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Encyclopedias - Spanish
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Vocabulary
Verbs
Conjugators
Grammar
Tutorials
Listening and Speaking Skills
Lectura - Reading Skills
Redacción -Composición
Cultura
Media
Language
Proficiency
Online Spanish
Spanish-Language Podcasts
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Merlot - World Languages - Spanish (http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=245&browsecat=225)
Under search materials, write Spanish. This website is a repository
of Spanish language learning materials for all levels. The 110 + sites
have been selected because they are judged to be the best in the world.
The different sites are classified according to their use, e.g., collections,
animations, simulations, tutorials, lectures, and teacher references,
etc. |
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Destinos |
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Destinos: Online Student Learning Center
(http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072497084/student_view0/)
New Website for Destinos. This site is
a companion site for hte Destinos Series, 2nd Edition of the Alternate
Edition. It provides vocabular and grammar quizzes, and cultural links. |
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James Dabney's Destinos Page
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3238/1destinos.html)
A great webpage with links to find all
types of help when studying with Destinos. A must as a tutorial site!!! |
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Pronunciacíon
y Ortografía (Spelling) |
El
alfabeto
(http://www.nvcc.edu/home/nvhodgm/Alphabet.html) |
Facilmente
aprendes: La ortografia
(http://www.nvcc.edu/home/nvhodgm/Ortografia.htm) |
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Icarito
Enciclopedia Escolar: Ortografía
(http://icarito.tercera.cl/enc_virtual/castella/index0.htm)
This page includes: Ortografia, Gramatica, Comunicacion y Lenguaje,
Narrativa, Teatro y obras dramaticas, La Lirica, Redaccion, Literatura,
Escritores chilenos, Premios Nacionales de Literatura, Escritores internacionales.
The ortografia link provides an excellent and thorough description of
the spelling rules, e.g., when to use c vs z, or b vs v. |
La
Lupa 3
http://www.lalupa3.iespana.es/lalupa3/
The site is a children's site, but very useful for foreign
language learners to have simple explanations of spelling and grammar,
e.g., punctuation marks and basic parts of speech. |
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Learn
Spanish: Spanish Pronunciation Tutorial (http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/index.htm)
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Piérdele
el miedo a los acentos
(http://www.superchicos.net/acentuacion.htm)
The
rules for using accents explained siimply with good examples.
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Ortografía
(http://roble.pntic.mec.es/%7emsanto1/ortografia)
This site is an excellent resource for
the rules of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and the use of accent
marks. The site also includes a dictation section with audio files and
the written counterpart of each sentence dictated (Castilian Spanish pronunciation).
This site is ideal for Spanish for Native Speaker Courses having a spelling
and writing component. Ortografía has been recognized as an outstanding
webpage and has won several awards. |
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Grammar Exercises: LA PRONUNCIACIÓN (http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/pronunciacion.html)
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Loquendo Demo
(http://actor.loquendo.com/actordemo)
http://actor.loquendo.com/actordemo (You
can hear a variety of Spanish accents, Argentinian, Mexican, Chilean,
and Spanish accents. If you create a passage in which you have copied
and then pasted from an authentic source, you will hear the speaker read
(digitized) the script in almost perfect pronunciation. This demo may
load the software very slowly depending on your computer. |
| Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Skills |
Spanish Proficiency Exercises
(http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84519 )
Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The site incorporates proficiency topics, divided by level of dificulty: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior. The specific topics include video clips, vocabulary lists, phrases lists, and mini-grammar explanations. |
Spanish Language Audio
(http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/spanish/ )
Free Spanish language mp3 file downloads. The listener hears a neutral Spanish, primarily Spanish from Mexico. The site also includes vocabulary associated with agriculture.
