Eye Openers + Language Issues Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
November 19, 2009
Shakira Refuses To Do Interviews In Spanish
November 13, 2009
State elections official fired after poking fun at Spanish-speaking voters – Texas
November 9, 2009
Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work – Business owners attempt to cool tension with Latino workers – Chicago
Republican Debra Medina says she’ll be the first candidate in the 2010 Texas governor’s race with Spanish-language TV ads.
October 27, 2009
Guatemalans, Hondurans More Likely to Have Limited-English Proficiency
October 13, 2009
Hotel owner makes Hispanic employees ’shorten’ Spanish names – Texas
September 30, 2009
RNC’s Spanish Translation Of Hispanic Heritage Month Press Release Riddled With Errors
September 28, 2009
White House Aide Stresses Importance of Latinos’ Learning English – Juan Sepulveda in Puerto Rico
September 24, 2009
A third of Nevada Hispanic households lack member fluent in English
September 10, 2009
In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, and Imperial counties the numbers are even greater—25 percent to 33 percent of the population has limited English proficiency.
September 8, 2009
Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)
August 22, 2009
Only 20% of nation’s teacher training institutions address ELL needs because, they say, there is no requirement to do so. There are over 5 million English Language Learners in our public schools, a group that has grown by 60% in the past few years.
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
July 16, 2009
In Argentina, Pepsi Becomes ‘Pecsi’ – Responding to Local Pronunciation, the Brand Changes Its Name
June 15, 2009
Pro-English measures being revived across U.S.
June 5, 2009
Meth ads talk to teens in Spanish – Spanish ads in the West feature young Latinos sharing meth nightmares
May 31, 2009
Lost in translation: The Spanish-language puzzle – The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles.
March 18, 2009
Casi el 20 por ciento de todos los estudiantes inscritos en escuelas de El Paso se encuentra en proceso de aprender inglés, de acuerdo a los informes del Departamento de Educación de EU.
March 16, 2009
A business owner is being called “racist” for posting signs that say he’s not hiring. – ‘No Yobs Aqui’ sign offensive to some – Yuma, Arizona
March 15, 2009
Lowering bar on Florida’s teachers’ ESOL is a bad idea – A quarter-million Florida kids are learning English for the first time. In South Florida, it’s about one in seven children. Under state rules, they’re expected to master the language in two years and pass the FCAT.
January 25, 2009
Explosion of T.V. in English for Latinos
January 21, 2009
Latinos who don’t speak Spanish object to getting criticized for it
January 15, 2009
Oklahoma lawmakers try for official English law
December 28, 2008
ESOL advocates fighting loss of teacher training – Florida
December 18, 2008
Latin America has 40 million indigenous residents, who speak 420 languages, says UNICEF
December 5, 2008
Oregon Suspends Use of Aprenda–a Spanish-Language Test
December 2, 2008
Spanish/English translation always a tricky business
November 17, 2008
“Beaner Jumping” – simply offensive and vile – imho – this term came from the Long Island murder of Marcello Lucero
November 11, 2008
During the presidential election Nov. 4, Avery County polling precincts posted inaccurate Spanish instructions in voting booths regarding how to mark a ballot. – North Carolina
A Hispanic lawyers group has asked Arizona’s chief justice to end state court use of words its members consider inflammatory such as “illegal aliens.”
September 23, 2008
Nearly 5% of the 727,070 El Pasoans last year said buenas noches when they went to sleep and buenos días when they woke up, according to new information released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Fully one in five Texans now speaks Spanish in the course of their daily lives, a larger percentage than at any time since Texas was a part of Mexico, according to new Census Bureau figures
September 5, 2008
L.A. Unified elementary school experiments with dual-language program
September 3, 2008
‘Poli-Migra’: New Spanish Word for Blurred Line Between Police and ICE
August 19, 2008
Governor’s Consortium on Hispanic Affairs Releases Statewide Study – over half of Hispanic Delawareans speak little or no English; more than a third have not completed high school.
August 17, 2008
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Wichita Catholic school policy requiring students to speak only English didn’t break any civil rights laws.
August 14, 2008
English-Only Trial: Day Two – Three families are suing Saint Anne Catholic School in Wichita for discrimination because of its “English-only” rule.
August 11, 2008
Spanish may be one of the world’s most-spoken languages, but a group who masters it better than most fear the lingua franca of Cervantes is under threat in the very place it started — Spain.
