Tag: ecuador

• Multilingualism is like los manglares de Ecuador.

  The mangrove forests are found in tropical places all around the world. One of the places they are found is in and around the surrounding areas of Guayaquil, Ecuador. According to World Wildlife: “The world’s mangrove forests have been described as one of the most distinctive emersed tropical ecological systems on the planet (Fundación Natura […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  September 26, 2015

  Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Experiences, Second Language Acquisition, Spanglish vs. Code-Switching, Translanguaging

  ecuador, Guayaquil, Samborondon

• Translating the sense of “orderliness” in another country….

  After several months of living in Guayaquil, specifically Samborondon, I have finally reached a point where I can see their sense of orderliness. It happened when I was driving down, like I do everyday, the infamous peninsula strip in Samborondon. Driving in this upper-class suburb is nothing compared to the intensity and vibration Guayaquil, the […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  January 12, 2015

  Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Experiences, Language:Culture Expression & Identity, My Disclaimer

  Ama la vida, ecuador, Guayaquil, Samborondon

• Bilingualism in Ecuador

  Bilingualism is highly valued in Ecuador. There is no doubt about that. That being said, I have been trying to understand how Spanish and English work here.  All of the private schools I have visited promote becoming bilingual. The public schools, from what I have heard, also promote bilingualism, but at a completely different level. […]

  Suzanne García-Mateus

  July 17, 2014

  Bicultural Experiences, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Experiences, Language:Culture Expression & Identity

  bilingualism, code-switching, ecuador