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UH to offer doctorate in Spanish with a Creative Writing concentration

March 5, 2017 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

UH to offer doctorate in Spanish with a Creative Writing concentration (hispanichouston.com)

The University of Houston is breaking ground once again with a new Spanish creative writing program. Beginning Fall 2017, UH will offer a doctorate program in Spanish with a Creative Writing concentration…

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Bilingual, education, Spanish, University of Houston, Writing

Video Pick: How interpreters juggle two languages at once

June 21, 2016 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Ever wonder how your brain manages speaking in two languages? I came across this wonderful TED Ed video on “How interpreters juggle two languages at once” that’s a must-watch for anyone who thinks that just because you can speak a language you also can interpret it. You actually have to retrain the way you think.  […]

Filed Under: Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Bilingual, Sandra Fernandez, Spanish, videos

Houston Latino Film Festival 2016 on March 25-27, 2016

January 11, 2016 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

WHAT: Houston Latino Film Festival 2016 WHEN: Friday, March 25, 2016 to Sunday, March 27, 2016 WHERE: Talento Bilingüe de Houston 333 S Jensen Dr Houston, TX 77003 MORE INFO: EventBrite The Houston Latino Film Festival will be presented March 25th through 27th, 2016 at Talento Bilingue de Houston theater located in the East End. […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Events Tagged With: Bilingual, festivals, films, Houston Latino Film Festival, March 2016, movies, Talento Bilingue de Houston

English Proficiency rising among Latinos

May 19, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

English Proficiency rising among Latinos (more info at www.hispanichouston.com)

A recent Pew Research Center report shows that more Latinos are speaking English proficiently while fewer are speaking Spanish at home. In 2000 59% of Latinos polled reported speaking English proficiently; in 2013 this number increased to 68%. During the same period the number of Latinos who speak Spanish at home dropped from 78% to 73%. […]

Filed Under: Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Bilingual, English, Pew Research Center, Sandra Fernandez, Spanish

A majority of US Hispanics are bilingual or speak English

April 14, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Nearly two-thirds (62%) of adult Hispanics in the US speak English or are bilingual, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. How this breaks down: 36% are bilingual 25% mainly use English 38% mainly use Spanish What does this mean for the future of Spanish and English usage in US Hispanics? Pew reports that, […]

Filed Under: Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Bilingual, Sandra Fernandez, Spanish

Spanish named world’s happiest language

March 2, 2015 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

I’m going to be quite honest that I don’t understand the science behind this… but a University of Vermont study takes a look at the “positivity” in different languages. The results find that Spanish is the happiest language in the world, followed by Brazilian Portuguese, English and Indonesian (reports ABC7). So my bilingual life puts […]

Filed Under: Blog, In the News & Around the Web Tagged With: Bilingual, Sandra Fernandez, Studies, University of Vermont

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