SPANISH MUSIC,TV/VIDEO, AND LISTENING LINKS
Directions for LECTURA LIBRE at home. Use these links to read for at least ten minutes and respond to:
1. título: Leí___________
2. palabras nuevas en espanol y inglés(3-5)
3. de qué se trata: Se trata de _________(quién o qué) que _________ (descripción).
- Mi vida loca BBC's online Spanish learning interactive telenovela. You watch the episode, listen and repeat when they ask you to, and the click on the corresponding lesson to practice the vocabulary and grammar.
- Spanish Listening Thousands of video clips of native speakers from all over the Spanish-speaking world. You can search by level, topic, etc. Each one has a little vocabulary help, a quiz, a transcript to read(only use to double check after listening), and more.
- Audiria Listening activities organized by subject along with little quizzes. No video that I've seen.
- Alt Latino Radio NPR's radio station that streams a wide variety of popular music in Spanish including pop, rap, rock, folk, and traditional Latin music. A good way to find something you like.
- Univision Local, national, and international news and videoclips.
Directions for LECTURA LIBRE at home. Use these links to read for at least ten minutes and respond to:
1. título: Leí___________
2. palabras nuevas en espanol y inglés(3-5)
3. de qué se trata: Se trata de _________(quién o qué) que _________ (descripción).
- Reading A-Z Books organized by level aa-Z, both fiction and non-fiction. Scan through to look for vocabulary or subjects of interest like holidays, sports, science, animals, etc.. Stay in a level until you feel comfortable going to the next. You can read them in the window provided or zoom in to see better.
- Childrens books forever This site has about 6 books in Spanish. Watch out for the one in Portuguese!
- Milcuentos Watch and listen to children’s books being read by Spanish speaking children. Pretty funny.
- Miscositas Virtual story time. Watch youtube videos of children's books being read to you.
- Internation Children's Digital Library Children’s books online. Make sure to click on Spanish, and then that it's not in the Basque(region of Spain) language.
- Stanford University's list of newspaper/magazine links Stanford University's compiled list of links to publications in Spanish.
- CNN en espanol Articles, news in Spanish.
- BBC MUNDO England's main news source with a ton of articles in a lot of different subjects from a more international viewpoint.
- ESPN Deportes This is ESPN's Spanish language version on their online publication.
- National Geographic Fun pictures, video, and articles in Spanish.
- Lapiz An online art magazine.
- Trofeo caza An online hunting magazine.
- A caballo An online horse/equestrian magazine.
- Fashion Click An online fashion magazine. Click on the Spanish one!
- Cocina Semana An online cooking magazine.
- Mondosonoro An online music magazine.
- Vanidades A fun fashion/celebrity magazine, but a little racy.
- Spanishdict An online dictionary that should be used instead of "translation". Click on the "conjugation" tab for verbs for help putting things in the correct form and tense.
- Word Reference Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos This is an online thesaurus that can help you break out of boring, redundant writing and speaking. Look up "bueno" to see your options!
- Quizlet Use Quizlet to make your personalized vocabulary lists per unit, and for your personal "lectura libre" dictionary.
- Conjuguemos This is a site that has grammar(verbs, etc) practice activities that will give you on the spot feedback. Pick the category, widen or narrow the focus to specific forms(i.e. just "usted") and complete the online activity.
- Study Spanish Look up grammar by topic and do online activities with instant corrections. REVIEW FOR SPANISH I & 2 *Read notes and do Basic Quiz for lesson topic units 1-3
- Verb Conjugation Robot Verb conjugator and master list.
- Profedeele Accent Lesson and Activity A great description of why written accents are used along with several practice activities.
- When and Why to Use a Written Accent Another description of when to use a written accent mark.
- Written Accents Computer Codes How to type accent marks using your Mac or PC.
- Spanish Spelling and Accent Rules A brief reference page to with spelling and accent norms and rules.
- Ayuda escritura Academic writing vocabulary for essay writing.
- Lista de contectores Here's a list of academic connecting words for writing with nice sentence examples if you click on them.
- Destinos Online soap opera and activities homework. Choose an episode, do the online practice activities, and enjoy! Destinos episode recaps Summaries in Spanish and English of each episode. More Destinos episode recaps in English all on one page.
- Mi vida loca Online interactive soap opera and activities homeworkThis is the homepage for the series. You have to choose an episode, complete the accompanying activities, and enjoy the show!
- Spanish for mechanics This is a nice grouping of vocabuary for car lovers, aspiring mechanics, and working in an auto parts store.
- Medical Spanish This site has anatomy vocabulary and archives of dialogues for medical workers.
- América del sur Interactive map of South America.
- La américa central y el caribe Interactive map of Central America and the Caribbean.
- México Interactive map of Mexico.
- España Interactive map of Spain.
- Map practice game Fast paced game to practice your map knowledge of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
