As part of the 30th Miami Book Fair International, Edmundo Paz Soldán will be teaching “Clase Magistral de Análisis y Creatividad Literaria” on how to analyze narrative work to improve writing style for writers of all levels. The three-hour long class will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Miami Dade College's Koubek Center.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS) present the free, weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 34 of 2013 (week ending 8/25/2013).
Casa Creación, the Spanish publishing division of Creation House Publishers, announced the upcoming release of the Spanish translation of “The Stained Glass Curtain: Crossing the Evangelical-Catholic Divide to Find our Common Heritage” by Father Dimitri Sala. The book will be available November in the U.S. and January 2014 for the international markets.
As a recognition to its historical, cultural, social and economic contributions to our country, Spain will be an integral part of the Fair in its 30th anniversary, thanks to the join efforts of the Miami Book Fair International and the Consulate of Spain in Miami.
The recently launched book distribution company added two new publishers to its roster: Chouette Publishing of Montreal and Cuento de Luz of Madrid, which publishes children’s picture books in Spanish and English. Legato will distribute their titles in the U.S. as of January 1, 2014, Publishers Weekly reports.
The center, located in Columbus, offers three classes on Saturdays, for ages 4 to 12. Parents interviewed by The Republic agreed on the career and academic benefits of knowing a foreign language. New classes begin this fall.
Nielsen BookScan, part of the Nielsen Company (US) LLC, and America Reads Spanish (ARS) present the free, weekly list of the Spanish bestseller titles in the US Market for week 33 of 2013 (week ending 8/18/2013).
This programs not only teaches multiple languages, but teaches important school subjects in those multiple languages, explains The Seattle Global List before giving five good reasons to raise bilingual, if not trilingual, children.
In the blog “Learning the Language”, Education Week features this story on how instruction in English and in a child's home language in the preschool and early elementary years leads to the best outcomes for the youngest dual-language learners, both in terms of academic-content achievement and English-language proficiency, according a new research review and policy brief.
Spanish holds a unique place in the history of the U.S.; it has been spoken in the Southwest since its annexation in 1848 and has not been lost to the pages of history books like many other ethnic languages, such as Italian and German. Teaching Spanish as a heritage language is crucial for its continued vitality in the U.S., Language Magazine's Armando Guerrero, Jr. points out.
