Internet Resources

• At Carleton
  • Spanish Department
  • Computing in Spanish and Accents on the Foreign Language Technology pages 
  • http://wordreference.com/ This is an good resource for all levels of Spanish speakers. It serves as dictionary between Spanish-English and English-Spanish. It also has a Spanish-only-dictionary, thesaurus, and verb conjugation page.
  • http://rae.es/rae.html This is a Spanish-only-dictionary established by the Real Academia de Espanol. It is an excellent dictionary for advanced language students.
• Off Campus
  • Spanish News and Magazines
  • El Periódico Online
  • El Pais
  • Cultures of the Andes -- available in Spanish and Quechua
  • Ciberayllu

  Newspapers (Puerto Rico)

  • El Nuevo Día
    http://www.elnuevodia.com/

    Primera Hora
    http://www.primerahora.com/

    Claridad
    http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/

    El Vocero
    http://www.vocero.com/
    Economics

    Economía y Finanzas (Spain)
    http://www.economiafinanzas.com/

Spanish Resources at the Language Center

• Reference
  • Cassell's Spanish English Dictionary
  • The Concise American Heritage Spanish Dictionary

• Tapes, CDs and books for the casual learner and/or the traveler
  • Berlitz Spanish for Travelers (3 copies)
  • Colloquial Spanish CD/book set
  • Colloquial Spanish of Latin America
  • The Random House Spanish Video Program (2 videos and instructor's guide)
• Short Stories and Fairy Tales
  • Spanish Short Stories (book)
  • Blancanieves y los siete Enanitos
  • La Caperucita Roja
  • Cascanueces
  • El Flautista de Hamelín
  • La Gallinita Trula
  • El Hombrecito de Mazapán
  • El Lobo y las Siete Cabritas
  • El ratón de ciudad y el Ratón de Campo
  • El Soldadito de Plomo
  • Los Tres Cabritillos Traviesos
  • Los Tre Cerditos
  • Los Tres Osos
• We also offer a variety of comprehensive self instruction language programs available by appointment at the Center.

Spanish Learning Resources

• http://www.studyspanish.com/

         This site offers a general review of Spanish material offered at Carleton in the Spanish classes 101, 102, and 103. Overall the review is well suited for those trying to brush up on their Spanish skills.

• http://www.studyblue.com/

         This site offers online flashcards that have been posted for Carleton Spanish classes 101,102, and 204 by multiple Carleton professors, and it offers a wide variety of flashcards on other subjects.

• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
  This page offers many online exercises designed by Colby College, which cover a wide range of different grammatical questions including such things as verb conjugation, por vs. para, ser vs. estar, etc.

  http://roble.pntic.mec.es/~msanto1/ortografia/
  This page gives good direction for improving orthography

  http://spanish-speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/
  This page is designed to improve typing in Spanish and you can monitor your improvement in typing velocity.

  http://www.indiana.edu/~call/
  This page is excellent. It offers many fill in the blank sentences to practice verb conjugation, and many other grammatical exercises.

Studying Spanish Abroad

• https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/peru/

         The Peru program is offered through Carleton College for students who have taken through Spanish 204.

• https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/madrid/

         The Madrid program is also offered through Carleton College for students who have taken Spanish 205 or other upper level courses.

• https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/span/Study_Abroad/

         There are multiple other programs to various Spanish-speaking countries such as Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador and many more.

Spanish Staff/Office Hours: Fall 2011

Spanish Television Programming

• Telemundo
  • LDC Channel 70
  • For schedule:
    • Consult the general DISH Network TV listings grid and scroll to channel 835.
      
• Cine Latino
  • LDC Channel 71
  • For schedule:
    • Follow first step above, but scroll to channel 865 in the TV listings grid.
• TV Azteca
  • LDC Channel 72
  • For schedule:
    • Follow first step above, but scroll to channel 825.
• TVe
  
  • LDC Channel 73
• For more information about Carleton Language Center Satellite TV, see here.