Has anyone else noticed a trend of books, both self-published and from commercial publishers, that were originally ebooks and have not completely shaken the unfortunate signs of their origin? 1.Since ebooks can be sold easily at 80-100 pages, but print books cannot, the book version gains length through appendices that take up one-third of the page count. Sometimes the appendices are quite tangential to the main topic, and other times they contain golden information that s...

In this article I talk about the benefits of living with a local Spanish speaking family at the same time as you take Spanish lessons. Many Spanish schools throughout the Latin American world (and in Spain), provide cultural immersion programs that give you the opportunity to live and mix with a local family. This type of cultural immersion is probably one of the best you will find.

Note: This experience had to do with preserving Spanish for our kids but the principles are valid for anyone trying to help their kids speak and preserve any language and culture. COUNTRY OF MANY PEOPLES This country,,, (The authors raised their kids in the United States but they believe that their experience can be useful for people in other non-spanish-speaking countries.) This country is made up of people from all over the world. We or our parents came from Latin count...