Web Link Bibliography

Denise Radaker

SLM 521

As a college Spanish professor, my time is limited with the students in class, as they are expected to learn much on their own. However, I wanted to compile a list of places they could use for help and additional practice. Time is also limited in culture lessons so I tried to include some sites where they could explore travel, art, literature, music, and entertainment. In the level 111 class, students must investigate and create a presentation, oral and Power Point, about a famous Hispanic person. I have included several sites to help those students find information about those individuals. However, they do need to be cautious as some of the sites provide links to ‘fan’ sites, especially for the music and sports people. Lastly, I included a link to the Universidad de Navarra. I am often asked if I have ever studied in Spain or a Spanish-speaking country. Now they can actually see the program that I completed for my Diploma de Estudios Hispanicos as well as the city where I lived. It is my hope that this bibliography will be of great help and interest to my students. I plan to provide this bibliography as an ‘External Links’ on the course Blackboard site.

Spanish Grammar Exercises: Colby: (May 25, 2006) This site provides feedback for you on the exercises. It also has audio clips for certain topics. Highly recommended.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/

Study Spanish Main Index- (May 25, 2006) Provides simple concepts of gender and present tense to complex concepts of relative pronouns and subjunctive tense.

http://www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm

Study Spanish Vocabulary- (May 25, 2006) Great for helping in pronouncing expressions and words for specific situations. Includes a medical section. Need a speaker to hear the audio.

http://www.studyspanish.com/travel/index.htm

Study Spanish Verbs: (May 25, 2006) If you need help with just conjugation of verbs and want practice, this is good.

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/index.htm

Study Spanish Culture- (May 25, 2006) Provides cultural information on a variety of topics with some audio clips.

http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/index.htm

Study Spanish Abroad- (May 25, 2006) Provides an extensive lists of study abroad programs if you are interested in a summer/ winter break experience.

http://www.studyspanish.com/schools/index.htm

Spanish Fun: (May 25, 2006) Love this!! Someone else compiled a great list of links from art to Spanish greeting cards. Great fun!

http://www.studyspanish.com/links/fun.htm

Spanish Radio and Television: (May 25, 2006) Spanish radio and television links! For your listening pleasure, while studying for your test, of course!

http://www.studyspanish.com/links/radio.htm

Spanish Grammar Trinity: (May 25, 2006) Good grammar practice exercises.

http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/

Cuyamaca Resources: (June 1, 2006) Excellent site for grammar explanations, tutorials, and exercises you can email your instructor. We will use this site for lab classes. Also excellent links to Spanish / English dictionaries.

http://www.cuyamaca.edu/ddetwile/Resources/spanishgrammar.asp

Translation Help: (May 15, 2006) Good translation site. Caution! This URL is provided to help students when needed. This is not to be used to translate whole compositions or assignments. Use this to understand a part of a sentence or reading or directions.

http://translation2.paralink.com/

Music for Grammar: (June 1, 2006) Provides songs that help practice grammar / verb forms.

http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/kfaber/musicQuickLink.html

Famous Hispanics: (February 2, 2006/ June 2, 2006) Good resource for researching famous Hispanics.

http://coloquio.com/famosos/

Famous Hispanics Alphabetically: (May 25, 2006) Famous Hispanics listed alphabetically from A to Z with links for some.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhmbioaz.html

Latino Sports Legends: (February 2, 2006/ June 2, 2006) Famous Hispanics in sports.

http://www.latinosportslegends.com/archives.htm

Famous Hispanics: (June 2, 2006) Famous Hispanics given by category with link to biography and information.

http://www.espanole.org/gente

Si Spain Interactive: (June 2, 2006) Interactive resource for free exchange of information

http://www.sispain.org/

Spanish Art: (May 25, 2006) Excellent resource for painters, musicians, architecture, and literature. Also links to the Prado and Reina Sofma in Madrid.

http://www.spanisharts.com/

Picture Dictionary in Spanish: (June 2, 2006) For the visual learners that have trouble just memorizing a list of vocabulary, this is a picture dictionary to give you another way to learn your vocabulary. Also provides activities such as flashcards, word scramble, etc.

http://www.pdictionary.com/spanish/

Universidad de Navarra: (June 2, 2006) To help my student better understand the courses I had to complete as an undergraduate Spanish major.

http://www.unav.es/admision/studies/ilce.html