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Three women participating in the DarKha Academy Bilingual Book Club in Xàtiva. The students smile while practicing English and Spanish conversation in a warm and welcoming community environment.

Bilingual Book Club in Xàtiva | Reading The House on Mango Street Together

DarKha Academy’s bilingual book club brings together English and Spanish learners through literature, conversation and community. This month we are reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros in both languages.

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Darcie Khanukayev

May 282 min read

I remember my first Valencian orange juice. It was thick, sweet, and sunshine in a glass. I’ve been hooked ever since. As I was preparing it one morning, my friend Xavi watched with curiosity as I squeezed the orange — pulp and all — into the cup. “Does everyone in California drink it like that?” he asked curiously “No,” I laughed, “most people drink just the juice. But I love it with the pulp, too.” A flicker of horror flashed across his face. Just a blink. Then he quickly recovered. «Bit of an overreaction», I thought to myself. However, I remember that look — those moments when I’m caught up in conversation, speaking freely, and then, for a second, something in the air shifts, like a moment of unspoken shock. Spaniards will not correct your Spanish, it is considered rude, but every once in a while, their face will give it away. In these moments, I mentally rewind, scan the sentence, and usually find it: a gender slip. I switch the noun from masculine to feminine...

Communication is Connection (Not Perfection)

I remember my first Valencian orange juice. It was thick, sweet, and sunshine in a glass. I’ve been hooked ever since. As I was preparing it one morning, my friend Xavi watched with curiosity as I squeezed the orange — pulp and all — into the cup. “Does everyone in California drink it like that?” he asked curiously “No,” I laughed, “most people drink just the juice. But I love it with the pulp, too.” A flicker of horror flashed across his face. Just a blink. Then he quick

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Darcie Khanukayev

Jan 52 min read

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Bilingual Book Club in Xàtiva | Reading The House on Mango Street Together

Communication is Connection (Not Perfection)

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