The MINERD Receives A Donation Of The Dictionary Of Dominican Spanish

• Law Firm: Guzman Ariza Attorneys At Law
• Subject Matter: Consumer Protection, Education
• Author: Guzman Ariza Attorneys At Law
• Published date: 15 March 2023

It is the first academic dictionary in the country that registers the words and meanings of the usual vocabulary in Dominican Spanish that do not have a common use in Spanish.

The Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (MINERD) received from the Dominican Academy of Language and the Guzm'n Ariza Foundation the donation of 1,250 copies of the Dictionary of Dominican Spanish to be distributed in the same number of educational centers.

The Minister of Education, 'ngel Hern'ndez, expressed his gratitude for the delivery, while saying that all those who can do something for the school are welcome, and that it is important for the country's educational centers to have a dictionary of Dominican Spanish because it is what society needs.

''It is an invaluable contribution of great value to put this dictionary in the hands of our students, teachers and parents; that is why I want to congratulate the Academy that was behind this project and the Guzm'n Ariza Foundation", said the minister.

Hern'ndez assured that the dictionaries will be distributed in schools, while he explained to the academics the initiatives implemented by the MINERD to strengthen teacher training in the field of language and the teaching of the Spanish language so that the country can have a good level of reading comprehension.

Bruno Rosario, president of the Academia de la Lengua, thanked the MINERD for inviting them to be part of the creation of textbooks, for what it means to Dominican education, as it is essential to have good school textbooks, which, he believes, is the first step to raise the level of education.

In addition, Fabio Guzm'n Ariza, president of the Guzm'n Ariza Foundation, which was in charge of the creation of...