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RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH
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LOTS OF HELP!
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Textbooks:
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PANORAMA.
This is our newest textbook adoption for SPAN 1001, 1002, and
1060 (starting Summer 03). Try these internet activities as prepared
by VISTA Higher Learning.
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VENTANAS.
This is our newest textbook adoption for SPAN 200, 2002 and 2060
(starting Summer 03). Try these internet activities as prepared by VISTA
Higher Learning.
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Así
es (3rd. ed.). This is the textbook that is currently being
used for SPAN 1001, 1002 and 2001. Try these internet
activities as prepared by Harcourt College Publishers.
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VISION Y VOZ TEXTBOOK
(2nd. Ed.). Try these INTERNET ACTIVITIES as prepared by
WILEY Publishing House.
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¡ARRIBA! TEXTBOOK (2nd.
Ed.) was used for Spanish 151, 152 or 153. Students can
still use many of its Internet Activities. Give it a try!
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Culture:
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Sí, Spain
/ Sí, España: This interactive service "Sí,
Spain" promotes free exchange of information on Spanish current affairs
and its historical, linguistic and cultural development.
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Cibercentro. Here you
will find links to information on most Spanish-speaking countries (newspapers,
radios, education, government, travel, etc.)
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¿Por
qué celebran el cinco de mayo? This holiday, celebrated
in Mexico and widely in the United States, celebrates a historic military
victory over the French. In both Spanish and English.
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Las
mujeres de la historia / The Women of History. This is a
collection of Web resources for Spanish teachers during National Women's
History Month.
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El día
de los muertos: Mexicans Celebrate Day of the Dead. Families
gather at cemeteries as Mexicans honor their dead at the beginning of each
November. Despite prominent symbols of death, the Day of the Dead has far
different origins than does Halloween.
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Language and Literature:
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Studyspanish.com.
Use this great site to practice grammar, vocabualry, verb drills, etc.
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Quia.
Best of the Net. Excellent collection of quizzes and online activities
developed by teachers.
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Learn Spanish: This is
a free on-line tutorial. Try it!
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Spanish
Grammar Exercises. Use this site to practice grammar (tenses, pronombres,
indicativo, subjuntivo, etc.).
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The Spanish CALL Project.
Some of these pages are entirely written in Spanish for educational purposes
so if you go there to polish up your Spanish, you are in the right place.
The materials presented were developed for college level students but can
be used (and have been successfully used) at other levels. This is
yet another excellent place!
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Spanish
on-line!: This page offers on-line resources, covering the areas
of language-learning, literary/cultural resources, and linguistics.
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Webspañol:
Promotes the study and appreciation of the Spanish Language by utilizing
a variety of internet resources.
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Varieties
of Spanish - Dialects of Spanish by Area:
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Gramática
española. This link should prove to be very useful to those
who want to be up-to-date concerning modern Spanish. It has information
about capitalization, uses of "se," "que," accentuation in Spanish, and
much more...
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La página del idioma
español (Spanish Language Home Page). This page is in Spanish
and its purpose is to contribute to the preservation, unity, and purity
of the Spanish language. Some of its contents include Orthography, Literature,
Grammar, Translation, Spanglish, Debates, Computers, Spanish Cyber classes,
etc.
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La
página de la literatura española e inglesa (The Spanish and
English Literature Home Page). This home page provides a short
summary of literary periods and genres, authors and their main works for
students of Spanish or English Literature. Check it out!!!
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The
Works of Cervantes. This is a very useful link that includes the
text of: Don Quijote, Novelas Ejemplares, also a Utilities/Links
section, and Engravings of Cervantes' main works.
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Newspapers:
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Chile:
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Argentina:
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Perú:
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Panamá:
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Costa Rica:
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Honduras:
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Cuba:
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Puerto Rico:
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España:
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Other:
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THE SPANISH SECTION
HOME PAGE. Visit our homepage for information concerning courses,
degrees, etc. offered in Spanish.
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SIGMA DELTA
PI SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY at GSU. The Spanish Section in Department
of Foreign Languages at GSU sponsors Sigma Delta Pi, Zeta Phi Chapter.
Our Spanish Majors or Minors are eligible for membership. Check their homepage
for more detailed information.
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Teaching:
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Quia.
Best of the Net. Excellent collection of quizzes and online activities
developed by teachers.
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Teaching
Resources.
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JOBS/INTERNSHIPS/STUDIES ABROAD
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Chile Study Abroad
and Centro de Intercambio y Educación
Internacional. This is a great page for information concerning
individual/institutional programs to study Spanish/teach English in Chile.
