My visit to the American School in Mexico City

Earlier this month I visited the American School in Mexico City – the same school that I graduated from high school at back in the late 80’s.  This year marks the 120th anniversary of the school making it one of the oldest schools of it kind in the world and part of the global network [...]

Obama declares that “every child should speak more than one language”

At a recent campaign stop in Powder Springs, GA Barack Obama ignited a firestorm amongst bloggers and others in the media by declaring that “every child should speak more than one language” and that parents should ensure that their kids are bilingual – specifically in English and Spanish.  Reaction to the [...]

June 25th Meeting – Deb Palmer’s Presentation

At the fifth Austin Bilingue meeting held on Wednesday, June 25th we had the fortune of hearing from Dr. Deborah Palmer, Assistant Professor of Bilingual and Bicultural Education at The University of Texas at Austin.  Deb’s presentation entitled “Educating for Equity in Dual Language Settings” was an eye opening overview of the challenges (and opportunities) that [...]

V-Me Television – quality television in Spanish

Did you know that there is a “public television”-like Spanish language channel available in the US?  I had no idea.  It is out there and it is called V-Me (a play on “ve me”, Spanish for “see me”).  For some reason Austin has been sidestepped and we aren’t fortunate enough yet to get this channel [...]

Next Austin Bilingüe Meeting – Wed, June 25, 2008 from 7 to 9 pm

The next meeting of the Austin Bilingüe group will be held on Wednesday, June 25 from 7-9 pm.
SPEAKER/TOPIC: Dr. Deb Palmer, Assistant Professor of Bilingual and Bicultural Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Deb teaches courses in the foundations of bilingual education, teaching in bilingual settings, and second language acquisition. She is [...]

May 15th Meeting – Monica Defosse’s presentation

At the fourth Austin Bilingüe meeting held on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 we had the pleasure of welcoming Monica Defosse (yours truly’s sister! – she is the first person from the right in the picture). Monica is an accomplished dual immersion school teacher and academic coordinator for the renown Colegio Humane in Leon, Mexico. [...]

Austin Bilingüe Featured in McCombs Monthly

The Austin Bilingüe project was featured in the May 2008 edition of the McCombs Monthly, an email news publication for MBA Alumni from The University of Texas McCombs School of Business.  The story is shown verbatim below (note: the school is not actually open YET but it is nice that they stated it as a [...]

Next Austin Bilingüe Meeting – Thursday, May 15

The next meeting of the Austin Bilingüe group will be held on Thursday, May 15 from 7-9 pm.
SPEAKER: Monica Defosse, teacher and director of the bilingual education program at the Colegio Humane in Leon, Mexico. The Colegio Humane is a highly regarded private school in Mexico that has adapted the Accelerated Learning teaching methodology [...]

April 23rd Meeting – Leticia Smith’s Presentation

At the third Austin Bilingüe meeting held on Wednesday, April 23rd we were fortunate enough to have Leticia Smith, founder and president of Risas y Sonrisas, provide a presentation about her company’s teaching tools designed to help kids learn Spanish. Leticia recounted how she started her work while trying to help her own neighborhood [...]

New logo for Austin Bilingue

Thanks to our friends Jeff Koke and Jeri Saper of Koke Creative we now have a new logo!  What do you think?