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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
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When learning a new language, it’s one thing to laze on the sofa with headphones and a cassette recording, mimicking common and phrases like a parrot. It’s quite another to sit face to face with a native speaker and chat back and forth – and that’s what Hablando Live, an online Spanish school started about a year ago, seeks to offer. |
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
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Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, April 6 at 2 a.m. Clocks must be turned ahead one hour. Mexico adopted the measure 12 years ago — despite considerable opposition — conforming with countries around the world in an effort to cut down on energy use and pollution. |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
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This week during an English class I helped a student of mine, employed in the safety and health department of a large manufacturing company out of El Salto, translate an accident report from Spanish to English. A lab worker suffered a minor laceration to her palm caused by a broken flask. |
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
 'Angel Milan is a Xavieran priest with a mission in Acoyotla – education in the faith, which includes translating the Bible in the languages that people understand.' - Photo By E. Halleck An Italian priest schooled in many languages has emerged out of the high sierra village of Acoyotla bearing the fruit of many years labor – a translation of the Catholic Bible into Nahuatl, the ancient language of the Aztecs and Toltecs, which is still spoken in many scattered parts of Mexico. |
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