Las hojas de nenúfar Nopales
Lily Pads Nopal Cactus
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Planning to Travel?
¿Vas a Viajar?
Read about the New Border Crossing Requirements that go into effect in 2008
at the
Department of Homeland Security
Travel and Security Procedures
Tips to Know Before You Go
New International Travel Requirements
You need a passport if you're flying into the U.S. from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean under rules that went into effect in 2007. Now if you’re crossing the border on land or by sea there are new requirements that take effect at the end of January 2008.
Citizens of the U.S., Mexico, Bermuda, Canada, and countries in the Caribbean age 19 or older will have to present a government-issued ID (like a driver’s license) along with proof of citizenship (such as a naturalization or birth certificate) in order to enter or depart the U.S. Children younger than 18 will need a birth certificate.
U.S. citizens who travel to Puerto Rico and the US. Virgin Islands can still travel without a passport since they are U.S. territories.
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Visit the sites below, learn a new foreign expression,
and increase your vocabulary each day!
Spanish Word of the Day:
Is Spanish Spoken Faster Than English?
Read the commentary at the site below to see a reaction
to this common question.
Factmonster.com
Games, information, news, statistics, data and more all about
the Hispanic influence in our country and culture.
National Park Service
Review their Register of Historic Places that highlight and recognize
the lives and achievements of Hispanic Americans.
U.S. Census Bureau
Facts about the Hispanic Population and
Hispanic Heritage Month in the US.
Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005338.html
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Incredible Language Facts
*Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.
*There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects.
*A dialect is a regional variety of a language that has a different pronunciation, vocabulary, or meaning.
*The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.
*The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France. It is not related to any other language in the world. It has an extremely complicated word structure and vocabulary.
*More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
*Many languages in Africa include a “click” sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.
*All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.
source: factmonster.com
Useful Links
LanguageGuide.org has resources for learning many of the world's most important languages. Whether you're interested in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, or another, you'll find assistance with grammar and vocabulary guides that make learning the language fun.
What's on TV around the world? Find out here with links to Discovery Español, Portugues, India, Canada, France, Japan and more.
Plan an exciting trip with destination guides, vacation ideas, travel tools, videos and other resources on Discovery Travel Channel's Home Page.
Get a profile of a country, a U.S state, or a Canadian province at the touch of a mouse.
Use MapMachine by National Geographic.
Play GeoSpy and test your knowledge of world countries!
Visit the Discovery channel in Spanish. See how much Spanish you can understand, try an interactive puzzle, or watch a video clip on line. Get a preview of all the upcoming educational programming.
Do you need a map for a project or a lesson? Download some great ones here for personal or classroom use. Courtesy of the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Can you find your way around your country and the world? Test your knowledge of geography playing Houghton Mifflin's GeoNet!
Visit LatinEyes TV's web site. It's the Emmy-nominated magazine show with information about travel, news, music, food, film, art, and books in the Latin culture.
You can use Puzzlemaker to create and print your own customized word search, crossword and other puzzles using your vocabulary lists. It's a fun way to practice new words, phrases, and expressions.
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