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Monday, November 27

Poll Results: Not a single one of us would miss the chance to study Spanish in Spain or Latin America!

by Erin on Mon 27 Nov 2006 01:03 PM CET

Results are in on our latest poll!

We asked if you had (or hoped to) study Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country. And the results convince me to keep hanging out at this blog! I live and work in Spain because an acquaintance offhandedly recommended I take an immersion Spanish course back in 2001. I get the impression all of you would make the same recommendation. 77 visitors participated in the poll, with these results: more »

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Wednesday, November 15

"Mi visita a Granada" - A dQ scholarship recipient tells his story

by Erin on Wed 15 Nov 2006 08:00 AM CET

Mike Carrick, a student at the Birkdale school in the UK, wrote the following article about his experience at don Quijote Granada for the Birkdale school website. Mike travelled to Granada as the recipient of a scholarship awarded in the don Quijote 20 Scholarships programme.

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Monday, November 13

A Spanish student reading list - compliments of don Quijote teachers

by Erin on Mon 13 Nov 2006 08:00 AM CET

Here's the list of books our teachers recommended for intermediate level students eager to read in Spanish in our Meet the Teachers interviews:

"Sin noticias de Gurb" by Eduardo Mendoza. more »

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Friday, November 10

Practice Spanish reading this comic

by Paqui on Fri 10 Nov 2006 12:22 PM CET

Practice your Spanish and take a laugh with this Spanish comic brought to us by the Spanish Magazine Punto y Coma more »

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Thursday, November 9

Speaking of Don Quijote...

by Erin on Thu 09 Nov 2006 09:00 AM CET

Have you ever explored the don Quijote virtual museum?

Added to the don Quijote website in honor of the 400th anniversary of the publication of Cervantes' novel in 2005, the museum receives and posts art, news, etc. from all over the world, all of it inspired by Don Quijote.

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Wednesday, November 8

BLOG POLL RESULTS: Have you read Don Quijote?

by Erin on Wed 08 Nov 2006 03:41 PM CET

A tip of the hat today to you, our well read, clearly diligent Spanish-studying visitors.

41% of the 68 visitors who responded to our most recent poll reported that they had indeed read Cervantes' Don Quijote - in Spanish.

Here are the full poll results:

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Saturday, November 4

Conoce a los Profes: Ana from Salamanca

by Erin on Sat 04 Nov 2006 10:00 AM CET

Hoy, desde Salamanca, os presentamos a Ana García Martín.

¿Cuánto tiempo llevas como profesor de español, Ana?

Desde 1994.

¿Qué es lo que más te gusta de tu profesión?

Lo que más me gusta es el hecho de ver que los estudiantes están ahí porque quieren, que realmente aprenden...y en cierto modo son "mi creación", je, je además de que es un intercambio cultural mutuo.

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Meet our Teachers -Ana from Salamanca

by Erin on Sat 04 Nov 2006 10:00 AM CET

Today, from Salamanca, we introduce you to Ana García Martín.

How long have you been teaching Spanish?

Since 1994.

What do you like most about your profession?

What I like most is seeing that the students are there because they want to be, that they really learn…and that in a certain way they are my “creation”, ha ha. Plus my work is always a mutual cultural exchange.

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Friday, November 3

Why would don Quijote give away 20 Spanish courses?

by Erin on Fri 03 Nov 2006 06:09 PM CET

Here's how we announced our 4th annual Scholarship Programme, launched last week, in our Weekly Lesson newsletter:

We’ve just launched our 4th annual Fundación don Quijote Scholarship Programme.

First we’ll gather great language learning ideas from all corners of the globe. Then we’ll award 20 scholarships for 2-week Spanish courses- complete with accommodation - to the 20 educational institutions presenting the best-developed and most innovative plans to promote the study of Spanish as a foreign language. more »

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Thursday, November 2

A word a day for advanced students -- and another for beginners

by Erin on Thu 02 Nov 2006 04:51 PM CET

A few weeks ago I signed up for a Word of the Day I am truly enjoying. The daily definition hits my mailbox compliments of www.elcastellano.org. El Castellano's words come complete with history and etymology. As much as it delights me daily, El Castellano's palabra del día is decidedly aimed at native speakers and not a good bet for beginners. If you've yet to discover don Quijote's palabra del día, it's published daily on the website, or you can link to the week's words from the Weekly Lesson free e-mail lesson sent out to don Quijote web members. more »

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Student diaries

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Olga in Madrid

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