Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Latin America
Semana Santa (Holy week), which culminates on Easter Sunday, is one of the most important holidays in Latin America! In this lesson, we take you to Playa Popoyo, Tola, Nicaragua
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How to Talk About Pain in Spanish: Dolor, Duele, Adolorido
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Understanding the Spanish Refrán: “Cada oveja con su pareja”
Spanish is rich with refranes (sayings) that convey wisdom and cultural nuances. One popular refrán is: “Cada oveja con su pareja.” We’ll break down its meaning, its English equivalents, and
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Exploring the Spanish Refrán: “Al mal tiempo, buena cara”
The Spanish proverb “Al mal tiempo, buena cara” is a timeless piece of wisdom that encourages resilience and positivity. This saying literally translates to “In bad weather, a good face”
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9 Holiday Verbs in Spanish to Learn this December
¡Felices Fiestas! With the holidays right around the corner, what better way to practice Spanish than by describing celebrations with 9 holiday verbs this season. Across much of Latin America
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Understanding the Spanish Refrán: “Loro viejo no aprende a hablar”
The Spanish refrán (saying) “Loro viejo no aprende a hablar” translates literally to “An old parrot doesn’t learn to speak.” Its English equivalent is “You can’t teach an old dog
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Fall Prevention in Spanish – Useful Vocabulary To Learn
Here is the Fall Prevention in Spanish lesson I taught to the Facebook group: This medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about fall prevention in Spanish, both at home and at the
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Active Listening, Empathizing & Summarizing Patient Complaints in Spanish
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on Active Listening, Empathizing & Summarizing Patient Complaints in Spanish. You’re going to learn useful phrases and vocabulary for showing understanding and managing difficult
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How to Discuss Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes in Spanish
Here is the Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes in Spanish lesson I taught to the Facebook group: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to see all of our lessons and get
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OPQRST in Spanish – Questions to understand the history of the problem – HPI in Spanish
OPQRST is a great acronym for understanding the history of the problem – but it requires some special vocabulary and grammar to take an HPI in Spanish. Learn how
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20 Medical Spanish Words and Memory Tricks to remember them
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on 20 Medical Spanish Word Associations that make it easier to remember and use them with your Spanish speaking patients. Here is the 20 Medical
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10 Common Medical Spanish Mistakes
This medical Spanish lesson focuses on talking about the 10 common Medical Spanish mistakes. They are mistakes that many people make, but you can avoid just by thinking about them
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Cultural Tips for Women Providers Working with Male Latino Patients
This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on looking at the anxiety and embarrassment that male latino patients have when they are coming into the clinic and their provider is a woman.
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Los Reyes Magos – History, Lesson Plan & Activities
Let’s Talk About El Día de los Tres Reyes Magos! What is the connection between los Tres Reyes Magos and the 12 days of Christmas? Have you ever wondered why
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How to Say Penis in Spanish Without Scaring or Offending Anyone
It’s taken me some time to work up the courage to write this post on penis in Spanish. I’m an internal processor, and I’m always catching my wife by surprise
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Re: Still waiting for your reply…business and Latino culture
Doing business with Latinos in another country or first-generation Latino businesses here in the States? Let’s talk about business and Latino culture: See if this scenario rings a bell: You
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From Personalismo to Confianza: Building relationships and Latino Culture
Overarching ideas in Latino culture Whether or not you do business internationally, chances are you work with Latinos in some capacity, be they clients, employees, or colleagues, and therefore deal
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Latino customer relations & loyalty
Cultural Values: Working with Latinos When we talked about agreeableness in the medical setting, we saw how the “cultural taboo against expressing negative feelings directly” translated into misunderstandings and ultimately,
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Working with Latinos: Workplace Safety
Working with Latinos: Understanding Culture and High-Risk Industries Although workplace safety requirements are generally far more comprehensive in the U.S. than in Latin America, accidents still happen in high-risk industries
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Personalismo – What’s your approach?
Latino Culture- Personalismo Last week we explored the cultural basis of latino agreeableness and its effects in the medical setting. We mentioned that the rate of patient compliance can be
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Latino Culture and Agreeableness in a Medical Setting
Understanding Latino Culture: Agreeableness As with the cleaning staff manager we wrote about a few weeks ago, the topic of agreeableness comes up a lot with our Medical Spanish students
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U.S Latinos: Where does communication break down?
U.S. Latino, Chicano, Hispanic? Latinos are the second largest ethnic group in the United States, and about 61% of U.S. Latinos were foreign-born. This means that as of last year,
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Cross-cultural communication – Where to Start?
Cross-Cultural Communication with Latinos Having interacted with people of many other cultures, we’ve seen that often the true stumbling block in relating to people of another culture isn’t just lack
