Espacio Escultorico is a place of innovative art project in Mexico,

Espacio Escultorico is a place of innovative art project in Mexico, located in the University Cultural Center. The sculpture garden at UNAM, is a popular gathering place for students and locals alike. The concrete wedges of this sculpture form a circle around a volcanic rock formation where visitors come to meditate. 

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Revolution

Ten Spanish directors provide a wonderfully diverse group of shorts on the legacy of the Revolution that so shaped their country one hundred years on.

Spanish History is missing for many British school children

Clueless British children think Spanish Armada is a national dish and Sir Walter Raleigh invented the bicycle

If you have begun to 

teach yourself Spanish you may be amazed that 

British children know little about their own culture, let alone the Spanish culture. British children reckon the Spanish Armada is a national dish, Walter Raleigh invented the bicycle and 18th Century explorer Captain Cook was the helm of Starship Enterprise, according to research released today. 

Frighteningly, a new survey also reveals that  many also think that the Battle of Waterloo was fought at the London rail terminal, Horatio Nelson captained the French football team in the Nineties... and  that thousands have never set foot in the sea.

Spanish Harlem

Bad stuff is happening in Spanish Harlem. Gang turf wars are turning on gays. Society here has absolutely fallen apart.

Teach Yourself Spanish with the BBC

The BBC offer help if you want to teach yourself Spanish. The BBC has a 

free website with audio, video, tests, games and even crossword puzzles. It’s Spain Spanish which there are a few differences between Latin American and European Spanish, but at this level, I’m not sure that’s a concern right now. Some of the pages go along with their TV series on the BBC, so those aren’t very helpful. But there is a lot there to explore. Don’t miss the Spanish Slang page.

Teach Yourself Spanish here or in a Spanish country?

Sometimes people will say, "the only way to teach yourself Spanish is to go down and live there for a while." Not true. This is great to do after you learn the language well, not before. Please understand that the fastest way to learn anything is to work from your strength, not your weakness. It is very difficult to learn in a vacuum. Your strength is your English, not your Spanish. 

In his classic book, "The Seven Laws of Teaching," John Milton Gregory asserts that "the unknown must be learned from the known." This is accepted in all valid forms of training. It is time we accept it in language training. It is faster, it is easier and it works. You do not, nor should you, learn in a vacuum. You learn best based on tangible, understood principles.

Films to teach youself Spanish

Going to see a Spanish movie is a perfect way to help you along a bit, if you have decided to teach yourself Spanish.

This latest move "El Ambulante" is showing at the London Film Festival. 

In El Ambulante, a self-taught filmmaker arrives in small-town Argentina to embark on a new project with a group of locals in this hugely enjoyable documentary. 

Gay Marches in St Petersburg

Gay News from Russia, Russia's second-largest city, St Petersburg, must allow gay Pride marches to go ahead, the city court has ruled. As in the country's capital, Moscow, St Petersburg authorities have repeatedly banned gay marches and refused to give organisers alternative dates.

Columbus Day in the Spanish World

In the Spanish speaking world, the arrival of Columbus in the Americas in 1492 is being observed today (12 October). The day is usually marked as Día de la Raza or Día de la Hispanidad (or, for those who see him as a symbol of imperialism, as Día de la Resistencia Indígena). In the United States it is observed annually on the second Monday in October.

Chrisopher Columbus or Critobel Colon came fromGenoa in Italy where the native language of Genoa at that time was Ligurian. Columbus spoke several languages by the time he was an adult, including Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, and perhaps Catalan. So it is difficult to tie down his nationality from the languages he spoke in later life.

Columbus had a massive impact on the Americas. After all you if you live in the USA, you probably wouldn't need to teach yourself Spanish if it weren't for him.

Never throw anything to someone in a Spanish country

Never throw anything to someone in Latin America. It is considered a very impolite gesture. Just pass it to them instead.

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Basic Spanish Phrases

Basic Spanish Phrases

 

If you want to ask for the bill (check) in a restaurant

La cuente, por favor 

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The cardón, the largest cactus in the world.

We were in the middle of Baja California, one of the 31 states of Mexico searching for the cardón, the largest cactus in the world. They can grow up to 70 feet high and weigh 25 tons. They can store up to a ton of water and live over 300 years. Soon we began seeing the monsters, growing in forests called "cardonales. The cardón depends of migrating bats to pollinate its flowers in spring. When they pass back through in the fall, the golf ball sized fruits have fallen to the ground and split open, providing the bats and birds sustenance even as they distribute the ingested seeds through the area. Why not add a flash card for cardón?

It is amazing being in a desert climate. At first the landscape looks desolate and hostile but on closer inspection you can discover all sorts of life.