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Hi, my name is Bertha Estela and my passion is teaching. I hold a BA from the BUAP in the teaching of English,and a Masters in the teaching of Spanish as a 2nd.language, from the University of the Americas, Puebla. I have been teaching English at all levels, from Basic, all the way to the preparation for the TOEFL for over forty years, at different places, such as: The American School in Puebla, the University of the Americas; and the BUAP, and, of course at - English/Español Training Center, Consequently, I ended up opening a bilingual school to teach both languages. On doing this, I...

Lectura graduada para el aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera. Nivel básico-intermedio (A2+).

Seminar paper del año 2008 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 1,0, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Materia: „¿Fuerte o gorda? Sprachliche Tabuisierungen im Spanischen “ , 11 Citas bibliográficas, Idioma: Español, Resumen: Una sola frase que exteriorizó el rey Juan Carlos I en la Cumbre Iberoamericana al presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ha provocado una discusión en el mundo hispánico. La formulación de la frase, como también la persona que la expresó, ha molestado a la gente y se ha puesto en duda la cortesía verbal del rey. Este ensayo va...

One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...