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Spanish audio and transcripts
(http://www.e-spanyol.hu/en/transcript.php#017)
This is a transcripts page for the free Spanish language audio. The basic level material includes general interest material, and includes useful agricultural labor expressions.,
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Spanish/English
Dictionaries |
Altavista
Babel Fish Translation
(http://babelfish.altavista.com/)
This search
engine will translate up to a block of 150 words in a variety of languages. |
Diccionario.com
(http://www.diccionarios.com/index.phtml?redirect=true) |
Little Explorers:
English/Spanish Dictionary
(http://www.LittleExplorers.com/Spanish/)
Un diccionario con muchos imágenes para poder recordar el sentido de las
palabras. |
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Spanish
Language Dictionaries @ Globe-Gate
(http://globegate.utm.edu/spanish/spandico.html )
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Learn Spanish - Vocabulary
Lists for Writing
(http://lingolex.com/spanish.htm)
This is a good website that will provide
you with some good vocabulary lists when you want to write on a particular
topic. |
Logos:
diccionario y diccionario para niños
(http://www.logosdictionary.com/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.index_p)
A
great source for translating words from many languages to Spanish, e.g.,
English to Spanish and Spanish to English. A rich source with
definition, grammar, audio, images, and more. |
Oxford Bilingual Dictionaries
( http://www.nvcc.edu/library/db_humanities.asp#language )
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Real
Academia Española - Diccionario de la lengua española
(http://buscon.rae.es/diccionario/drae.htm)
In Spanish.
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Webworkbooks Spanish - Talking Dictionary
(http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/spanishworkbook/index.php)
The Talking Spanish Dictionary of WebWorkbooks contains over 120,000 entries. Most words are divided into syllables to assist in learning the correct pronunciation. This Spanish dictionary is unique because many words are accompanied by two voice files, identified by the icons located in the upper portion of the definition window, that further reinforce correct pronunciation. Click on the left speaker icon to hear how the word is pronounced in Spain, and on the right icon to hear how it is pronounced in Latin America. |
Word Reference.Com
(http://wordreference.com/)
English to Spanish, Spanish to English Dictionary. Also provides a forum frequented by both laymen and professional translators seeking more nuanced definitions of specific phrases in Spanish and English. An excellent resource.
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| Encyclopedias |
Country Studies (The Library of Congress)
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html ) |
Encarta (Español)
( http://es.encarta.msn.com/ ) |
Icarito
Enciclopedia Virtual
(http://www.icarito.cl/icarito/portada/0,0,38035857_151387702,00.html)
The
Chilean Icarito Enciclopedia Virtual website. |
MapMachine
( http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ )
This is the online atlas of the National Geographic Society. It allows you to explore a number of different kinds of map, including historical maps, ecological maps, images of Mars, and satellite views of the Earth. |
Oxford Guide to Countries of the World
(http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t42&subject=s28) |
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Vocabulary |
Hola Español
(http://www.hello-world.com/Spanish/EN_Spanish.php)
Learn Spanish online. Enjoy a variety of activities including pronunciation, vocabulary, verb drills, dialogues, songs and games. |
English-Spanish Vocabulary Quizzes
( http://iteslj.org/v/s/ )
This site is excellent for reviewing vocab from English to Spanish. I don't recommend that you use it to learn it the first time around since you will rely on translations rather than on visual pictures, etc. |
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El Tiempo
(http://cnnenespanol.com)
Visite
diferentes lugares del mundo para saber el pronóstico del tiempo. Haga
clic en los sitios a la izquierda en "tiempo". |
Español
¡Hoy!
(
http://www.learnalanguage.org/elemspan/
)
An
interesting site to learn and review vocabulary. While it is an elementary
children's site, adults will really enjoy this one:
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Learn
Spanish
http://lingolex.com/spanish.htm
Vocabulary
lists, penpal exchange, bilingual chatroom, grammar turorials, pronunciation
guide etc. etc |
| Lingua Web - Writing about How You Spend Your Free Time (http://www.linguaweb.ndirect.co.uk/lw_old/creditwriting/se-sp-freetime.htm)
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Linguaweb
- Talking about Where You Live (http://www.linguaweb.ndirect.co.uk/pages/s3lahomearea.htm)
The dialogue provides a practice in describing
the town where you live. It can be used to model a conversation or a
short written description. |
Mil imágenes en la punta de la lengua
( http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/ressources/?id=1112# )
1000 Images on the tip on tip of my tongue. The site includes common phrases for use in Spanish, English and French. The site includes Flash technology to capture voice, images, and translations of the idiom into English. |
Spanish Flash Cards (http://www.spanishspanish.com)
This
site has vocabulary practice for a variety of topics, e.g., alphabet,
food & clothing. |
Tener idioms
(http://www.trentu.ca/spanish/masarriba/leccion2b.htm#Tener)
Practique su vocabulario usando los modismos de tener. |
Webworkbooks Spanish - Vocabulary
(http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/vocabulary/)
Browse the categories on the left to learn new words in Spanish and expand your vocabulary. |
| Verbs
Conjugators |
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¡Conjuguemos!
