Maipu, Argentina. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that new technologies can help us with our every-day activities, for example, in teaching and taking Basque classes. The Anaitasuna Basque club, that taught Basque all through 2020 virtually, resumed the proposal in April and now has two classes. In-person classes are available for locals, but they are also broadcast and attended online for those who are not in the city.
“The new beginning level now has 21 students: 10 Argentineans, from Maipu but also from Mar del Plata and Jauregui; 9 from the Trujillo Basque Club in Peru, including its vice-president Wilfredo Lizarzaburu; and one participant from Houston, Texas.” Alicia Ithurrat, club president, explained that once the classes were provided online, the Basque club in Peru didn’t waste any time to get in touch.
“Students that are not in Maipu connect from home, but those that are in town get together at the clubhouse,” Ithurrat explained as well as stressed the work done by the board of directors to prepare the classroom and the importance of this investment to be able to work in a group and “not in solitude at home.”
The formation of an international group is only the first step for the Euskal Etxea, in its relationship with the Basque community in other countries In fact, for the month of May, Basque teacher, Susana Siccardi Ohaco is preparing an exchange activity between the Maipu club’s txikis and those at the Boise Ikastola. Susana Sicardi is a member of Anaitasuna and a student in the Euskara Munduan teacher training program managed by FEVA and the Etxepare Basque Institute.
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