Tag Archives: Spanish

The Best Idea That I’ve Ever Copied

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Barb Knowles

The Best Idea That I’ve Ever Copied Non-Award goes to Gabe at (Almost) Unsalvageable. It isn’t an award, it’s me giving him credit where credit is due because I totally related to his post I am so sorry for myself, I no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, college, embarrassing situations, foreign language, google translate, Humor, languages, Monolingual, multilingual, Romance Languages, Spanish, TEACHING, world language | 29 Comments

What It Means To Be Blessed With A Good Education

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Barb Knowles

This past Friday I attended the NYSABE conference. The New York State Association of Bilingual Educators conference. One of the themes was how speaking more than one language helps our brains to function differently and better. They were talking about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All County Music, bilingualism, Education, english, French, Humor, kichwa, language, multilingualism, music, neurotransmitters, Spanish, Star Wars, synapses, TEACHING | 45 Comments

Welcome To The Wonderful World of Words

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Barb Knowles

Let’s face it. Words are awesome. How words change over time is awesome. And idiomatic expressions? They are THE BEST. If you could buy idiomatic expressions at the store, they’d be on my Christmas list. Years ago, I was working … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged anglo-saxon, blogging, english, etymology, happy as a pig in shit, Humor, idiomatic expressions, kichwa, linguistics, Simon Winchester, Spanish, The Professor and the Madman, words, writing | 27 Comments

Monolingual Spanish Moss

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Barb Knowles

I said “¡Hola!” and it didn’t respond.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bilingual, florida, Humor, Monolingual, Spanish, Spanish moss | 15 Comments

BICS is okay, but CALP? Forget it.

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Barb Knowles

Wait, what? I uttered this in our office the other day and everyone laughed. To help you understand why this could remotely be funny while not putting you to sleep instantly, here’s a quick, so-don’t-stop-reading, crash course on learning a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BICS and CALP, bilingual, culture, ecuador, ell, ENL, esl, high school, kichwa, language learning, languages, Spanish | 11 Comments

This is what happens when you don’t know science words in Spanish…

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Barb Knowles

I’m fluentish in Spanish. And I like making up words in other languages. Actually, I like making up words in English, too. As an example, I tell my students that I am not an abuelita, I’m an abueloca. For non-fluentish … Continue reading →

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