Sitios utiles

Sitios utiles (Useful websites)

Organizations of foreign langauge curriculum:

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: www.actfl.org - This website gives the national standards for foreign language in the public school system.

Instructional Services: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: www.ncpublicschools.org - This website creates and evaluates curriculum for all subject areas in the K-12 program.

Learning the language:

Learn Spanish: www.studyspanish.com - This website gives help with Spanish pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, specific situations, and cultural questions.

E.L. Easton Languages Online: http://eleaston.com Tested out by my friend, this site has opportunities to test your reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills for a multitude of languages. Speakers are necessary for use of this site.

Fodors.com: http://www.fodors.com/language/ This site is cool because it lets you choose from different situations and phrases that are useful in each situation.

Glastonbury Foreign Language : http://foreignlanguage.org/forstudents/index.htm - This is another website devoted to the study of languages such as French, German, Spanish, and Latin

Cactus Language: http://www.cactuslanguage.com/search/courses.php?language=Spanish&source=OvertureCLUS This website is an online course for learning Spanish.

Anders Languages: http://www.anderslanguages.com/?source=Overture - This is a website that sets up residential language courses.

don Quijote Language courses: http://www.donquijote.org/ppc - This site offers Spanish courses in Spain and in Latin America.

Learn Spanish in Costa Rica: http://www.conversa.net/ - This site sets up people to learn Spanish in Costa Rica.

Spanish Abroad Inc.: http://www.spanishabroad.com/financialaid.htm - This website offers a wealth of opportunities to fund study aboard and learn Spanish. I might even try to apply myself for some of the scholarships!

Cultural:

All About Spain: http://www.red2000.com/spain/index-eng.html Here you can all sorts of information about Spain.

Andalucia: www.andalucia.com - This website is a great place to look for information about Andalucia (the southernmost region in Spain, and the area where I lived!).

Mexico Online: http://www.mexonline.com - This is an online guide to Mexico.

The Day of the Dead: http://www.mexonline.com/daydead.htm - At this link the history the Mexican tradition called "Day of the Dead" is told, explaining the ritual and why it's done.

Media in Spanish:

Univision: http://www.univision.com Spanish-language television network is widely seen as a one-stop shop for national and international news. (Courtesy of The News & Observer)

Google Español: www.google.com/intl/es/ Google's main site is in English, but the company also offers a Spanish-language search site. (Courtesy of The News & Observer)

Reforma: www.reforma.com Home page for one of the Mexico's largest newspapers. (Courtesy of The News & Observer)

Yahoo en Español: http://espanol.yahoo.com Provides search help and most popular search results in Spanish. (Courtesy of The News & Observer)

Discovery en Español: http://enespanol.discovery.com/ Popular education cable-TV channel provides scientific information in Spanish. (Courtesy of The News & Observer)

Miscellaneous:

Exchange Rates: http://www.x-rates.com/ - You can find out what the exchange rate of the America dollar is compared to any other currency in the world! They also have a currency converter.

Altavista: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/globalservices?q=Language+Schools&t=lsc - This website has a link displaying links to various language schools.

RACE: The Power of Illusion: http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm - This is an excellent website by PBS about racial sorting and how you cannot tell what a person's ethnicity is just by looking at them!

¡Muchas gracias a una de mis estudiantes y unos amigos míos para darme la información!