When it comes to learning Spanish, it goes without saying that looking up words in a Spanish-to-English dictionary isn't enough to make someone fluent in the language. Enrolling in a class therefore ...

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This article was written for our sponsor, Participate Learning. For many students, summer is much-anticipated respite from the classroom. But oftentimes, the lapse in regular academic instruction can ...

Immigrant parents worry their children will struggle with reading and fret that as non-English speakers, they can't help. A new study shows that's simply not true. Reading to a young child in any ...

Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only communicate in English. Now as a mom, she worries that her son ...

Conversational Spanish lessons for children age 5 and older are offered each week at Tree Tops Park, 3900 SW 100th Ave. Classes are from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays and 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the ...

I grew up believing you couldn’t be a Latino — not a “real” one, anyway — without speaking Spanish. It’s what as a child I was told again and again by my immigrant parents. It’s what I must’ve heard ...