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 46 of 2013 (week ending 11/17/2013).
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 46 of 2013 (week ending 11/17/2013).
Grupo Planeta celebrates the Premio Cervantes in Literature given to Elena Poniatowska, first Mexican female writer to be recognized with the most important Spanish-language literature award worldwide.
The Mexican journalist and author wins the 2013 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor. Previous winners include Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, and Nobel prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Spain's late Camilo José Cela.
Muskogee High School Advanced Placement Spanish students read books in Spanish then translate each phrase in English to Irving Elementary first- and second-graders, as part of the ReadOK program.
Spain’s Great Untranslated is an anthology of some of Spain’s most prized and untranslated literary works, that previously visited New York, Miami, Houston and Albuquerque. The final presentation will be held on Friday, November 22nd at 7 p.m. at the Spanish Pavilion at the fair. Panelists will include editor and literary critic Mercedes Monmany, novelist Pedro Zarraluki, translator Mara Faye Lethem and Cuban-American writer Carlos Alberto Montaner. The presentation is in Spanish and admission is free.
Louisa Pritchard, Chief Executive at Louisa Pritchard Associates, looks at the Spanish book market and how it has been impacted by recent economic troubles. Her report is published by Publishing Perspective, along with an overview of the Dutch market.
Rep. Tom Petri Introduces “Technology, Education and Accessibility In College and Higher Education Act.”
The latest edition features an interview with Jorgelina Tallei and Gregorio Pérez about teaching Spanish to brazilian students, plus articles, news, online tools, upcoming events and seminars.
In this fascinating book MIT's Pere Estupinyà, manages to convey the wonder and fascination of science to all readers.
Ben Johnson writes about his experience using the Mastery Learning, a method where students master concepts and skills before going onto other learning and then take tests. If they do not reach mastery, then they go back and study and take the test again until they pass it. Benjamin Bloom, of Bloom's Taxonomy fame, came up with mastery learning in 1971. This was a time when leveled readers became popular, as well as many other "go at your own pace" programs.
