An Instituto Cultural Oaxaca blog about Oaxaca and Spanish Language
At the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca last summer we introduced the revolutionary iPad to our Spanish language classes and since then, our teachers have been working very hard to implement this new technology...
La Biznaga: it is a nice place to get fresh fresh food, atmosphere is very pleasant, and Margaritas are powerful and tasty! Zandunga: Tradional Istmeñan Food. It is worth trying the "Estofado de Boda...
Tradicionalmente en México el día 2 de febrero se celebra el día de la candelaria que en el calendario católico marca el fin de las celebraciones de navidad, ya que es cuando termina la cuarentena después...
La Noche de Rábanos es una tradición Oaxaqueña que se lleva a cabo a cada año el 23 de Diciembre. Durante este día diferentes familias Oaxaqueñas año con año tallan figuras representativas de Oaxaca...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms. * If you’ve ever had to exchange contact information with a Spanish speaker, you might know that the name of the symbol @ is arroba. What you might not know, however, is that this symbol is used for way, way, way more than email addresses. If you read informal written Spanish...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms.*Some words and phrases are just plain difficult to translate. Sometimes, it’s because there’s no good equivalent, and sometimes it’s because some particular word has a much wider range of meanings in one language or the other.English speakers use the world “awkward”...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms. * When you're just learning a language, it can be hard for others to know if you understand them, or for you to know if others have understood you. So you might think you would want to know this word: ¿Entendiste? Did you understand? (tú)¿Entendió? ...
The gerund (gerundio) is a grammatical form that refers to actions in progress. In English, we form gerunds with -ing: joking, laughing, dancing, playing. In Spanish, however, we form them differently...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms.*What do you say when there’s lots and lots of something? In English, you probably know a dozen different ways to say this: a ton, a pile, a gajillion, and so on and so forth. In spanish, here are a handful:un millón a millionun millar a thousand (or...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms. * ¿tienes la hora? do you have the time?¿qué hora(s) (es / son)? what time is it? If you are wearing a watch or holding a cell phone in public, you will hear these questions and their variations a lot. The difference between ¿qué hora es? and ¿qué horas son? is a regional...
Here at ICO, we hope that you'll learn just how much fun Spanish can be. Like any language, Spanish is full of colorful slang expressions. On Fridays, we'll be teaching you a combination of useful everyday words and fun common colloquialisms.*Ganas doesn’t translate well to English. It means desire, interest, or sometimes motivation. Sometimes it’s singular, and sometimes it’s plural. The simplest way to understand its meaning is to consider a number of idiomatic phrases.tener ganas (de hacer algo) ...
The Instituto Cultural Oaxaca has been a Spanish Language School since 1984. The school offers intensive programs to students from all over the world in the lively cultural setting of Oaxaca.
In addition to Spanish language classes, students have the opportunity to participate in cultural workshops and activities, in the Intercambio program with members of the community and in optional excursions to nearby places of interest.
Special programs are designed for groups of university students, professionals, or business personnel who are interested in covering specific needs pertaining to the language or culture of Oaxaca and Mexico.
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