Resources for Spanish

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Sites with lessons, activities, and audiovisual resources

Interactive (i.e., could be used in class or by learners on their own):

• Many of the Language learning apps & sites listed here also have Spanish lessons.

• Practica Español: https://www.practicaespanol.com/

• Profe de Ele https://www.profedeele.es/

• Conjuguemos Tube (thematic and cultural videos): https://conjuguemos.com/tube/table_of_contents

• Bablingua (Spanish lessons): https://bablingua.com/

• Campus Difusión (video lessons and activities): https://campus.difusion.com/

• Yabla (captioned videos and activities, some free samples): https://spanish.yabla.com/

• Conversa (one-on-one sessions; paid only)

• Wespañol (videos of real-life interactions created for introductory-level college students). There are 2 basic components: Escenas (video scenes) and Temas de estudio (study topics).

• Listening activities: https://www.fluencyprof.com/free-spanish-audio.html

• Spanish Language and Culture with Barbara Kuczun Nelson: https://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.html

• Woodward Spanish (vocab and grammar games, plus printables for class): https://www.spanish.cl/

• EdX (self-paced, free courses offered by universities): https://www.edx.org/learn/spanish

• Todo claro (computer-graded exercises, mostly drills, for different levels) https://www.todo-claro.com/c_index.php

• Grammar exercises (mostly drills) organized by structure, created by Enrique Yepes: https://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/ats/index.html

• Spanish Pod 101: https://www.spanishpod101.com/

• iPractice Spanish (videos, vocab quizzes, readings): https://ipracticespanish.com/

• Ver Taal (vocab, grammar, listening comprehension): http://www.ver-taal.com/index.htm

• EduNovela - TV shows made comprehensible and appropriate to use in class (paid only; they have a few free sample episodes): https://www.edunovela.com/

• Study Spanish - mostly drills and grammar explanations (they also have a paid "course"): https://studyspanish.com/

• Lingolia has interactive reading and listening comprehension activities: https://espanol.lingolia.com/comprension

• The podcast project (listening comprehension quizzes based on authentic podcast episodes)

• For younger learners (or young at heart!):

  • https://garbanzo.io/ (interactive storytelling)

  • https://rockalingua.com/ (songs)

  • https://www.storylabs.online/ (reading & listening, input-based activities; paid, some free samples here)

Not interactive (i.e., materials for educators):

• “The Spanish Experiment” (explanations, vocab lists, stories with audio) https://www.thespanishexperiment.com/learn-spanish

• Audio Lingua (short audio files - search by language, level, etc.): https://www.audio-lingua.eu/

• Jardín de idiomas (mainly printables): http://jardindeidiomas.com/

• Video ELE (videos organizados por nivel y tema): http://videoele.com/zona-profesores.html

• Lápiz de ELE (mainly printables): https://www.lapizdeele.com/

• Spanish playground (printables, videos, etc.)

• Profe de español (activity ideas and printables): https://www.profe-de-espanol.de/category/materiales-ele/

• “Practical Spanish” (audio files, videos, readings; it says it's a course, but there are no interactive components, just materials): https://www.learnpracticalspanishonline.com/index.html

• MarcoELE (lots of PDFs for instructors): https://marcoele.com/actividades/

• Zambombazo (many of the activities are not free, but it could be a great site to discover new resources to use in class): https://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/

• Collection of infographics in Spanish on various topics: https://wke.lt/w/s/G-gp8-

• Collection of chistes y otras cositas lindas: https://wke.lt/w/s/Gut5PU

• Collection of web-based resources related to Spanish in/of the US

Music

• http://www.ver-taal.com/canciones.htm

• Lyrics Training

• Lyricsgaps

• List of songs and music videos organized by country and year

Videos

Series made for learners (most available in full for free online):

• “Destinos”: http://learner.org/series/destinos/

• “Mi vida loca” (no longer available on the BBC site): watch the full story (1 hour) here

