There are many reasons why an American may want to learn Spanish—after all, the Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the United States. But one woman's quest to learn the language has ...

Essayist Maria Elena Fernandez talks about trying to get closer to her Mexican heritage by embracing the unique form of Spanish spoken there. And now a woman tries to bond with her friends and family ...

Mark Woodworth Harris majored in Spanish at Oberlin College in Ohio, USA, and El Instituto de Cultura Hispánica in Madrid. He earned his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of ...

Wendy Ramirez, co-founder of online learning website Spanish Sin Pena, saw firsthand how música Mexicana affected her students — many of whom are of Latin American descent — during a recent language ...

Dear Mexican: Why is Mexican Spanish so maligned by the rest of the Hispanic world (even Dominicans!)? It doesn’t make any sense to me, but nonetheless I find myself worrying about my intended trip a ...

I have a Mexican friend at work, and we happened to get in a discussion that started off fine — but I believe that I offended her as the discussion progressed. My intention, of course, was not to do ...

In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. Carla cleared her throat and read the instructions from the textbook: “Curl your ...

Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only communicate in English. Now as a mom, she worries that her son ...

Like many Latinos, Micaela Muro’s relationship with Spanish is complicated. She grew up in Northern California occasionally hearing her Mexican father speak the language, and trying her best to ...

Arabic speakers seem close to the Spanish language considering the history between Arabs and Spain as the Andalusian Islamic conquest from 711 AD to 1492 spanned 800 years. There are 4,000 Spanish ...