Resources for Learning Spanish Language and Culture

CULTURE, HISTORY, AND SOCIETY

• Castillo de San Marcos – official website for the Castillo de San Marcos National Park in St. Augustine, Florida

• Christopher Columbus – biography and influence of Christopher Columbus

• Holidays of Spanish-Speaking Countries – provides brief information on the major holidays of Spanish-speaking cultures and countries

• Food, Art, and Music – like it sounds, a site devoted to links to Spanish food, art, and music

• Just Spain – comprehensive information on visiting Spain

• Secretaría de Turismo de México – official site for the Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism

• Smithsonian Latino Center – division of the Smithsonian dedicated to the documentation of Hispanic life and influence in America

• Spanish Armada – with many links to sites about the mighty Spanish Armada

• Spanish Language and Culture – offers practice exercises for those learning Spanish and information on Hispanic cultures worldwide

• Spanish-Speaking Countries – information on all those countries people will want to visit after they learn Spanish

• Traditional Spanish Recipes – several traditional Spanish dishes and how to make them

• Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America – comprehensive image-based site with pictures of artifacts from Spanish life in the Americas from 1520–1820

FOR TEACHERS

• Official AP Test Subject Links from the College Board – contains links to official information on the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Spanish Literature exams

• Spanish Lesson Plans Online – links to Spanish lessons for grades 1–12

• Research Topics in Classical Spanish Literature – suggestions of dissertation/thesis topics for graduate level Spanish study

• World Language Center: Spanish Teachers – several links to sites created by Spanish teachers

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE

• Languages Online: Español – Drills, lessons, and games for learning Spanish

• Pictorial Vocabulary – read and hear Spanish words based on the objects they identify

• Spanish Grammar – concise explanations of the basics of Spanish grammar

• Spanish Grammar Exercises – online exercises for students of Spanish that includes an online scoring option

• Spanish Verb Helps – all about conjugating Spanish verbs in all the language’s tenses

SPANISH LITERATURE

• Borges Center – devoted to the life and work of the great Hispanic author Jorge Luis Borges

• Collección de Cibertextos – collects several classics of Spanish literature

• Don Quijote de la Mancha – online text of one of the greatest Spanish novels ever written

• Don Quijote de la Mancha 2005 – official site of the 400^th anniversary celebration of the publication of Don Quijote by Miguel Cervantes

TRANSLATION HELPS

• Spanish-English Dictionary – free online dictionary providing Spanish to English and English to Spanish translation

• Babelfish – for those who need an online Spanish translator to translate to and from Spanish