Stephenson worked in Chile for nine years for the Council on International Educational Exchange, and is now director of Latin American and Caribbean studies for the School of International Training in Vermont. She offers scholars, teachers, students, travelers, and business people insights into the Spanish political and religious history, and the cultural diversity, of the nine Spanish-speaking countries of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). Individual chapters on each of the nine countries cover geographical and historical influences, analysis of the mix of peoples, specific cultural features, communication styles, and life and work in each country. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

The Spanish Language in the United States addresses the rootedness of Spanish in the United States, its racialization, and Spanish speakers’ resistance against racialization. This novel approach challenges the "foreigner" status of Spanish and shows that racialization victims do not take their oppression meekly. It traces the rootedness of Spanish since the 1500s, when the Spanish empire began the settlement of the new land, till today, when 39 million U.S. Latinos speak Spanish at home. Authors show how whites categorize Spanish speaking in ways that denigrate the non-standard language habits of Spanish speakers—including in schools—highlighting ways of overcoming racism.

Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the South Americans, their place in American society, and the problems they face as an ethnic group in North America.

U.S. leadership will be a strong factor in the persistence of Spanish in its midst as a living language will be a powerful factor in the strengthening of the language on the international stage. In this volume, a number of specialists, all professors of Latino origins currently working in U.S. universities, analyze a variety of factors, from different perspectives, that play a role in the present and future vitality of Spanish as a second language in the U.S. The result is a rich and complex work surrounding a crucial issue that will influence the future of Spanish as an international language.

Please note that this is the 3rd book in the series.Are you looking for the ✔ BEST, ✔ EASIEST, and ✔ QUICKEST way for you or your child to learn Spanish? Then, the Spoken Spanish at Home book series (for Native English Speakers) is for you! This series is what I created for my own family to practice Spanish. We are too busy for formal classes, so we have to fit in language learning wherever we can! SUMMARY Book #3 (this book): Learn prepositions of place and use estar to express location of things in the house. Book #2 (previous book): Learn the vocabulary for furniture and appliances in the home. Book #1 (previous book): Learn the vocabulary for rooms in a house. FROM THE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM EXPERT Learning Spanish since 2005, teaching since 2010, graduating with a B.A. and 2 M.A.s, I love to study. However, I spent a lot of time on things that I never ended up needing. Then, when my husband wanted to improve his English, we tried many different courses. But none of them worked. They were filled with: Too much boring grammar Vocabulary that he would never use No interaction or practice WE KNOW OTHER BILINGUAL FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM There had to be a better way! A way for him to learn quickly, effectively, and to stay motivated by seeing a ton of progress along the way. And as a bilingual family, as well as expats, prioritizing the vocabulary that we see, use, and touch everyday, was my number one goal. Therefore, I set out to create materials that are Easy enough for any beginner student to understand Teach the most common and valuable concepts FIRST Encourage speaking practice Can be read together as a family HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK With the read-aloud strategy that you will experience in this book, students will see: Easy to understand grammar structures. Vocabulary words with bright pictures. A book that can be read as a family, regardless of age. Visuals that help younger learners easily participate (before they can read). Faster speaking results than traditional grammar-based programs. An increase in overall comprehension as they pick-up everyday words. HOW IS A BOOK INTERACTIVE? Not just a picture book, Learn English Around the House Book 1 for Native Spanish Speakers, makes beginner students (children, teens, and adults!) use the information right away. ① Vocabulary is replaced by pictures through the book. ② Students have to orally say the vocabulary as they read aloud. It sounds much easier than it is! They are not just repeating words from the paper. Instead, they have to recall the correct English vocabulary word as they read. This strategy is meant to help students retain the information quicker, and for a longer period of time. When students have to stop and think, (or flip back to the vocabulary page), it sends a message to their brains. The brain understands that trying to find this word means that it must be important. And the brain holds on to important information. AN ENTIRE SERIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOKS FOCUSED ON THE HOME Once you finish this book, make sure you read the next one. You will have repetition of common vocabulary. It will introduce more grammar to build on your current knowledge. Each book has a new skill to help you progress. You will see immediate results and progress.

