Richard’s Ruminations

For one week, in the 18 to 49 demographic.  Must be a lot of Hispanics watching telenovelas.  Maybe this is a harbinger of things to come, say, in politics.

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You can get it HERE, at least if your favorite is on Univision, Telefutura, or Galavision.  You can watch complete chapters of some programs online; and there are summaries in Spanish of telenovelas throughout the years, even those not shown by the Univision group.  Of course, visit Caracol TV if you want to watch a current Colombian novela. And although you can only watch series trailers on TV Colombia , the excerpts might work well as classroom listening comprehension practice.

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Read a fascinating Science Daily article about how scientists have recently decoded words from brain signals.

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Alvaro Uribe, who recently finished his second term as President of Colombia, has a new job as visiting professor at Georgetown University.

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That's my take on an article in the Dallas Morning News.  I can't believe that I wouldn't be qualified for one of the 107 jobs that Dallas ISD gave to Teach for America "kids."  I'd pit my 23 years of experience against their 5 weeks of training anytime. 

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Or "unauthorized immigration," as the Pew Research Center puts it.

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There's no sex or violence in this movie and only two occurences of profanity.  Unfortunately, the Argentine Spanish is not ideal for the classroom; and today's kids will probably find it's human interest stories-not so interesting. 

But is Historias mínimas worthwhile for discerning adults?

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It's not just Americans who expect the rest of the world to speak English so they don't have to learn a foreign language.  Read an Independent article about a similar situation in Britain.

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Click here for a brief article about ways to study Spanish on your own.

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This Colombia Reports article has a link to Shakira's new single, Loca in Spanish, A Hell's Angel in English.

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