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Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...Spanish electorate at the start of each new school year. [The Blessed Virgin Mary, painted on a tabernacle door in New York] Now just another Mary? Even this year in late August and early September, with the elections in Catalunya imminent and the plight of the political refugees trying to reach Europe dominating the media, the return to school claimed its usual central...
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Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items
Languages

Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items

OpenLearn is full of short items where you can learn something fast, for free - and have some fun doing so. Here's a selection of easy ways to start with Spanish...[Espana Cani restaurant, Madrid] [The Bilbao Guggenheim] [Bread in the Mercardo Medieval market] [Tacos De Luz taco truck]
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Test your language skills: Spanish, French, Italian and German
Languages

Test your language skills: Spanish, French, Italian and German

How are your language skills? Heading off on a trip to Spain, France, Italy or Germany and want to know how you'd fare getting by? Find out with our virtual, interactive adventures and test your language skills on the way!
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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...Spanish. Now, they're being celebrated...The amphitheater is humming: teachers hover, students murmur over spelling sheets and proud parents deliver the last gasps of pep talks. After final embraces and a tear or two, the spelling competitors are swept backstage. [Mariana Moya-Rubiano competes in the 2016 Concurso Nacional de Deletreo en Español] Fifth-grader Mariana...
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Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?

...Spanish speaking population with strong kinship and cultural ties to Spain became so identified with Britain and its culture. We have, to date, interviewed almost 400 people between the ages of 16 to 101 and from all religious, ethnic and economic backgrounds – including a sample from La Línea de la Concepción, the Spanish town on the “other side”. With the...
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
Languages

Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...Spanish can often be surprised when they hear Catalan spoken in the streets. The language has had a troubled history, but is a key marker of identity in Catalonia, a region where many hope for independence from Spain. This will soon come to a head as Catalonia prepares for regional elections on September 27. Should a coalition united on the issue of Catalonian...
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World-Changing Women: Manuela Sáenz
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Manuela Sáenz

...Spanish colonialism and rose to be a general in Bolivar's rebel army. Discover more about her extraordinary tale... Manuela Sáenz 1797 - 1856 South America Revolutionary Politics [Manuela Sáenz image] Portrait of Manuela Saenz. In the early nineteenth-century, South America witnessed a series of wars and rebellions as Spanish American patriots fought to liberate their...
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Democracy in Catalonia, Spain
Society, Politics & Law

Democracy in Catalonia, Spain

...Spanish state...Catalonia is a semi-autonomous region in the north-east of Spain, with Barcelona as its regional capital. On October 1st 2017, thousands of Catalans took part in a referendum organised by the regional government asking whether Catalonia should be independent of Spain. The referendum process had been ruled unconstitutional by the Spanish courts and the...
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