Peter Anthony Holder, host of the Stuph File Program, interviews Julie and Jean-Benoît about the many surprising facts they discovered while researching their new book, The Story of Spanish. Listen »
Listen to CBC’s All in a Weekend radio show from May 11, 2013 where host Sonali Karnick talks with Nadeau & Barlow about The Story of Spanish, their next book on Arabic and their upcoming trip to France. Listen »
In this interview with Mike McConnell from WGN radio in Chicago, Julie explains why Cinco de Mayo is more American than Mexican. Listen to the interview »
More than three years after we started researching and writing The Story of Spanish, it’s finally in stores! Get your copy now at:
Amazon, Amazon.ca, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Chapters-Indigo and MacMillan.
Julie and Jean-Benoît Nadeau published an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, May 3. Read the article »
Booklist’s starred review of The Story of Spanish: “Nadeau and Barlow once again present a thoroughly researched linguistic history. Part anthropological study, part travelogue, this volume is an entirely compelling compendium.” Read more »
New York, May 21, 2013: Cervantes Institute
Washington, May 22, 2013: Embassy of Spain in Washington
San Antonio, July 8, 2013: The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 95th Annual Conference
For more Nadeau & Barlow upcoming events »
2 Comments
The choices–and the reasons for them–are interesting, but there really is no one best language for people to learn. The best language for people to learn is the one they’re most interested in, whether it be for personal or economic reasons. From experience, trying to learn a language you’re not interested in is challenging at best. It probably would have been better if they’d asked for the best way to learn a language. My vote would have been for: sur l’oreiller.
Like you, we were mostly interested in the reasons put forth for learning any one language over another. So few people jump to the defence of French these days! It was refreshing to hear someone else point out that, indeed, there are still lots of good reasons to learn French: the number of speakers, its geographic spread, continuing global influence among them. But of course, learning ANY second language is a mind-opening, enriching experience, and it’s silly to rank languages from that perspective. And I agree, sur l’oreiller IS the best way to learn….