Lagos Elementary School in Arizona, opened its Bienvenidos Kids Club, for 3- to 5-year olds. Students in the program, which is designed to immerse children in Spanish, learn the fundamentals of the language from learning their numbers and letters to simple conversations.
Eleven teachers from Spain and their families have arrived to this city in Oklahoma, ahead of the new school year. They come to learn about American culture, and in turn, teach the kids all about European life and language.
White students are still expected to be the largest racial group in the public schools this year at 49.8 percent. But the National Center for Education Statistics says minority students, when added together, will now make up the majority. About one-quarter of them are Hispanic.
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 32 of 2014 (week ending 8/10/2014).
Through her personal experience, Janet Tavakoli writes about the process of translating a book into Spanish and how diverse the Hispanic market is in the U.S. She hired a Salvadorian translator and had friends from Bolivia, Chile and Spain reading the manuscript. After that process, she found out how difficult it is to reach ebooks and audio books for hispanic audiences.
"Correct Spanish" (El buen uso del español) by Real Academia Española and Asociación de Academias de la Lengua is now available through Perseus Books. The book features the main tools needed to achieve a correct use of the language.
Fast Market Research features a publishing in Spain industry profile, providing information such as market size, descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
The Australian actress, staring The Girl, tells ARS why and how she learned to speak Spanish, and how this indie movie was a life changing experience for her. She also talks about her role in Robocop and how she spends her time when not working or writing music.
After almost 20 years, bilingual education in California could comeback if the state Senate approves a bill in August that would put the issue on the ballot in November 2016. The resulting changes to the education code would allow schools to more easily offer either traditional bilingual programs or dual language immersion programs.
Award-winning app development studio Manuvo focuses on multimedia and interactive ebooks for the Spanish-speaking market.
