CCSF Language Center Spanish Links Click here for the Spring 2012 CCSF Learning Center (R207) Spanish tutoring schedule. Language Learning | Search Engines | Dictionaries | Media | Literature and Culture | Music | Internet Resources Language Learning Sites Spanish Language Basics Workshop Try Study Spanish, a free online tutorial with many sound files and resources. (Uses Shockwave.) Check out the hip-hop video Conjugation’s Back to learn how "ar" verbs work and the Ser vs. Estar Rap. Instructor Home Pages Ana Rita García Textbook Sites Plazas: Lugar de Encuentros, 4th Edition, iLrn™, a publisher’s site that includes an e-book and other resources. Plazas: Lugar de Encuentros, 3rd Edition, accompanies the text. Access auto-pruebas (self-correcting quizzes), crossword puzzles, flashcards and more. Use the drop-down menu in the upper lefthand corner to browse by chapter. ¡Con brio!, 1st edition and 2nd edition, offers online activities to supplement the texts. Access auto-pruebas (self-correcting quizzes), flashcards and more. Use the drop-down menu in the upper lefthand corner to browse by chapter. ¡Avance! offers online practice quizzes to supplement the text. Use the drop-down menu in the upper lefthand corner to browse by chapter. Other Language Learning Sites BBC Education - Spanish has many resources for learners of Spanish organized by level. Games and resources for travelers are also available. Business Spanish Lessons offers free on-line lessons. Verb Conjugations are set out in table or list form. Conjuguemos is a self-grading, self-timed conjugating program for Spanish students and classrooms of all ages. iRadio podcasts from textbook publisher Heinle. Helpful for becoming familiar with the sounds of Spanish and beginning grammar. Foreign Languages for Travelers Choose Spanish (at the bottom of the page). Basic phrases and words with sound! There are also more links to dictionaries and Spanish learning sites. Gramática offers explanations of basic Spanish grammar with interactive exercises. Mas arriba includes self-correcting exercises from Trent University (Canada) to accompany the textbook of the same title. Useful even for those not using the text. Check out Forvo for help with pronunciation. Pronunciation Exercises from the University of Iowa. This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of Spanish. Available for each consonant and vowel is an animated articulatory diagram, a step-by-step description, and video-audio of the sound spoken in context. Recommended by CCSF Spanish Instructor Ed Stering. Spanish Language and Culture with Barbara Kuczun Nelson at Colby College. Wonderful exercises plus an extensive list of other online interactive exercises for Spanish. A favorite of CCSF Spanish students! Spanish Language Exercises by Juan Ramón de Arana Spanish Language Resources from Houghton-Mifflin. Culture, language, media, and more. Search Engines in Spanish Google en español Terra Spanish language portal site. Yahoo! en español Spanish Dictionaries English-to-Spanish/Spanish to English yourDictionary.com Dictionaries for every need. Diccionario de la Real Academia Española Media Links ABC Madrid El Pais El Nuevo Herald Digital from Miami Granma Internacional Digital, Cuba Cuban government-run international newspaper service IndyMedia in Spanish from Argentina, Chiapas, Columbia, Mexico, Uruguay La Jornada (Mexico) La Opinión Digital from Los Angeles La Prensa from Nicaragua Beelinetv offers links to various Spanish-language television broadcasts, such as NovaTV from Columbia and RIPA TV from Spain. Toda la Prensa has links to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television from throughout the Spanish speaking world. Literature and Culture Artes e Historia-Literatura Utilidad.com has a little of everything, like a combination Good Housekeeping, People and Vogue. The articles are short and eye-catching. Diccionario de Escritores en México Diego Rivera Mural Project Choose English or Spanish. Literatura Argentina Contemporánea Literature Links from LANIC Music Latin American Popular Music Page Learn about the different genres of Latin American music, hear examples. Ojalá que llueva café includes a guided reading by Barbara Kuzcun Nelson of the song by Juan Luis Guerra. Hear the music, learn the words, and what they mean. Also provided are exercises, and much more. Needs Quicktime. Spanish Language Song Lyrics Collection Internet Resources from the Spanish-Speaking World About.com, Spanish offers links of interest about Spanish language, literature, music, chat, and more. EspanOlé is a great resource for students and teachers of Spanish. Lots of well organized links! Centro Virtual Cervantes LANIC from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas. Links organized by country and subject. Updated: 04/09/2012 Language Center CCSF