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Tril-lingualism and the Maternity Ward.

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 17 January 2011 / Published in Bilingual Families
Marion at Sumbillanea. Views of our house to the left and above it of Sotillenea, where Sagario was born
A fascinating subject I have long wished to tackle in greater depth is that of Marion’s tri-lingualism. My daughter is 6-years-old and is tri-lingual in Basque, English and Spanish. Before the umbilical cord had been cut at the birthing table in a maternity ward in Pamplona in May 2004 her father had spoken to her in
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5 Ways Not to Speak Spanish in Spain

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Georgina Howard
Sunday, 09 January 2011 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain
The personal touch
1.  Make a bee line for Spanish resorts full of other British people. Here, you will often find impatient English-speaking shopkeepers and waiters who find nothing amusing in waiting half-an-hour for you to mumble your order in broken Spanish, when a two-minute conversation in English would suffice. 2. Head for the large metropolises full of busy
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Spanish language course and Walking holidays – Green (and Blue) Exercise Boosts Mental Health

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 02 August 2010 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Walking in the Pyrenees
John, Paul, Sonja and David after a dip in the river near Arizkun
In defence of the Spanish language and walking holidays we run in the Pyrenees I remember an article on how living  near green spaces can be shown to improve mental health. Thanks Paul for routing it out for me!  Add these findings to those of a  previous article on my blog on how exercise is shown to aid mental agility and memory and it therefore makes
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The Humble Origins of the Pyrenean Experience

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 07 June 2010 / Published in Basque Lifestyle
Me at my mobile office in the early days
(Here is an except from Corporate Woman Magazine 2003 on the first humble origins of my company, ´Pyrenean Experience’). Re-edited in 2016.  The Humble Origins of the Pyrenean Experience At 34, I left my Danish lover, determined to make a few changes in my life: firstly my sense of direction – I had always intended to
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Language & Walking – and Science

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 07 June 2010 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
Learning Spanish as we walk the Pyrenees
When I started our Spanish Language and Walking holidays 12 years ago the combination seemed to make good common sense! Not only would I, at least, get to do two things I loved, but the walks appeared to add another dimension to language learning all of their own.  Walking  immediately put people at their ease – they could hang
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The Romance Languages

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Georgina Howard
Friday, 28 May 2010 / Published in Learning Spanish in Spain, Teaching Spanish
The Romance Languages
Similarities between the Romance Languages The similarities between all Romance languages are striking, even to the novice. The Spanish and the Italians, and the Spanish and the Portuguese do not have great problems understanding each other. Having learned one Romance language you have an excellent basis for learning the next, not only as far as
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