Resources
Technology & Websites
IDEAS ON HOW TO BECOME FLUENT
WEBSITES FOR GRAMMAR,READING,LANGUAGE INTERACTION, AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION · http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ BEST SITE OUT THERE!!!!
· BEST SITES FOR NEWS! http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ http:/http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
· ME GUSTA: bbcmundo - fb/twitter
· www.nulu.com – great EASY reading source / APPS: BrainPopSpanish EXCELLENT FOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION!!!!!!
· www.busuu.com – create a fake profile to learn online & interact w/ native speakers
· Realidades 3: http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jek&wcsuffix=0001
· Realidades 2: http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jdk&wcsuffix=0001
· Realidades 1:http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jck&wcsuffix=0001
· En Marcha:http://www.phschool.com/atschool/en_marcha/
Technology & Websites
IDEAS ON HOW TO BECOME FLUENT
- Listen to Spanish-language radio (on the Internet, try a site like Pandora Radio Latino) for one hour (music) or 30 minutes (talk–like Radio ONU).
- Watch television in Spanish for 30 minutes.
- Change your Facebook/Twitter language to Spanish and play on Facebook/Twitter for an hour.
- Read a Spanish-language newspaper for 30 minutes. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp
- Play around on one or more corporate Spanish-language websites for 45 minutes (Disneylatino, Apple.com/es, and Warnerbrothers.es are examples) .
- Read a book in Spanish for 30 minutes (You can check these out at the local public library or school library)
- Change your cell phone or mp3 player’s language to Spanish for an entire week.
- Read the directions in Spanish of four items in your house (e.g. detergent).
- Read the last 30 Spanish-language tweets by one or more Spanish-speaking artists or politicians on Twitter
- Read an article about a famous Latino musician or politician in Spanish on Wikipedia.
- Watch 3 videoclips on sports and 3 videoclips on current news on Univision.com.
- Compile a list of 30 Spanish words related to the profession you hope to have
- Explore the Spanish-language section of a bookstore (music, kids’ books, and/or adult books) for 30 minutes and find at least two things you would like to own.
- Attend a cultural event such as a quinceañera.
- Find a recipe on a site like Mi Cocina Latina or Qué Rica Vida and prepare it.
- Listen to at least 5 clips on Audio Lingua.
- Watch at least 5 clips on 5 different topics from UT proficiency site or the LangMedia site.
- Play around on the iTunes Latino or Spotify and find 2 albums or 5 songs you would like to own.
- Read along as you listen to at least 2 children’s stories at the Audiolibros or the Cuentos Interactivos site.
- Watch at least 3 episodes of the Spanish video series Mi Vida Loca
- View at least 30 minutes of Spanish lessons on biology, math, human anatomy, and more at KhanAcademyEspañol
- Listen to at least 4 news broadcasts in slow spanish at http://www.newsinslowspanish.com/
- Find a Spanish movie or series in Netflix , have a couple friend to watch it and have conversations about it , DON'T USE ENGLISH CAPS!!!!
WEBSITES FOR GRAMMAR,READING,LANGUAGE INTERACTION, AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION · http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ BEST SITE OUT THERE!!!!
· BEST SITES FOR NEWS! http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ http:/http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
· ME GUSTA: bbcmundo - fb/twitter
· www.nulu.com – great EASY reading source / APPS: BrainPopSpanish EXCELLENT FOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION!!!!!!
· www.busuu.com – create a fake profile to learn online & interact w/ native speakers
· Realidades 3: http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jek&wcsuffix=0001
· Realidades 2: http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jdk&wcsuffix=0001
· Realidades 1:http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jck&wcsuffix=0001
· En Marcha:http://www.phschool.com/atschool/en_marcha/
Online Textbook http://go.hrw.com/gopages/wl-sp.html