THIS BOOK IS THE WORK OF MY 32 YEARS OF TEACHING SPANISH IN AN INSTITUTION IN CALIFORNIA.  EVEN THOUGH I CONTINUE TEACHING, I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK THAT CAN BE A T FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY A NATIVE SPEAKER WHO HAD TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. BY LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, I BELIEVE ANYONE CAN SHARPEN THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND BROADEN THEIR PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE WORLD.  THIS BOOK OPENS ONE'S MIND TO NEW CULTURES AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING.  IT GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO CONSIDER FOREIGN CULTURES AGAINST THEIR VALUES TRADITIONS AND GIVES THEM A DEEPER RESPECT FOR THEIR MULTI-FACETED WORLD.  THROUGH LANGUAGE LEARNING, PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO A DIFFERENT SET OF AESTHETICS, CUISINES, PHILOSOPHIES, POLITICS, HISTORIES, AND TRADITIONS.  THIS HAS BEEN MY CASE.  ALL THIS CLASSROOM LEARNING NATURALLY BECOMES THE CATALYST FOR ANYONE TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AND STUDY ABROAD TO FURTHER ENHANCE THEIR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION THROUGH SEEING AND EXPERIENCING FOREIGN CULTURES.
Through language learning, students are exposed to a different set of aesthetics, cuisines, philosophies, politics, histories, and traditions.  All this classroom learning naturally becomes the catalyst for students to travel and study abroad to further enhance their international education by seeing and experiencing foreign cultures.