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Last Saturday and Sunday Basque instructors who teach at various Basque clubs in the US, thanks to an agreement between NABO and HABE (Basque Government agency responsible for adult language instruction), met at the Boise Basque Museum and Cultural Center.  Today, there are 17 instructors teaching in the US and Canada at 14 euskal etxeas with a total of 150 students. 

Boise, Idaho.   Yes, it is possible to study Basque in the US, by remote as well as in face-to-face classes, through the network of euskal etxeak coordinated by NABO.  Today there are 17 instructors teaching a total of 150 students among 14 Basque clubs and organizations across the country.

This Saturday and Sunday, March 11th and 12th, the annual meeting of NABO Euskera teachers took place at the Boise Basque Museum and Cultural Center.  The event, organized by NABO’s Euskera Coordinator, Aitor Iñarra gathered the following teachers: Gloria Lejardi (Homedale, ID), Anita Anacabe (Elko, NV), Oihana Andion (Boise, ID), Kattalin Berriotxoa (Boston, MS), Virginia Aramburu (San Francisco, CA), Sonia Castañon (Salt Lake City, UT), Christine Aramburu (Reno, NV), Todor Azurtza (Boise, ID), Itsaso Cayero (Boise, ID), Megan Vondemkamp (Boise, ID), Samiñe Irigoien (Washington DC) and Aizpea Isasi (San Francisco, CA).

They were also joined by Martin Goikoetxea, NABO’s Euskera Chair, and Kinku Zinkunegi coordinator of HABE’s Euskara Munduan Program that sponsors the classes provided at the clubs.

Tyler Smith, Boise’s Euzkaldunak Basque club president and Ricardo Yanci, NABO delegate came to welcome everyone to the event.

“The goal of the weekend was to strengthen the teacher community, to share methodologies and to encourage mutual collaboration,” organizers told EuskalKultura.com.  “And after the successful weekend, everyone returned home being more excited and more equipped to continue with their classes at home.”

If you live in the US or Canada and you’d like to learn Basque, contact your local Basque club or NABO directly.  

More information on NABO’s website here.