(http://www.conjuguemos.com)
¡Conjuguemos! is a self-grading, self-timed conjugating program for
Spanish students. You can select which verbs to conjugate, what pronoun
forms to conjugate them in, and the duration of your practice exercise.
The basic tenses are present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional,
and the present and past subjunctive moods. Both the present and past
progressive and perfect tenses are included also. |
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Spanish Verb Forms
(http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/VERBLIST.HTM)
A great site to conjugate verbs |
Verbix
(http://www.verbix.com/)
This is a great site for conjugating verbs. You can find a glossary of most verbs. The site is useful in seeing the conjugation of different tenses for a verb. |
Webworkbooks Spanish - Verb reference
(http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/verbs/)
This site conjugates most Spanish verbs in all of the tenses, and also provides correct pronunciation for peninsular and non-peninsular Spanish.
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Grammar
Tutorials |
Enrique Yepes: Páginas de ayuda para estudiantes de español
( http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81227)
The Yepes webpage includes an invaluable resource tool for intermediate and advanced learners. The site includes Yepes and other outstanding websites for tutorial drills, e.g. Nelson and Arana sites. In addition, the user will find grammar guide for use in writing, a writing style manual, and "Herramientas de español," an extensive outline of essential Spanish structures based on John Turner's "All the Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know." |
Gramática
intensiva
(http://www.ballenitas.com/gramint/)
An excellent tutorial for learning and reviewing grammar. Basic
grammar rules are explained with follow-up exercises.
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Barbara Nelson's
Spanish Grammar Exercises
(http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/)
You will love this tutorial site. |
Ejercicios de español
(http://www.willamette.edu/~bortega/Ejercicios/#PASOS%20PRELIMINARES)
Esther Quintana and Bertín Ortega's Spanish
exercises provide immediate feedback on tutorials, and give you a grade.
A nice companion site for learning and reviewing grammar. |
Learn
Spanish (http://www.studyspanish.com)
An
excellent site to understand basic Spanish grammar explained in simple
language. There are also practice exercises for each grammar item.
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Más Arriva Home Page
(http://www.trentu.ca/spanish/masarriba/)
This is a good companion site to help you
with your grammar review. The images help to internalize the vocabulary
and grammar. At the bottom of each page, you can click on an answer sheet
for all of the exercises related to that section. |
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PowerPoint
Presentations for Spanish Class
( http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html)
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Prueba
de español
(http://www.lenguaje.com/secciones/donquijote/pruebe_nivel.htm)
A grammar test
that establishes initial, elementary, intermediate and advanced levels. The test provides correct feedback for wrong answers. |
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Spanish Grammar and Vocabulary Tutorials (http://www.cuyamaca.net/ddetwile/Resources/spanishgrammar.asp)
The value of Professor Detwile's site
lies in its organized approach to locating links to well-known sites.
It has an extensive list of links to grammar explanations, tutorials,
self-check exercises, exercises with answers to print out, exercises
to mail back to the instructor, vocabulary tutorials, dictionaries,
and links to other megasites. |
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Spanish Language
Exercises
(http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/)
Practice using grammar in the self-check
area of grammar of Professor Arana's site. You will receive immediate
feedback. |
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VMI's
Spanish Language Explanations & Drills
(http://academics.vmi.edu/modlan_kbb/kbb/vmispanishdrills.htm
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Check out Kathleen Bulger-Barnett's
website for Virginia Military Academy's Spanish Department. The site
provides simple explanations with practice quizzes and immediate feedback.
