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Spanish in the U.S.

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“Spanish in the United States: Myths and Realities”. A talk by Kim Potowski By Anais Holgado Lage and Nadia Cervantes Pérez On May 8, 2018, Professor Kim Potowski delivered a talk titled “Spanish in the US: Myths and Realities”. Kim Potowski … Continue reading

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Discourse Markers

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Diccionario de marcadores discursivos para estudiantes de español como segunda lengua By Anais Holgado-Lage This work-in-progress analyzes the process of creation of the Diccionario de marcadores discursivos para estudiantes de español como segunda lengua (find it here) and explains its … Continue reading

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Global Citizenship and Social Commitment

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Final Video Contest Project in SPA 102  By: Adriana Merino (course coordinator), Jeannie Byrne, Andie Faber, Luis Goncalves, Manuel Malia, Daniela Salcedo, Le Anne Spino-Seijas The SPA 102 students engaged in a semester-long project called Global citizenship and social commitment: Be the … Continue reading

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Culture and religion in Aztec history

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La estética de lo sagrado: Historia, performance y ritual en la Crónica mexicana de Hernando Alvarado Tezozómoc / Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Tomo 52, Número 1, Marzo 2018, pp. 123-145 By Nadia Cervantes This essay examines the aesthetic representation of sacrificial … Continue reading

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Documentary Screening

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Special documentary screening: “The Eyes of the Journey” By Catalina Méndez Vallejo On April 5th, there was a special screening of the film “The Eyes of the Journey”/”Los Ojos del Camino”. The screening was co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish … Continue reading

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Recording for Aprendo

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SPO lecturers and graduate students volunteered as acting voices for the Aprendo online learning platform By Adriana Merino In May, 2018, Spanish lecturers and graduate students brought to life the characters in the dialogues featured in Aprendo, acting as voice … Continue reading

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Reaching out to the Princeton Community

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Students in SPA 211 engage in two community-outreach projects and reflect on social aspects of language use By Catalina Méndez Vallejo This semester, the students in SPA 211 (Varieties of Spanish) engaged in two community-outreach projects. For the first project, … Continue reading

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Reflecting about multilingualism

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Students in SPA 211 discuss issues of multilingualism with Prof. César Cumbe By Catalina Méndez Vallejo On April 18, Prof. César Cumbe, from the University of Maputo, visited the SPA 211 class as part of the Mozambique Week event. He … Continue reading

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Medical mission in Ecuador

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Students in SPA 204 embark on a medical mission in Ecuador By Paloma Moscardó-Vallés Over Spring break, 12 students from SPA 204 traveled to Ecuador for an experience that brings together health education, humanitarian engagement, and the Spanish language. The students … Continue reading

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Basque Identity Project

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Brujas, madres, soldados y pastores By Gorka Bilbao Terreros This work-in-progress project aims to examine the way in which Basque identity has been represented both domestically and abroad in the last century – century and a half (with special attention to … Continue reading

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