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Cervantes Institute Partners With Mexican University to Promote Spanish in U.S.
February 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's Cervantes Institute and Mexico's largest university held talks here Friday on an accord to collaborate in promoting the Spanish language and Ibero-American culture in the United States. continue reading »
Cervantes Institute Wants Spanish Language to Go Global
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The head of the Cervantes Institute, Victor Garcia de la Concha, defended here on Tuesday the need to cooperate with institutions inside and outside Spain to spread the Spanish language throughout the world. continue reading »
Top Language Websites Translated to is Spanish
January 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Every year the research department of One Hour Translation conducts a comprehensive analysis of the previous year's translation services data. The data from hundreds of thousands of projects translated throughout the year is collected and analyzed. continue reading »
NY Taking Steps to Preserve Spanish Language
December 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Education
Politicians, academics, writers and other representatives of Latino culture took the first step on Wednesday in promoting an initiative that seeks to save and preserve Spanish in New York. continue reading »
Will Americans View Spanish as an International Language in the Future?
November 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Education
With more than 420 million people speaking it, the future of Spanish "as an international language" is on the line in the United States, the director of Spain's Cervantes Institute told Efe here Friday. continue reading »
Spain, The Philippines Sign Agreement to Promote Spanish in Filipino Classrooms
October 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The governments of Spain and the Philippines signed an accord to foster the reintroduction of Spanish in the Asian nation, officials said here Thursday. Both sides also agreed to continue the initiative to offer Spanish as a second language in Filipino high schools, Spain's foreign ministry said in a statement. continue reading »
Spain Recognizes U.S. Schools Promoting Spanish Language
September 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Spanish Embassy in Washington on Monday recognized seven U.S. schools for their contribution to strengthening the role of Spanish as the most-widely-spoken foreign language in the United States. continue reading »
Who Speaks Spanish Best? by Raul Guerrero
May 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Are Spain, Latin America and Hispanic US, paraphrasing Oscar Wilde, worlds separated by the same language? Argentinos and uruguayos pronounce ll, y and g as English speakers do the sh in she, and some bolivianos and ecuatorianos pronounce the ll as the l in Leonor, while other Spanish-speakers do as the y in yo-yo. continue reading »
Advertisers Moving Away from Spanish Ads, More Effort to Lure Bilingual Latinos
May 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Advertising directed at the Hispanic community in the United States is moving away from ads in Spanish to focus more on potential consumers who are bilingual but who are preserving cultural elements that distinguish them from other Americans. continue reading »
Hispandering
April 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hispandering, a newly coined term, combining pandering, to please, and Hispanic, etymological synonym for Spanish—from the Latinhispanus, relating to Hispania continue reading »
Bilingualism’s False Friends by Raul Guerrero
March 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Now that science has corroborated that bilingualism makes us smarter, and profoundly benefits the brain, as reported by the New York Times, people are brushing up on their Spanish. continue reading »
Poll: Majority of Americans Say Newcomers Need to Adopt Our Culture, Language & Heritage
February 27, 2012 | by Rasmussen Reports | Latino Daily News
Americans appear a little less insistent that those who move here from another country adopt our culture. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 68% of Likely Voters say when people move to the United States from other parts of the world, they should adopt America’s culture, language and heritage. continue reading »
#OccupyWallStreet Vocalizes In Spanish (VIDEO)
October 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
#OccupyWallStreet protesters are now organizing all over the world and speaking out in all different languages. Here is the first gathering of 'Ocupa Wall Street' that came together in New York. The message heard was the same: unemployment rates are too high, corporate greed to vast and then there's the high rates of foreclosures for Latinos and lack of focus on immigration reform. continue reading »
Global Nonprofit Breastcancer.org Launches Spanish-Language Site
October 3, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Today, global nonprofit Breastcancer.org announced the Spanish-language rollout of its website, a dedicated effort to bring the most up-to-date information continue reading »
STUDY: Mexican-American Students Benefit from Speaking Spanish in School Environment
September 26, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A new University of Missouri study shows that Mexican-American students who identify and practice speaking their native language have higher grades than those who are put in English-only environments in their schools. continue reading »
Hear Demi Lovato Sing “Skyscraper” in Spanish, Here’s “Rascacielo” (VIDEO)
July 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
We first heard Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" in English last week now she has released a version en Espanol. It really is good!! She has described the song as very personal. continue reading »
“Querétaro” Voted Prettiest Word in Spanish Language
June 20, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
"Netizens" (Citizens of the Net) chose the word Querétaro proposed by actor Gael García Bernal in the poll organized by the Cervantes Institute. continue reading »
HUD Goes Bilingual with Spanish Blog
June 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Earlier this year, HUD was very excited to roll out a new interactive blog, The HUDdle. Many posts later, they continue to reach out directly to the public like Nuevo blog en espanol- The HUDdle en continue reading »
Elite Swarthmore College to Provide Simultaneous Spanish Translation at Commencement
May 29, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
For the first time elite Swarthmore College will provide simultaneous Spanish translation during this year’s baccalaureate address and commencement ceremony. continue reading »
Dictionary.com to Launch Spanish Language Version of Site
February 25, 2011 | by Mashable | Latino Daily News
The very popular Dictionary.com has announced that it will launch a Spanish language version of its site that will offer everything as its English counter part from full-text translations to audio pronunciations. continue reading »
