Web Resources for Spanish

Listen @ Surrey

Listen to Spanish @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of listening. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

Read @ Surrey

Read Spanish @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of reading. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

Spanish Links

compiled by Pilar Muñoz and Margarita Menendez-Lopez (University of Surrey)

Spanish Phonetics

Listening Course on Spanish Pronunciation and Phonetics either in English or Spanish created by Marga Menendez-Lopez.

Pronunciation

Web Spanish Lessons by Tyler Jones and Jennifer Chambers
3 online Spanish lessons with pronunciation drills; links to other Spanish sites
http://www.june29.com/Spanish/index.html

Vocabulary

Más arriba by Gary Aitken. 
Vocabulary and phrases in English with lots of images. For beginners.
http://www.trentu.ca/spanish/masarriba/

Vocabulary exercises by Sarah and John of Lingolex 
Includes verb charts for English speakers, tutorials on ser/estar, plus a database of websites for learning Spanish. Beginners-elementary level.
http://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm

Listening- BoB (Box of Broadcasts)

The Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is the University of Surrey's media archive service which allows you to search and watch programmes from the archive. The link below will take you to a playlist of programmes which have been recorded on BoB. Watching these programmes is a great way of improving your listening skills and learning about Spanish language and culture.

When you click on a video it will ask you to log in to BoB. You can use your Surrey username and password to log in and watch the programme.

Spanish language, culture and film on BoB

Grammar and Exercises

Elementary Level

Matthew D. Stroud, Department of Modern Languages, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
Excellent grammar tutorials for elementary and intermediate levels.
http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/index.html

Spanish Grammar Exercises by Barbara Kuczun Nelson
Excellent grammar and reading exercises in English with tutorials and charts. Elementary - intermediate levels.
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php

Spanish Language Exercises by Juan Ramón de Arana, Ursinus College
Excellent grammar and cultural exercises, with sections on: adjectives, conjunctions, numbers, object & relative pronouns, por/para, articles, verbs, syntax, literature, videos & vocabulary. Elementary - intermediate level.
http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/

Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing and cultural exercises for beginners and elementary levels from ELJUEGO.
http://cajondesastre.juegos.free.fr/cajondesastre_homepage.htm

Intermediate Level

James R. Heinrich y Dulce Mª López
3 parts: reading comprehension with exercises (intermediate level); grammar revision for English speakers (intermediate level); and Mexican recipes.
http://www.ballenitas.com

Juan Manuel Soto Arrivi
Excellent grammar exercises: verbs (Pretérito/Imperfecto, Future Tense, Subjunctive, gustar), pronouns, prepositions, translation exercises.
http://www.indiana.edu/~call/ejercicios.html

Advanced Level

Fred F. Jehle, Dept. of International Language and Culture Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Grammar for undergraduate language students.
http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/S210.HTM

Página del idioma castellano
Advanced grammar, sayings and idioms, manual de estilo.
http://www.arcom.net/belca/como_esc/index.html

Excelent page by Zdravko Batzarov for English-speaking undergraduates students of Spanish Linguistics. Sections on: general overview of Spanish, History, descriptive grammar (only charts, no exercises), vocabulary and texts.
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Spanish/index.html

All Levels

Spanish Learning Resources 
Links to pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and verb drills. Beginner to upper-intermediate level - in English
http://www.studyspanish.com

Centro Virtual Cervantes, Aula de Lengua
Reading comprensión (Lecturas paso a paso); exercises (all levels); activities (Didacteca); games (Pasatiempos).
http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/

Exercises including orthographic rules, by Mariano Santos Posada.
http://roble.pntic.mec.es/~msanto1/lengua/

Recursos: Lengua Española by M. Shade
Resources to study Spanish: grammar, exercises, dictionaries, courses and linguistics
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/languages/recursos/lengua.html

Spanish.about.com
Links, news, culture, anecdotes, articles and resources on Spanish, grammar. All levels - in English.
http://spanish.about.com/learnspanishgrammar

 Spanish Linguistics

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Page maintained by Joaquim Llisterri for undergraduate language students. Portal with links to Spanish language and linguistics materials, by topic.
http://liceu.uab.es/~joaquim/applied_linguistics/new_technologies/LengEsp_Materiales_WWW.html

Phonetics

CASLT: Canadian Association of Spanish Language Teachers
List of websites to practice listening, speaking and pronunciation: http://www.caslt.org/resources/modern-lang/spanish-resource-links-listening1_en.php

A course in phonetics by Peter Lagefoged
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) sounds (pronunciation and table): http://hctv.humnet.ucla.edu/departments/linguistics/VowelsandConsonants/course/chapter1/flash.html

University of Iowa 
Brilliant Spanish Phonetics site with video and sound, pictures of the articulation of the sounds, video of how they are pronounced. Click on the Spanish flag.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Page maintained by Joaquim Llisterri on Spanish Phonology and Phonetics. Advanced:
http://liceu.uab.es/~joaquim/phonetics/fon_esp/fonetica_espanol.html

Resources for Teachers

Bopotheek Spaans : Recursos para profesores
http://www.bop.vgc.be/bopotheek/spaans/recursos.html

Recursos para profesores de español lengua extranjera
Resources for Spanish teachers divided by topic: sites of interest; resources; literature; poetry; learning Spanish; exercises; online courses; logicales: programas-autor; press cuttings; news of the day; chatroom/forum; search engines; audiovisual media; culture; universities; libraries and books; official sites
http://3w.mundivia.es/jcnieto/ind_es.htm

Portals for Spanish Sites

La página del idioma español
http://www.elcastellano.org/index.html

EspañOlé by Susan Seraphine-Kimel
Links for Spanish teachers and students, with sections on: language; sayings and idioms; literature; teachers; fine arts; Hispanic countries; History; cooking; travelling.
http://www.espanole.org