ACTFL recognizes Language is Music as foreign language learning resource
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) finally recognizes the book, Language is Music as a resource for those who want to use music to learn foreign languages.
Here's the PDF: https://55o743.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ACTFL-Zaraysky-Feb-2011.pdf....
Video: How music can save a language like Ladino
Susanna Zaraysky, autora del libro, El Idioma es Música, habla con Fabiola Kramsky del idioma ladino (de los judíos sefardíes expulsados de España durante la Inquisición) y cómo se conserva hoy en día con...
Prevenir el uso del Spanglish, Preventing Spanglish
Aquí, hablo con los presentadores del programa matutino, "Tu Desayuno Alegre" de cómo prevenir el uso del Spanglish (la mezla de español y inglés). El riesgo que los niños corren en mezclar ambos idiomas...
Watch “Saved by Language” for free!
**** Press the CC button & the Settings/HD button (next to the CC button) to choose English, Bosnian/Serbo-Croatian, Ladino (Djudeo-Espanyol), Portuguese, Spanish, French or Bulgarian subtitles. Ladino is listed as "Spanish (Spain)". Spanish subtitles...
Article about “El Idioma es música” printed in over 10 countries
The EFE America news service published the article, Expertos en idiomas destacan la importancia de aprender español con música, about my book, El Idioma es música. It was re-published in over 10 Spanish speaking countries...
Multilingual ≠ not a racist or a terrorist
I'd like to think that those who are multilingual are less likely to become racists and revert to deadly extremism because communicating with people in other languages opens one’s mind and introduces one to...
How To Use Your Spanish To Learn Portuguese
This is a short and informative blog post on how to learn Portuguese if you already know Spanish. Written by Jared Romey:
How To Use Your Spanish To Learn Portuguese
I agree with Jared's approach as...
Aprender idiomas con canciones
Montserrat Franco y Susanna Zaraysky explican cómo la música ayuda a aprender idiomas y cómo la música ladina (judeo-española) está conservando el idioma ladino. Colombia al día con Enrique Cordoba, WLRN, Miami, el 15...
Deezer & learning languages with songs
I have partnered with Deezer's streaming music service for their Music and Language campaign.
We did a research survey with 12,000 participants in 6 countries to see how people are already using songs to learn...
