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Gerald's Spanish Language Blog February 2005 Archive

By Gerald Erichsen, About.com Guide to Spanish Language since 1998

Spanish film named best foreign-language film of year

Sunday February 27, 2005
Mar adentro ("The Sea Inside"), an Alejandro Amenábar film based on the life of Ramón Sampedro, was the favorite going into the Oscars tonight to win the award as ... Read More

Al otro lado del río scores an Oscar first

Sunday February 27, 2005
Al otro lado del río, a song from the film Los diarios de motocicleta ("The Motorcycle Diaries") tonight became the first Spanish-language song to receive an Academy Award as the ... Read More

Early U.S. explorer was Spanish-speaking African

Friday February 25, 2005
The first non-native person to visit what is now Arizona and New Mexico spoke Spanish. If you know much about the history of the U.S. Southwest, that's probably not surprising. ... Read More

Sandino a worth Oscar contender

Tuesday February 22, 2005
Although she is considered an underdog, Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno could make Oscar history Sunday night if she receives the award for best actress. She would become the first ... Read More

Not all agree on what makes up the Spanish alphabet

Sunday February 20, 2005
It seems like finding out what the letters in the alphabet are would be quite basic. However, check various reference works about the Spanish alphabet and you'll find several different ... Read More

How people realize they're finally learning something

Tuesday February 15, 2005
For those of us who struggle or who have struggled to learn a foreign language, there (hopefully!) comes the time when we realize that, yes, we actually are learning something. ... Read More

Tennessee judge rekindles language debate

Tuesday February 15, 2005
Here's a judicial order that's raising eyebrows in Tennessee and beyond: A county judge there has told at least one Mexican woman that she needs to learn English or face ... Read More

¿Tienes una opinión sobre los matrimonios de parejas del mismo sexo?

Monday February 14, 2005
George W. Bush, presidente de EE.UU., ha anunciado su apoyo a una enmienda constitucional para prohibir los matrimonios de homosexuales. ¿Estás de acuerdo con esta propuesta? Puedes expresarte por participar ... Read More

Congressmen to respond to Bush in Spanish

Wednesday February 2, 2005
Two Democrats in the U.S. Congress have been selected to deliver their party's Spanish-language response to tonight's State of the Union address by President Bush. They are New Mexico Sen. Jeff ... Read More

Feeling tongue-tied?

Wednesday February 2, 2005
Have you been doing OK in your Spanish classes, yet you have a hard time getting the words out when you actually have to speak the language with a native ... Read More

Pretty powerful palabras

Tuesday February 1, 2005
If you've been visiting this page often, you probably know the ritual by now: It's the first day of the month, and that means that our daily vocabulary words bein ... Read More

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