The Obama Family Learning Spanish!

by Hannah Ryan on 3/30/2012 11:43:00 AM

What a way to celebrate your birthday!While Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy was in Seoul, South Korea, this week he celebrated his 57th birthday, unconventionally, at the Nuclear Security Summit. While he was presented… more »

A New Way Of Language Learning

by Dilek on 2/6/2012 12:31:00 PM

Technology got into our lives long ago but for the last few years it has become indispensable with the increasing usage of computers, cell phones and internet. Reaching the information, communicate with other people… more »

Spanish slang at the cultural forefront.

by Chloe on 12/7/2011 11:23:00 AM

This year’s Cervantes Prize, the highest literary honour in the Spanish speaking world, has been awarded to the Chilean ‘anti-poet’ Nicanor Parra.Parra’s educational background is in mathematics… more »

New social media site launched uniting the US & Spain.

by Chloe on 11/25/2011 12:44:00 PM

An amazing new cultural project uniting the US & Spain has been launched this month. SPAIN RED a social network site has been set up by a whole host of important institutions including Spain’s Ministry of… more »

Announcing new don Quijote webpage to learn Spanish Abroad!

by Kimberly on 11/18/2011 11:00:00 AM

Here at don Quijote, a company dedicated to teaching and learning Spanish, we are proud to announce the new and improved don Quijote website!  Have you seen the changes? Our programers and developers got in early… more »

How long does it take to learn a language?

by Kimberly on 9/15/2011 12:49:00 PM

How long does it take to learn Spanish? How long do I need to stay to become fluent? These are questions we often hear when people are trying to figure out how much time they should spend abroad.My first answer would… more »

Thief walks in, steals Picasso sketch, and walks out

by Kimberly on 7/7/2011 11:41:45 AM

A man just walked into the Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco on July 5th, took a£100,000 (Approx $160,000) Picasso drawing off the wall, tucked it under his arm, and walked out.  He fled the scene in a… more »

America Reads Spanish

by Kimberly on 5/24/2011 2:13:05 PM

The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Spanish Association of Publisher Guilds (FGEE) have introduced an initiative called America Reads Spanish to promote the reading of the Spanish language through… more »

Semana Santa in Salamanca (say that three times fast)

by Stephen on 3/29/2010 12:22:00 AM

For the next seven days leading up to Easter Sunday, or Holy Week, processions shrouded in Spanish tradition, history, music, and religion will envelop the town of Salamanca.During Semana Santa hooded precisionists or… more »

Information Office for Students of Spanish opening soon in Salamanca

by Stacey on 2/24/2009 1:43:00 PM

The new Office of Information geared towards students of Spanish in Salamanca will begin to provide its services this year in Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, as soon as the permit paperwork gets approved in 2 months. It… more »