Spanish

Girl sitting with other students look to side

Once, students were punished for speaking Spanish. Here, they are honored.

This isn’t the spelling bee that you watch on ESPN. This is Concurso nacional de Deletreo en Español, the National Spanish Spelling Bee.

Once, students were punished for speaking Spanish. Here, they are honored.
Brothers John and George Campbell ride donkeys in the forests of Segovia, Colombia.

'OK, Dad. Why did you kill Spanish in our family?'

'OK, Dad. Why did you kill Spanish in our family?'
An adult education language class at Ahrens Educational Resource Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Learning English on the fly

Learning English on the fly
Rihab Massif teaches at a preschool in Austin, Texas. Her mother tongue is Arabic.

You may not know it — but if you speak Spanish, you speak some Arabic too

You may not know it — but if you speak Spanish, you speak some Arabic too
A tilde added to the sign for the N subway line in Sunset Park, a heavily Hispanic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

Ride New York City's N train, with a Spanish twist

Ride New York City's N train, with a Spanish twist

Gregory Rabassa on Translation

Gregory Rabassa on Translation