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Posted by Joseph D. Persico on November 22, 2010
Mexican English month continues with a post by guest blogger Joseph D. Persico, an EFL teacher based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. _________ If something sounds reasonable, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s true. People sometimes assume that the Spanish spoken in Mexico, because of its proximity to the US, has more English words in it [...]
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Posted by Joseph D. Persico on October 30, 2010
We continue our Spanish & English theme with a gues post, by EFL teacher Joseph D. Persico, which explores the many similarities between these two languages. ________ If you’re a native English speaker, be glad if you have to study Spanish; if you’re a Spanish-speaking EFL student, be glad you have to study English. As [...]
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Posted by Joseph D. Persico on October 27, 2010
As part of Spanish English month, guest blogger Joseph D. Persico, an EFL teacher based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returns to the thorny question of authentic Spanish and English. ________ In Mexico I lived with a man named Alberto who claimed that his Spanish should be called español, not castellano. According to him, people in [...]
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Posted by Joseph D. Persico on October 18, 2010
Spanish English month continues… In this guest blog we leave Spain for a short while and hop over to the Americas. Author (also of an earlier post) Joseph D. Persico is based in Argentina and teaches spoken English for teachers and translators, as well as EFL courses for adult learners in Buenos Aires. _________ Spanish [...]
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Posted by Joseph D. Persico on October 06, 2010
In October, we return to Europe and we’ll be exploring English in Spain! To kick off the Spanish English campaign, we start with a guest blog by Joseph Persico about the impact of English on Spanish and vice versa. Joseph D. Persico is currently compiling what could be the largest bilingual dictionary ever dedicated to [...]
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