Melisa Dracos

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ANGEL in the classroom

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Spanish Resources

Use of Technology in the classroom

Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

Spanish Basic Language Program (SBLP)

Links to Spanish Resources

http://www.wordreference.com/
This site is a great resource because it is very descriptive in its definitions and offers on-line forums where you can post any questions you might have and other students and native speakers of Spanish can respond.

http://www.spaleon.com/index.php
This site focuses on verbs and provides a fairly comprehensive “conjugator” tool for individual verbs, as well as a conjugation trainer for students to practice the conjugation of infinitives, including the present tense, preterit, imperfect, future, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive, and conditional.

http://www.studyspanish.com/
This website contains excellent (yet brief) grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation lessons, as well as creative practice activities, audio drills with native speakers, verb drills, and grammar quizzes where students receive immediate feedback. A good portion of these activities and exercises are free; however, if students subscribe to the site and pay a nominal fee, they will have access to more detailed lessons as well as to additional services and self-evaluation measures.

http://www.spanishunlimited.com/su/
This website offers a variety of free services and information about the Spanish language including, but not limited to, colloquialisms, jokes, basic vocabulary, travel information and most importantly videos and audio files that serve as authentic material for the Spanish language learner. 

www.cervantesvirtual.com/
This is the official website for Instituto Cervantes. Here students can access a wide array of complete literary texts in Spanish.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ojala/index.html
This website offers activities than can help students understand and practice using the present subjunctive through the analysis of a popular Dominican merengue song.

http://www.univision.com/portal.jhtml
This is the official website for Univisión,a Hispanic TV channel. Here students can discover the latest news in sports, entertainment, politics and music, among other things.

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