A Portuguese Christmas

Ever since I first found out that I was pregnant with my son, I could hardly wait to start sharing my Christmas traditions with him – to tell him about having Christmas in the summer, going to the beach and then celebrating Christmas!! Every year we sing songs, especially the ones which have the same [...]

Thanksgiving in Spanish

Dear Members, While looking for materials and working on bringing a little bit of thanksgiving to my Spanish and Portuguese Classes, I have found a lot of translated materials which doesn’t show any identity with Hispanic Heritage, they were just empty translations of English materials. That made me reflect about culture and how you can’t [...]

To Speak or not to Speak : Portuguese spoken in the world

Dear Members, My sister called me to let me know about her adjustment period, after moving to a new city in a different State in Brazil. She made many comments, but what really amazed her, was the difference between the Portuguese spoken in Salvador, Bahia and the one spoken in Jundia­, Sao Paulo….. She said [...]