Now that Latinos are the most numerous ethnic minority in the United States and a growing part of the middle and professional classes, a Mexican American educator takes stock. Latinos can see that their sun is rising. Marco Portales knows; his life has been lived under that rising sun. On the beach at Corpus Christi, in class at SUNY-Buffalo, waiting tables in Chicago, traveling to London, teaching at Berkeley, raising a family near NASA headquarters in Houston—Portales gives readers a view of the private world and public significance of Latinos. By vividly recreating his parents’ generation as well as his own, Marco Portales encourages readers to consider Latino progress since the days of his happy youth during the Eisenhower fifties, years that coalesced into the gradual but steady unfurling of his ethnic consciousness. Working within a traditional Aztec framework of “suns” or days, Portales looks through the window of individual life onto the “morning” (sol naciente) of growing up as a minority member of American society, the “noontime” (sol ardiente) of private adult life and the transmission of identity to a new generation, and the full heat of afternoon (sol radiante), when public business is done and the larger polity is addressed. In the compelling details of a life truly lived—and a balanced, lively intellect that articulates itself in a society that often asks people such as him to choose between their American and Mexican identities—Portales inscribes himself into his people’s experience. At the same time, he remains fully aware—and helps raise our awareness—that no one person’s story can embody and represent the ancestral histories and the great worth and potential of all U.S. Latinos.

Are you looking for the ✔ BEST, ✔ EASIEST, and ✔ QUICKEST way for you or your child to learn Spanish? Then, the Spoken Spanish at Home book series (for Native English Speakers) is for you! This series is what I created for my own family to practice Spanish. We are too busy for formal classes, so we have to fit in language learning wherever we can! FROM THE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM EXPERT Learning Spanish since 2005, teaching since 2010, graduating with a B.A. and 2 M.A.s, I love to study. However, I spent a lot of time on things that I never ended up needing. Then, when my husband wanted to improve his English, we tried many different courses. But none of them worked. They were filled with: Too much boring grammar Vocabulary that he would never use No interaction or practice WE KNOW OTHER BILINGUAL FAMILIES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM There had to be a better way! A way for him to learn quickly, effectively, and to stay motivated by seeing a ton of progress along the way. And as a bilingual family, as well as expats, prioritizing the vocabulary that we see, use, and touch everyday, was my number one goal. Therefore, I set out to create materials that are Easy enough for any beginner student to understand Teach the most common and valuable concepts FIRST Encourage speaking practice Can be read together as a family HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK With the read-aloud strategy that you will experience in this book, students will see: Easy to understand grammar structures. Vocabulary words with bright pictures. A book that can be read as a family, regardless of age. Visuals that help younger learners easily participate (before they can read). Faster speaking results than traditional grammar-based programs. An increase in overall comprehension as they pick-up everyday words. HOW IS A BOOK INTERACTIVE? Not just a picture book, Learn English Around the House Book 1 for Native Spanish Speakers, makes beginner students (children, teens, and adults!) use the information right away. ① Vocabulary is replaced by pictures through the book. ② Students have to orally say the vocabulary as they read aloud. It sounds much easier than it is! They are not just repeating words from the paper. Instead, they have to recall the correct English vocabulary word as they read. This strategy is meant to help students retain the information quicker, and for a longer period of time. When students have to stop and think, (or flip back to the vocabulary page), it sends a message to their brains. The brain understands that trying to find this word means that it must be important. And the brain holds on to important information. AN ENTIRE SERIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOKS FOCUSED ON THE HOME Once you finish this book, make sure you read the next one. You will have repetition of common vocabulary. It will introduce more grammar to build on your current knowledge. Each book has a new skill to help you progress. You will see immediate results and progress.