Diplomats from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador pleaded with local immigration enforcers Friday not to indiscriminately target their citizens on the heels of a Lee County focused operation that rounded up 62 immigrants last week. – Florida
August 7, 2008
Tulsa police are calling it “Survival Spanish.” In the first cadet class, rookies are required to learn 26 phrases in Spanish in 26 weeks
August 5, 2008
School administrators brush up on their Spanish – Superintendent Phyllis Wilson said. “Nearly 50 percent of our student population is Hispanic. We have many parents who do not read or speak English.” – Joliet, Illinois
July 29, 2008
Washington’s secretary of state’s Elections Division is sending out 3,500 voter registration forms printed in Spanish in an effort to reach out to Spanish-speaking voters.
July 27, 2008
JUDGE ORDERS TEXAS TO REVAMP ITS BILINGUAL PROGRAMS – with additional documentation
July 26, 2008
A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for “failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools.”
July 23, 2008
Long Island women sue casino workers over insults in Spanish
South Carolina county to vote English as official language – Pickens County
Intersections: (Media) Revise your styleguide: On usage of ‘La Raza’
July 13, 2008
Thousands Of Students In Texas Classified “Limited English Learners”
July 10, 2008
Language debate speaks volumes – Ruben Navarrette
June 26, 2008
Just wondering is there such a thing as ‘Hispanic-accented’
June 19, 2008
City Hall to speak Spanish on TV – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
June 18, 2008
CAUSA: Anti-ESL Instruction Measure Qualifies for November Ballot in Oregon – would prohibit teaching a public school student in a language other than English for more than two years
June 12, 2008
Technology joins with tradition in teaching English – New method uses Internet, adult education – Ventura County, California
June 2, 2008
For English Language Learners Everything Is an Uphill Battle
May 22, 2008
English Only Bill Debated – in Ohio’s house
The Wanderer: A distinguished speaker…of Spanglish – Ilan Stavans, a prolific author and professor at Amherst College
May 20, 2008
Families sue St. Anne over ‘English only’ – English must be spoken at all times during school day – Wichita, Kansas
May 19, 2008
Spanish-speaking officers rare in area – Iowa City (how about only 3)
May 12, 2008
Think Progress » McCain ad contains dubious Spanish translation on new immigration policies.
April 29, 2008
Pledge Of Allegiance Spanish Recitation Uproars Wisconsin
Speaking ‘El Ingles’ – Another bad law headed for the Oklahoma books – Senate Bill 163
April 10, 2008
English-only ruling draws fire – Iowa voting forms in languages other than English violated a 2002 state law
March 20, 2008
‘Say it in English’ bill moves forward – Oklahoma
March 13, 2008
Dover mayor refuses to create bilingual website
Churches Using English to Reach Latinos – Chicago
March 11, 2008
Seven in Ten Hispanics Say Immigrants Should Learn English
March 6, 2008
America Ferrera’s bad Spanish costs her movie role
February 28, 2008
Free speech prevails – A compromise in Esmeralda County ends an unconstitutional English-only policy – Nevada
February 25, 2008
Speak only English on the school bus? – Nevada
February 21, 2008
Georgia Lawmakers Work To Make English The State’s Official Language
February 18, 2008
Advocates alarmed by Rell plan to cut Medicaid interpreter funds – Connecticut
February 13, 2008
English-only in Ohio?
February 6, 2008
New Democratic National Convention Web Site Features Content In Spanish
February 5, 2008
Commissioners Vote To Remove Spanish Option From Phones – Beaufort County, North Carolina
February 4, 2008
The Arbiter Speaks Spanish – Boise State student newspaper
January 30, 2008
Police earn bonuses for Spanish skills – Hendersonville, Tennessee
January 24, 2008
The Latin Americanist: Heath Ledger’s Death Doesn’t Tranlate – (interesting find Maegan)
January 11, 2008
Giants to broadcast record number of games in Spanish – San Francisco
January 9, 2008
Missouri bill would mandate English-only CDL tests
December 12, 2007
UCLA Class Analyzes Rise of “Hegemonic Humor” – (aka anti-Latino humor)
Knox County launches Spanish language Web site – Tennessee
December 11, 2007
Tancredo asserts that Univision viewers are unlikely to vote
December 10, 2007
Español Is Winner of Univision Debate
December 3, 2007
New law hamstrings Mesa’s bilingual efforts
November 30, 2007
‘Bee Movie’ to be shown in Spanish on Saturday – Pea Ridge, Arkansas
October 21, 2007
A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes – Palenquero in Colombia
