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NYS World Language Standards Initiative: Authentic Resources -- Spanish
This Wakelet provides you access to collections of and information about authentic resources. Highlighted in New York State World Language Standard 1: Interpretive Communication, authentic resources can motivate and support students' target language use and cultural understanding.DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
"A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals."International Children's Digital Library
Read children's books in 54 languages free and online."Aims to promote the use of television content to explore Europe's rich and diverse cultural history. It will create access to over 30,000 items of programme content and information, and by developing a number of interactive functionalities and dynamic links with Europeana it will prove valuable to the widest range of cultural, educational and recreational users.""The radio map of the world. Now you can listen to the live broadcast of all FM and AM radio stations from major cities around the world. Just select a city on the map, review the full frequency list and click on the station name to listen online."Includes Kandel and Moles score for French and Fernandez-Huerta for Spanish.Back to Top
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NYS World Language Standards Initiative: Authentic Resources -- French
This Wakelet provides you access to collections of and information about authentic resources. Highlighted in New York State World Language Standard 1: Interpretive Communication, authentic resources can motivate and support students' target language use and cultural understanding.Video lessons with French students studying abroad. From the University of Texas at Austin."H-France is a scholarly organization promoting the study of French and Francophone history and culture online. Since its origins in 1991, H-France has grown into a central source of scholarly information and publications related to French history, literature, art history, musicology, film studies, and philosophy. Publishing five open access journals and supporting a discussion list, a Scholars Registry, and a website, the H-France Editorial Team is composed of a large group of volunteers whose efforts are the heart and soul of its operations. ""BAnQ numérique vise à faciliter la recherche, le partage et la découverte des ressources numériques et du patrimoine documentaire québécois. Ce projet se veut évolutif et vise, à terme, à rassembler en un lieu virtuel unique les multiples interfaces et collections numériques de BAnQ (ressources numériques, documents du patrimoine québécois et livres numériques)." Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec The Cave of LascauxLearn about the famous cave paintings.Back to TopSpanish
Spanish Language and CultureFrom Barbara Kuczun Nelson of Colby.
Spain-Info.comIncludes the culture of Spain, a map of Spain, history of Spain, information about living in Spain, and more!
GoSpain.orgA searchable directory of Spain-related resources. It covers fiestas, cuisine, a forum, art and culture, facts and figures, images, and news and media.
Spain.infoOfficial website for tourism in Spain. Includes information on sightseeing, cuisine, festivals, and various destinations.
JustSpain.orgAn online travel guide that provides information about various aspects of the culture in Spain as well as information about the main city destinations.
Spanish Lexile Analyzer
"Evaluates the reading demand—or readability—of books, articles and other materials.""Part of the Hispanic Digital Library project, the aim of which is public reference and internet dissemination of the bibliographic heritage held in the Biblioteca Nacional. This periodical and newspaper library was created in March 2007 to provide public access to the digital collection of historical Spanish press items housed in the national library, with an initial collection of 143 newspapers and periodicals. The range of titles has been growing, and there are currently 2,371 titles, which is over 67 million pages."