Spanish Language Learning Links

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Language Learning Sites

Sites in English

http://www.spanish.about.com/
An incredibly comprehensive site for Spanish tutors and learners. Has links to a range of useful information on Spain and the Spanish language. Includes Spanish for beginners, dictionaries and vocabulary databases and help with grammar. Includes listening activities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/spanish/
Useful website for those interested in the Spanish language at all levels. Includes a short on-line assessment of level, suggestions of which resources would be useful, an on-line course for beginners, links to the Sueños series and the Semanario Internet for more advanced learners. Includes listening activities and video clips.

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/usafa/taller.html
This is the website of Taller Hispano, which aims to provide supplementary material for Spanish coursebooks. Includes listening and reading texts and material from the Internet. Looks really useful.

http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html#spanish
Useful and well researched list of Spanish teaching resources. Very extensive.

http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/call/links/spanish.html
Another comprehensive list of Spanish Internet resources put together by the University of Cambridge. Includes maps, search engines, news groups, learning materials etc. A lot of Latin American information.

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/spanish.html
List of Spanish Internet resources put together by the University of Sussex.

http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/spanish.html
Website produced by the University of Oregon and contains range of links to other potentially useful sites.

Sites in Spanish

http://www.cvc.cervantes.es/portada.htm
This is the Centro Virtual of the Cervantes Institute and includes a range of useful links, cultural information, activities and texts for learner and teachers of Spanish. Click on Aula De Lengua for more specific teaching and learning activities. Very good for higher levels but also useful for beginners.

http://www.el-castellano.com
Very comprehensive website for those interested in Spain and Spanish. Also useful for teachers. Range of texts available on aspects of the Spanish language and also links to areas such as culture, grammar, TV and the press. An English translation is also available.

http://www.ihmadrid.es/comunicativo/index.htm
This is a useful website for learners and teachers of Spanish at all levels. Includes grammatical reference section, pronunciation activities, vocabulary building exercises etc. Has comprehensive section for teachers of Spanish, including how to exploit materials, free on-line activities and other internet links.

Bi-lingual sites

http://www.englishspanishlink.com/
This is a bilingual website for practising Spanish through reading and writing. Includes joke of the day in English and Spanish, word games, parallel texts and links to a range of Spanish websites, including Latin America.

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/lengua.html
This is the "Gramatica and Ortografia" website put together by Juan Miguel Soto Arrivi. Great for both language learners and teachers of Spanish, this site includes cultural and grammatical information in both Spanish and English and links to other useful sites. Well worth exploring.

Help with specifics

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/reglas.html
Explanations of range of Spanish grammatical trouble spots. Taken from Grammatica and Ortografia website. In English.

http://www.el-castellano.com/gramatic.html
Range of grammatical and pronunciation issues discussed. Taken from the El-Castellano website. In Spanish.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/grammars3.html#spanish
Links to a couple of on-line Spanish grammars.