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Viaje al pasado: Los Aztecas
( http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/ressources/?id=1061 )
Practice in a the context of narrative and descriptive passages about the Aztecs while learning the preterite vs the imperfect tenses. |
Webworkbooks Spanish - Grammar
(http://www.webworkbooks.com/spanish/grammar/)
The Spanish grammar section of WebWorkbooks offers instruction on the essential elements of Spanish grammar. The quizzes section is intended to supplement the other portions of WebWorkbooks' Spanish material. The quizzes test most areas of Spanish grammar with special attention given to typically troublesome topics.
The usual format of the grammar quizzes is as follows: a model question and answer is given, followed by a short explanation of the rule in English with bilingual examples. |
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Lectura |
El
cuentacuentos
(http://personales.mundivia.es/llera/cuentos/cuentos.htm)
Fairytales that incorporate the use of
past time - preterites and imperfect tenses, and more. |
Las mejores comparaciones
de Lucas Grijander
(http://www.arrakis.es/~sergey0/lucas/)
A list
of comparisons. |
Tecla
(http://www.sgci.mec.es/uk/Pub/tecla.html)
Tecla
is a text magazine written for learners and teachers of Spanish produced
weekly during the UK academic year. It was a joint production between
the Spanish Department at Birkbeck College and the Consejería
de Educación y Ciencia of the Spanish Embassy in London from
1994 to July 2000. As of October 2000 Tecla is edited by the Consejería
de Educación y Ciencia. |
Wordtheque:
Bibiolteca para niños
(http://www.wordtheque.com/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.wcom_literature_baby.print_doc1?lang=es&letter=T&source=&num_row=20)
The
site is a collection of classic childrens' stories around the world
with audiofiles accommpanying some of the stories. |
| Redacción
- Reglas de ortografía y composición |
Icarito: Redacción
(http://www.icarito.cl/icarito/enciclopedia/canal/canal/0,0,38035857_152308905,00.html )
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Icarito Enciclopedia Escolar: Castellano
(http://www.icarito.cl/icarito/enciclopedia/canal/canal/0,0,38035857_152306989,00.html)
This page includes: Ortografia, Gramatica, Comunicacion y Lenguaje, Narrativa, Teatro y obras dramaticas, La Lirica, Redaccion, Literatura, Escritores chilenos, Premios Nacionales de Literatura, Escritores internacionales. The ortografia link provides an excellent and thorough description of the spelling rules, e.g., when to use c vs z, or b vs v. |
Lenguaje.com:
El sitio de la ingeniería del lenguaje
(http://www.lenguaje.com)
This site provides many useful tools for writing, e.g., spellling (spellchecker),
syllabication, conjugator. There is also a synonym and antonym
section.
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Piérdele
el miedo a los acentos
(http://www.superchicos.net/acentuacion.htm)
The
rules for using accents explained siimply with good examples. |
The Writing Process: A Guideline for Spanish-Language Writing
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| Cultura |
Biblioteca Virtual
de Puerto Rico
(http://home.coqui.net/jalmeyda/biblioteca.htm)
This is an excellent megasite of links
to most all of the information one can find about Puerto Rico and Puerto
Ricans. The list includes most area studies topics, e.g., Arte y Cultura,
Bibliotecas, Biografías, personajes, e Historia. |
Famous Hispanics in the World
and History
(http://coloquio.com/famosos/alpha.htm)
This page is dedicated to celebrate Hispanic
Heritage in the United States and elsewhere in the world. The list includes:
Alphabetical list -- Antiquity -- Musicians -- Nobel Prizes -- Painters
-- Scientists -- Sports -- U.S. Military -- Women -- Writers -- and others. |
Latin America Network Information Center (LANIC)
(http://lanic.utexas.edu/)
LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Our target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Our target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. |
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México
(http://mexico.udg.mx/principal/)
This megasite provides a complete and thorough source
of information on Mexico's Art, Geography, History, Tourism trade, Religion,
Economics, Sciences, and cuisine. The site contains a wide variety of
rich photo images for every topic. |
Smithsoniam Latino Center
(http://latino.si.edu/)
The Smithsoniam Latino Center helps people understand the imprint of Latinos on our Nation's history. The Latino contributions include the impact in the arts. sciences and humanities. The site can be viewed in Spanish and English. |
Smithsoniam Latino Center: Latino Museums and Museums with Latino Collections
(http://latino.si.edu/collections/collections_LatinoMuseumResources.htm )
This site includes not only the latino museumsm, collections, but also Latino resources |
Spanish Resources
( http://www.spanishresources.org/ )
You can find a lot of Spanish resources from Spanish universities, Spanish schools, Spanish art, Spanish culture to travel and tourism.