You can contact them at: advising@norteamericano.cl.
Both programs function under the auspices of INSTITUTO
CHILENO-NORTEAMERICANO.
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CENTRO VENEZOLANO AMERICANO.
If you are a native speaker of English looking for a program to teach abroad,
then go to this page, or go directly there to International
Internship Program.
Centro Venezolano Americano (CVA) offers an Internship Program for
recent graduates coming from the United States or Canada whose purposes
are: to get acquainted with Venezuela, its people, language and culture
to teach English and obtain valuable teaching experience abroad in a non-English
speaking environment, and to share one's knowledge of North American culture.
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PROGRAMA DE INTERCAMBIO ESTUDIANTIL
(Student Exchange Program) en la PONTIFICA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
(PUC). CLICK HERE for complete information. This prestigious Chilean
university has a very well established program for international students
who want to study "SPANISH" in Chile. The "Intercambio Estudiantil" program
has agreements with various universities/countries around the world. If
you are really serious about studying SPANISH in Chile you can start by
contacting its director--NURIA ALSINA.
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THE SUMMER STUDIES
ABROAD PROGRAM IN SEGOVIA.
Dr. Mike McGrath directs
this six-week program in Segovia,
Spain. Students can also address any questions to Dr.
Jorge W Suazo. Georgia Southern University, in collaboration
with the Colegio Universitario
de Segovia, announces the Summer Studies Abroad Program in Segovia,
Spain. Georgia Southern has accredited its Summer Program in Segovia
since 1985.
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THE SUMMER STUDIES ABROAD
PROGRAM IN COSTA RICA.
Dr. Juan Antonio Serna directs
this four-week program in San José, Costa Rica. Students can also
check with Dr. Doralina Martínez-Conde.Costa
Rica, well known for its incredible natural beauty, prides itself as
"the Switzerland of Latin America." Guided cultural excursions to historically
and environmentally significant sites will be combined with intensive language
classes and a home stay with a Costa Rican family to provide an enriched
academic program.
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JOKES IN SPANISH | CHISTES EN ESPAÑOL
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CONDORITO. CONDORITO is a
unique comic figure from Chile. Check out his page and learn about his
family and friends. Jokes are updated every week.
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PEPE ANTARTICO.
PEPE ANTARTICO is also another comic from Chile like the next one,
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LUKAS.
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CHISTES.
Jokes about chileans.
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VIDEO/AUDIO LINKS
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CHILEVISION. This link
will take you to the first Chilean TV Station to broadcast via Internet.
You will need "RealPlayer"to be able to watch/listen any VIDEO/AUDIO
files. If you don't have it, CLICK
HERE to download it for FREE from the RealPlayer Home Page.
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CNN en Español.
Here one can find the most recent news from around the world in Spanish.
Check the live audio streaming available. Make sure you have REAL
PLAYER installed.
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INTERNATIONAL RADIO
STATIONS. If you are interested in listening to radio stations
in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, etc., then check out this
link. Have fun!
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CHILE
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HIMNO NACIONAL DE CHILE (National Anthem of Chile).

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Chile.com. This is an excellent
site for all things chilean (food, culture, tourism, etc. SPANISH).
It is also available in ENGLISH.
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CHILE (Travel Channel).
Here you'll find information about CHILE...(Travel Tools, Web Sites, Country
Info, Culture and Language, Education (Colleges/Universities), Lodging,
Newspapers, Real Estate, Sports, Travel/Tourism, Weather, etc.)
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VIEWS
OF CHILE. Aren't you just a little curious about what my home country
looks like? I invite you to check this site for pictures of my homeland.
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"REPUBLIC OF
CHILE" Welcome Page. Here one can find information about doing
Business
in Chile, News, Government, Science, Law, Weather, REUNA (Chile's National
Network Service), and Universities.
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"CHILE."
CLICK HERE to find information about Newspapers, Art, Universities,
Chilean Resorts in different geographical locations, Internet, Embassies,
etc.
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"CHILE LINDO." This is
a great page specially designed for Chileans abroad, however, check it
out if you are looking for information about TV Stations, Radios, CHATS,
Classifieds, Employment, Chilean recipes, Immigration Department, Finances,
Sports, etc.
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EASTER ISLAND.
Want to see/visit Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)? This link will take you
to the "Unofficial Easter Island (Rapa Nui)Home Page." It contains
interesting facts about the history of this Chilean island, the Rapa Nui
language and culture, etc.
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