Amerispan Travel Resources

Jaco Beach (Surf Program), Costa Rica

• Biggest Study Abroad Mistakes
  AmeriSpan's co-founder, John Slocum's tips on how not to overpack part of his popular ebook, 19 Biggest Study Abroad Mistakes.
  

• Maria, Full of Grace (Movie Reviews)
  AmeriSpan's Sue Lavene reviews this movie.
• Bridging the Achievement Gap (Learning A language)
  Marlo Goldstein, Director of Academic Programs at AmeriSpan, recently attended two conferences focusing Latino issues in North Carolina, the state facing the highest percentage of growth in the latino community. She left the conferences informed and inspired.
• Are Language Skills Enough? (Learning A language)
  Article on the importance of cross-cultural communication
• On Turtle Patrol in Costa Rica (Articles/Travelogues)
  Jennie Morrris shares her turtle volunteer work experince
• ¡Yo! (Book Reviews)
  Liz Cleveland of AmeriSpan reviews this book.
• El Alquimista (Book Reviews)
  AmeriSpan's Suzanne Keller gives us her two cents on Paulo Coelho's El Alquimista (The Alchemist).
• The Changing Face of Latin America (Learning A language)
  Latin America is changing…well, let me rephrase that…Latin America is changing too fast!
• Demographics, Hispanics and…YOUR Life! (Learning A language)
  Find out how the recent BOOM! in the Hispanic population affects you and your life on a practical level. Get the facts and what they really mean to you.
• El Amor En Los Tiempos de Cólera (Book Reviews)
  AmeriSpan's Suzanne Keller gives us her two cents on El Amor En Los Tiempos de Cólera by Gabriel García Marquez
• The Fruit and the Root (Learning A language)
  Is the life of a tree in the fruit or in the root? What does this have to do with learning Spanish? A LOT! If you want to understand "the root" of the issue, this article is a must read.
• Arroz con Leche (Recipes)
  A typical dessert of Spain
• Before You Go, You Need To Know (Learning A language)
  Before traveling to a Spanish-speaking country, Ricardo González, Founder and CEO of Bilingual America offers a list of what you need to know.
• The Power of Patterns (Learning A language)
  Forget about "tenses" and "conjugations!" - Ricardo González, Founder and CEO of Bilingual America tells us about a better way.
• ¿Cuánto debemos saber? (Learning A language)
  Article in Spanish.
• The Four Secrets to Long Term Retention... (Learning A language)
  What you learn here has the potential to completely change your life! I have specifically applied these four secrets to the development of all Bilingual America Learning Courses. and have found over and over that students who follow these "Four Secrets To Long Term Retention" achieve outstanding results.
• Spanish...The NEW Language of Commerce (Learning A language)
  Spanish has become the NEW Language of Commerce and I’ll show you how and why in this article.