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Ekeko, the god of abundance and prosperity

By on April 16, 2020 in Celebration Bytes, Cultural Bytes, intercultural, Translation
Photo by Verónica Nicoli

Ekeko, the god of abundance and prosperity. Have you ever heard of this god before? I hadn’t, but thanks to Verónica Nicoli and her photos, which she has kindly contributed with to this post, I can now tell you about this tradition.… CONTINUE READING

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Cleaning

By on February 27, 2020 in Cultural Bytes, Intermediate B1-B2, oral practice, Translation, writing

Routines with a political twist

Ready to clean the world >>> Listxs para limpiar el mundo

Cleaning has been associated with women for centuries. Women have traditionally been indeed linked with house chores in the Spanish-speaking world until the present day.… CONTINUE READING

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Facing barriers: Women working in HE

By on February 9, 2020 in Cultural Bytes, Grammar, Intermediate B1-B2, oral practice, Translation, writing
diverse-looking people wearing graduation growns
photo by Albany Capture

The following text can be used for translation purposes in the context of a discussion on gender equality. This text contributes to the knowledge about the situation of women working in a higher education setting.… CONTINUE READING

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Reasons to learn Spanish

By on January 19, 2020 in Cultural Bytes

Spanish is the key to unlock a wealth of diversity across the world. Spanish opens the door to understanding, experiencing and appreciating the unique character of all the different Spanish-speaking cultures.… CONTINUE READING

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Columbus Day

By on October 12, 2019 in Beginners, Celebration Bytes, Cultural Bytes, Grammar, Intermediate B1-B2
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
(Spanish: Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar)

First of all, a few questions for you to test your cultural knowledge:

  • 1. Do you know what is celebrated every 12th October?
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Diverse families

By on September 3, 2019 in Cultural Bytes, Intermediate B1-B2, oral practice, writing

Diverse families are a reality of this world. However, the understanding and the acceptance of new configurations of what a family is does not come easily everywhere.

Non-traditional family structures are increasingly more common, although they do not make the majority and they they are not seen as equal or as as good as the more traditional forms by every individual.… CONTINUE READING

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Refugees in Latin America

By on September 3, 2019 in Cultural Bytes, intercultural, Intermediate B1-B2, oral practice

There are many ways to try to understand a country, my favourite is traffic. It is more eloquent than it seems, just simply sharpen your eyes from a simple taxi. Take the case of Peru, one of the most beautiful countries in Latin America, and with the greatest potential, which has just closed the Pan American Games with flying colours.… CONTINUE READING

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Is Rosalía Latina or Hispanic?

By on September 1, 2019 in A1-A2, Cultural Bytes, Grammar, Intermediate B1-B2, Music Bytes, Starting out A1-A2

Is Rosalía Latina or Hispanic? This is a question that can get people confused. Would you be able to explain the difference between Latino and Hispanic? If you are not sure, keep reading!… CONTINUE READING

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What do we know about those places where there is no light?

By on July 20, 2019 in Cultural Bytes, intercultural, Intermediate B1-B2, Listening practice, writing

I am bringing to you a very eye-opening talk by Dani Villanueva, in Spanish. He would like us to consider all those places in the world we do not know anything about.… CONTINUE READING

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New Spaniards

By on July 10, 2019 in Cultural Bytes, intercultural, Intermediate B1-B2, Listening practice, writing

Migration and refugee crises have been changing slowly what being Spanish looks like. Yaroslava, Khadiya, Mikelly and Alpha are some of those settling down in Spain. They would like to stay.… CONTINUE READING

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