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Following are program descriptions and links: for Spanish If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. Jack Star www.jaystar@ix.netcom.com |
Multilingual Links
Illustrated Kid's Dictionary. This is an limited dictionary in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. These are very basic words, mostly nouns, arranged in alphabetical order. Some of the words are more widely used than others. However, you should be able to develop a 300 to 400 word vocabulary rather quickly. Make your own word lists and flashcards.
Vocabulary Training Exercises in English, German, French and Spanish. This site developed by Rene Kondratsky is in quiz format. It includes 21sets of vocabulary, 3 serts of verb lists, and conjugation of tenses in the Present, Imperfect, Past, Present Perfect, Future, Conditional, Present Subjunctive. The words do seem to be missing diacritical marks, so be sure to add them to your flash cards when you look them up in a dictionary. Start witn Basic Words, then Useful Words, then Adjectives 1, General Vocabulary 1, Adjectives 2, and then General Vocabulary 2 and 3. Intersperse a session with Verbs after every two vocabulary sessions. You can go back periodically to build vocabulary in the other specific topics.
Tourist Vocabulary. This site has basic travel terms in over 70 languages. Each is broken into 7 units with a quiz for each unit and click on audio for pronunciation of all of the words. You can use a free translation service (about 150 words) from Babelfish
Multilingual Audio
Many sites let you listen to the spoken language. (You must have Real Audio player software installed. The software is free and you can download it from any of the audio sites you visit.) Most of the sites are news broadcasts and, initially, you will probably not understand most of it. However, as your vocabulary improves, you will begin to follow along better. Listening to the language, even though you may not understand all the words, gives you an idea of language patterns and phrasing.
Deutsche Welle. These broadcasts are delivered in 35 languages. Choose the language from the select menu. This site also has scrolling text of news items, though they are not synchronized with the audio.
VOA (Voice of America) Internet Audio. When you click on one of the links on this page, the selected program will be transmitted to your computer by their RealAudio server in real time.
The MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet. Links to over 8000 radio stations around the world.
BBC Language Education Provides a practical vocabulary with audio files, quizes and other help.
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Web Spanish Lessons by Tyler Jones. This has three lessons and a number of links.
English-to-Spanish Online Dictionary
Learn SpanishHas some online language lessons/tutorials, Spanish culture introductions, and information about products for learning Spanish. Bilingual
Cultures of the Andes Contains many stories. Click on Short Stories (Under Other Andean Topics). Each paragraph is in English and Spanish
Periodical Links Select from hundreds of spanish periodicals organized by country
TECLA The Spanish teachers/students on-line magazine. Audio
BBC Spanish Service also has streaming audio of the various news stories.
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