Spanish Resources

Textbook Sites

Background

Instituto Cervantes exists to promote the Spanish language; their website includes plenty of material for students and teachers of Spanish, plus up-to-date information about cultural events.
Yahoo en español – Spanish-language version of the famous web directory, or try Yahoo España or Yahoo México for a more country-specific view.
El Mundo Latino is a good leaping off point into the Spanish-speaking Web.

News & Media

El Pais is one of Spain’s most popular newspapers.
El Mundo is another, which also has La Revista on-line, its Sunday supplement with a good range of full-text articles.
El Periódico – Catalunyan daily paper (in Castillian).
ABC Electrónico – right-wing daily news from Spain.
La Jornada – daily news from Mexico.
Clarín – Argentinian newspaper.
El Mercurio from Chile.
Prensalatina.com is a comprehensive list of Spanish-language online media, an offshoot ofMundo Latino.
TVE Internacional television schedules – as seen in the Sussex Language Institute. EuroTVcarry more concise schedules.
BBC Mundo is the website of the BBC Latin American service – lots of features to read and hear in RealAudio, plus a live feed.

Teaching resources

Ejercicios de lengua española – a collection of on-line grammar exercises from Juan Ramón de Arana.
comunicativo.net – free resources for teachers of Spanish. Communication activities, lesson plans, self correcting grammar exercises, worksheets, chat and so on.
Comp-jugador performs on-line conjugations of about 10,000 Spanish verbs.
Learn Spanish – a free online tutorial.
Web Spanish Lessons – three lessons, including (Mexican) audio, from Tyler Chambers who has also made available a small English/Spanish dictionary as part of the Internet Dictionary Project.
Palabra Para Ti – a word a day by e-mail.
Spanish Food Dictionary
MundoHispano is a MOO for learners of Spanish – it’s a multi-user interactive system, a virtual environment where students can practice their Spanish while sharing ideas and experiences with other Spanish speakers and learners. Click here to take the plunge (beware – your Spanish will need to be at least intermediate level!).
- What is a MOO? Have a look at The Purpose of MOOs for more details.

Literature

Proyecto Sherezade has contemporary short stories in Spanish by authors from all over the world, plus vocabulary and grammar exercises, comprehension questions etc.
Literatura Argentina ContemporÃ¡nea – extensive details and excerpts of many Argentinian authors.

Sources for further research

About.com Guide to Spanish Language – original articles, lessons, exercises and lots of links, plus bulletin board and chat room.
Sí, Spain – a fine resource from the Spanish Embassy in Ottowa, Canada, covering Spain’s current affairs, its historical, linguistic and cultural development.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) at the University of Texas is a comprehensive directory of Latin American web resources organised by country and by subject.
Página de la Lengua Española provides links to a multitude of sites concerned with the Spanish language.
Spanish Language and Spanish Culture from the About.com, an American guide site.
Santa Barbara City College Spanish Department have a country-by-country guide to Spanish-speaking resources on the Internet.
Universia.net has lots of well-presented information on Hispanic higher education.

Other Resources

Spanish Learning Resources

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