When José Medina was a kid growing up in Texas, teachers stopped him from speaking Spanish in their classrooms. And his parents stopped him from speaking English at home. Medina never felt like he ...
A car ad on a Spanish-language radio station in New York mixes directions in Spanish with the phrase "quality-checked certified pre-owned vehicles." A sign in Springfield, Mass. warns young Latinos: ...
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — "Spanglish" is a mix of English and Spanish not only in conversation but also when it comes to words. In a border town like El Paso, it isn’t uncommon to hear people and kids ...
It was 1985 and I was in a prekindergarten class at Palmer Elementary in the small South Texas town of Pharr. My teacher, Mrs. Herrera, thought I didn’t know any English, and I had no plans to let her ...
America the Beautiful is now America the Bilingual. In just two generations, the number of bilingual people in the U.S. doubled to an estimated 23% of the population, according to the U.S. Census ...
Paz Vega’s presence notwithstanding, “Spanglish” isn’t pretty.Even though Vega and Tea Leoni star in a Malibu setting that features a palatial home, pretty beach house and chic restaurant making ...
When José Medina was a kid growing up in Texas, teachers stopped him from speaking Spanish in their classrooms. And his parents stopped him from speaking English at home. Medina never felt like he ...