CNN

Latinos who don’t speak Spanish are getting shamed for it

What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose and a puzzled kid stumbling to answer questions on live TV have in common? They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the way they speak ...
The Conversation

Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants

A young Latina mother I was interviewing once laughed uncomfortably as she described her sons’ embarrassment when put on the spot by older Latinos. They would speak to her sons in Spanish, before ...
Business Wire

Vista Higher Learning Acquires MyConversationTrainer for AI-Powered Spanish Conversation Practice

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vista Higher Learning, the leading educational publisher of language learning products in the United States, has acquired MyConversationTrainer, a cutting-edge platform ...
Newsday

Most Latinos in the U.S. are fluent in Spanish, poll finds. Non-speakers say they're often shamed.

Helen Dorado Alessi’s mom grew up with parents who didn’t speak Spanish to her at home, even though both had moved stateside from Puerto Rico, where Spanish is the dominant language. Her mom was ...
The Conversation

Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town

I’ve discovered something fascinating about how Spanish speakers in Philadelphia address each other and communicate through public signs. The discovery is part of my research on language patterns in ...
AOL

English or Spanish? For some Latino parents, it’s not so simple

Priscilla Blossom photographed with her 9-year-old son. Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only ...
The Verge

Live translations on Meta’s smart glasses work well — until they don’t

I had a conversation with a Spanish speaker and tried watching a clip of Emilia Pérez. The results were hilariously varied. I had a conversation with a Spanish speaker and tried watching a clip of ...