera, Hispanic Heritage, Smithsonian Museum, Smithsonian, Immigrants, Quinceanera Tradition, Immigrant, Latino Voices News

WASHINGTON — Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American histo...

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WATCH: 'Que Difícil Es Hablar En Español'

| Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Video About Difficulty Speaking Spanish, Video, Viral Videos, Spanish Language, Youtube Video, Hispanic Heritage, Youtube, Spanish, Ospina Brothers, Speaking Spanish, Latino Voices News

'Tomayto', 'tomahto'? Not necessarily true when it comes to Spanish. And definitely not according to the hit Youtube video “Que Difícil Es...

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Sources: Univision, Disney In Talks To Create News Channel In English For Latinos

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Latinos, Univision Disney, Video, Spanish Language, Telemundo, Univision, Disney, Latino News Channel, Disney Univision, Latino Voices News

MIAMI — Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Mo...

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FICO Credit Reports Now In Spanish

AP | By CANDICE CHOI | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Spanish, Credit Report, FICO Score, Fico, FICO Scores, Spanish Language, Credit Reports, Video, Latino Voices News

NEW YORK -- Credit reports are now on sale in Spanish. The company behind the most widely used credit scores, Fair Isaac Corp., plans to announce Tue...

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News Corp Launching U.S. Spanish-language TV Network

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Spanish Language Television, News Corp, Video, Spanish Language, Fox Network, Rupert Murdoch, Abc, Hispanics, Telemundo, News Corporation, Fox, Nbc, Latino Voices News

LOS ANGELES -- Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is launching a Spanish-language broadcast TV network that aims to bring the flavor of the Fox network to Hi...

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WATCH: Often Parodied, Longest Running TV Variety Show Turns 50

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Spanish Language Television, Television, Video, Cultura, Spanish Language, Longest Running Television Show, Sabado Gigante, Guinness World Records, Univision, Don Francisco, Guinness Book of World Records, Latino Voices News

Which is the longest running television variety show in the world? It's Sábado Gigante, of course! For non Spanish speakers, the direct tr...

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California Educators Look To Better English Learning

AP | By CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Immigrants Learn English, English Learning, Education, California, Spanish Language, English Language, Latino Voices News

LOS ANGELES -- Roberto Bautista was lost when he entered kindergarten speaking only Spanish. "I said, `What are they saying?' I just pretend I unders...

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En Miami, A Decir 'Hola' Or To Say 'Hello'

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Spanish in Miami, Andrew Lynch, Spanish Language, Border, U.S.-Mexico Border, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Immigration, Bilingualism, Miami, Miami News

The choice of whether to address a stranger in English or Spanish is often a split-second decision -- one which has provoked much conversation in the ...

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Why the Spanish in Guatemala Didn't Prepare Me for the Spanish in Chile

Oneika Raymond | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Chile, Spanish, Travel, Spanish Language, Learning Spanish, Chile Travel, Travel Chile, Speaking Spanish, Black Voices News

Chilean Spanish is hard (for me). Guatemalan Spanish is slow, deliberate. Guatemalans pronounce all their letters. I got over-confident with my Spanish level.

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Latin Americans Separated By The Same Language

AP | By STEPHEN WADE | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Mexico, Spanish, Language, Pan-American Games, Spanish Language, Carlos Toro, Latino Voices News

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The United States and England are often described as two countries separated by a common language. So imagine the potential for...

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Scholars Develop Digital Gateway To Hispanic Roots

HuffingtonPost.com | David Ramirez | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Latinos, Dominican Republic, History, Hispanic History, Dominicans, American History, Spanish Language, Dominican Studies Institute, Hispanic Heritage, Cuny, Hispanics, Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, Latino Voices News

If Latinos don't understand the roots of their culture, how can they preserve it? Although the explanation might sound a bit more academic at times, t...

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Saving Endangered Languages

Fox News Latino | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Documenting Endangered Languages, Del, Language, Education, Peru, Spanish Language, Andean, Quechua, Bolivia, Neh, National Endowment for the Humanities, Cultura, Latino Voices News

Conducting field research in southern Bolivia, linguist Susan Kalt hikes roughly two hours to reach the communities where she studies Quechua. ...

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Sharing my Voice

Eduardo Xol | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Learning English, Cultura, Bilingual Education, Spanish Language, Multiculturalism, Latino Voices News

It seems that the mainstream U.S. population doesn't understand the value of speaking another language.

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Porque Because: Harry the Dirty

Bill Santiago | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Spanglish, Cultura, Spanish Language, English Language, Telefutura, Latinos, Clint Eastwood, Latino Voices News

There's no doubt that writing 'ja ja ja' instead of 'ha ha ha' significantly boosts your Latino Index score. It might even make up for the fact you can't play soccer.

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What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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Bridging The Communication Gap For Domestic Abuse Victims

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Equal Justice Works, Spanish Language, Maria Citino Sfreddo, Chicago, Greatest Person of the Day, Chicago Communities, Immigration, Good News, Legal Assistance, Latina, Latina Women, Domestic Abuse, Impact News

Maria Citino Sfreddo has a voicemail greeting that's over a minute long. "Please speak slowly and clearly and I'll get back to you as soon as I can," ...

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Are White People Disenfranchised?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 07.14.2011

Recently, I received some hate mail from a white supremacist. It's a rare, but not unprecedented occurrence. Her sentiments were ignorant and bizarre...

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How Do You Say... Travesty?

Pamela Kripke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle School, Bilingualism, Reading, Spanish Language, Writing, English Language, Education News

In elementary school, I'd split the day in half. Intensive English-only Language Arts in the morning, math in the afternoon, through fifth grade.

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Slideshow: The Ten Best (And Ten Worst) City Policies of 2010

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

In Denver, where three in five students are Latino and many have parents with poor English skills, the school system has taken to the radio waves.

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