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Join SPAIN RED and discover the most talented Spanish creative work – Resources for your Spanish Classroom

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What is Spain Red?

 

SPAIN RED (www.spainred.org) is a cultural professional networking site, produced by the Spain-USA Foundation (www.spainculture.us) and developed by the digital consulting firm The Line Between (www.thelinebtwn.com), as a platform to connect professionals and artists in the field of Spanish culture to share information, proposals, and provide a space for conversation.

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More Pre-K Programs Needed for Dual-Language Learners – Resources for your Spanish Classroom

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By Lesli A. Maxwell on June 5, 2012 9:41 AM

The population of children who do not come from homes where English is spoken is on the rise, and, to ensure their success in school, publicly-funded early childhood programs need to build their capacity and expertise to meet the needs of young English-language learners.

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Educators Struggle to Teach Students Whose English is Infused with Spanish – Resources for your Spanish Classroom

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By  / Published May 22, 2012 / Fox News Latino

This is the second of a three-part series exploring Latino dialects. In the first part, experts discuss how second generation Latinos in the U.S. are forming their own accents and dialects. Read it here.

Iris Huerta was born in Guadalajara, Mexico but was raised in East Los Angeles. When she was in high school, her family moved to a neighborhood where the Latina became a minority. Then an AP English student, Huerta was surprised when she had to convince her new school that she was fluent in English.

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Born in the USA, and with the Latino Accent to Prove It – Resources for your Spanish Classroom

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By  / Published May 21, 2012 / Fox News Latino

Allison Ramírez was born in Miami, and so was her accent. Though she always tells people she’s American they refuse to accept that as an answer to the question “Where are you from?”

“I’ve been here my whole life and I speak English better than Spanish,” said Ramírez, who is currently in graduate school in Savannah, Georgia and whose mother is Cuban and father is Colombian. “It’s like you can’t be from [the U.S.] if you have dark hair and dark eyes and you don’t sound like everyone else.”

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