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The
Worldfact Book
(http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
The World Factbook is prepared by the
Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials,
and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their
specific requirements. In general, information available as of January
2000 was used in the preparation of the current edition. |
US Latino Websites
(http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/us_latin.htm)
The list includes Chicano / Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American Web resources, as well as sites that pertain to Salvadorans, Dominicans, Colombians, Guatemalans and other Latinos residing in the US. This list includes Chicano / Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American Web resources, as well as sites that pertain to Salvadorans, Dominicans, Colombians, Guatemalans and other Latinos residing in the US. |
Why Learn Spanish (Learn Spanish Guide)
(http://www.learnspanishguide.com/spanish/language/whyspanish.asp ) |
| Media |
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News
Sources
BBC
Mundo.com
CNN
El
mensual |
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Today's
Front Pages
(http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/)
The collection of 284 newspaper front pages from 37
countries offers a fascinating daily look at what is
deemed worthy of front-page placement around the world. You're sure
to be surprised at the choices in some regions.
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Radio
Radio
Nacional de España
BBC
Radio |
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Special
Topics:
El
año en imágenes |
You Tube.com
(http://www.youtube.com/)
YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.
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Language
Proficiency |
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ACTFL Proficiency
Guide Lines - Speaking
(http://www.languagetesting.com/scale.htm)
The site provides a description of the
Speaking Guidelines according to the Novice through Superior levels.
These guidelines are used to assess the speaking skill based on the
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language's (ACTFL) Oral
Proficiency Interview (OPI). |
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A
Checklist for Speaking Proficiency
(http://www.richmond.edu/~terry/Middlebury/checklist.htm)
Levels
of proficiency to tell you what you can do with the language,
and measure your progress in developing a speaking ability in the foreign
language.
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Beef Up the Country's Foreign Language Skills - TheWashington Post
- 10/23/01
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36489-2001Oct22.html)
Senator Paul Simon, a lifetime advocate
of foreign language study, argues for the importance of knowing other
languages, especially for national security purposes. The article appear
in The Washington Post, dated 10-23-01. |
Nell Tiller's "The Language Learner's Guide to Fluency"
(http://www1.br.cc.va.us/tiller/language_learner.htm) |
| Online Spanish |
Languge Learning Guide
( http://www.learnspanishguide.com/ )
This site has some interesting facts about Spanish language facts, statistics, and tutorials on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and language tools.
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Online Resources for Learning Spanish language learning
(http://www.e-spanyol.hu/en/)
If you learn Spanish either on your own or taking part in a course, a tangible, "offline" textbook and dictionary is obviously important to have. But even so, useful online learning resources, from exercises and tests to audio and video materials to web courses and dictionaries, should not be ignored. |
| Spanish-Language Podcasts |
BBC Mundo Podcasts
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/mh/) |
BBC Mundo: Estudio abierto
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/forums/newsid_6642000/6642253.stm)
Un programa de entrevistas interactivas con invitados famosos -o alguien desconocido haciendo algo muy interesante.
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| Café cortado |
| Coffeebreak Spanish |
| How to Learn Any Language |
| Insta Spanish |
Notes in Spanish
(
http://www.notesinspanish.com/)
Real conversations in Spanish about interesting, real-life topics. The site offers three levels for beginners, intermediate,and advanced levels.
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| Podcast-Player.Com (29 Languages) |
| En la historia (México) |
| Tango City Tour |