• “Habla con eñe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvPI-4JGdyo

• “El cuarto misterioso”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2WSSON8LQfJdvaxsw-EN451S1T5vOJxo

• “¿Eres tú, María?” https://vimeo.com/37349044

• “Lingus TV” (very short sitcom-like videos for Spanish learners): https://www.youtube.com/user/LingusTV/playlists

• “Extra”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLVULqsElvki_riI1ld0QhZJx1wom5Ply

• "Buena gente": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHWAe4rFdBzy69XpSbjA5BuDwfE64Y_8U

YouTube channels and videos for learners:

• Videos of SGEL Español para extranjeros

  • Playlist for Intro Spanish, with captions

• Hablando español

• Of Course Languages - Real Spanish Conversations

• MyRoe Spanish Corner

• Happy Hour Spanish (travel videos in Spain)

• Playlist de Spanishland School (videos of street interviews, vlogs, and other listening activities)

• Easy Spanish (videos of Spanish speakers answering a variety of questions on the street; not all “easy”...)

• Canal de Editorial Difusión (tutorials and videos that accompany their textbooks)

• Dreaming Spanish (stories)

• Grammar explanations by Professor Jason

• Spanish Cuentos (for younger learners)

• Pachas en Peru (short interviews with Peruvian people, most are intermediate and advanced)

Videos of native speakers on various topics:

• “Spanish proficiency exercises” (video interviews and podcasts) https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/siteindex.php

• “Spanish in Texas”: http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/spintx/

• “Las voces de las mujeres”: https://larc.sdsu.edu/voces-mp4/

• “The intercultural classroom” (2 playlists of videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx4NLdbS_hp6R1UN9JB_Ydw/playlists

• http://spanishlistening.org/ (includes transcriptions and some exercises)

• YouTube playlist: niños y jóvenes latinoamericanos hablan de diferentes temas

• Video Archive of Oral Histories in Spanish: https://authenticspanishlanguage.org

• Video collection done by international students in their home countries (Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Spain): https://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/resources-by-language/65

• Audio Lingua (over 1,000 downloadable mp3 files)

• Voces - YouTube playlist of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

Authentic short films and TV shows

• My own collection of short films

• Collection of short films from Colombia

• TED Talks en español

• Series the TVE (España; some of the new ones have captions, which helps with comprehension)

• Short films from all over the world

Textbooks & courses

Ancillary materials available online:

• “BBC Active Spanish”: http://www.bbcactivelanguages.com/TeachersHome/ResourcesSpanish/tabid/97/Default.aspx#suenosWorldSpanish1

• Realidades: http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?area=view&wcprefix=jck&wcsuffix=0001

• Vocabulary activities for several textbooks (Adelante, Arriba, Asi se dice, Avancemos, Aventuras, etc.): https://conjuguemos.com/activities/spanish/vocabulary/1

• Album (audio files of short stories and other literary readings): http://college.cengage.com/languages/spanish/burgy/album/3e/students/index.html

Open Educational Resources:

Courses

• Free courses for beginners; you can access the materials for free, but if you want to take the final exam and get a certificate, you need to pay: https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/spanish-for-beginners

• Open Learn offers several courses: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue

• Elementary Spanish course (sample lesson is free, but there is a $25 fee to access the full course): https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/spanish-i-open-free/

Textbooks

• "Trayectos" (for intro-level college courses, with audiovisual materials and self-grading practice activities, written by Gabriela Zapata)

• Intermediate Spanish online textbook (used in a Spanish course at Appalachian State, written by Catherine Fountain and Elizabeth Deifell)

• Antología abierta de literatura hispana (open access textbook for literature courses)

• Mil Puertas: Lecturas Literarias y Culturales (open access textbook for intro to literature courses)

Reading

Authentic (not necessarily made for learners)

• Ciudad Seva (literatura)

• Viajando por ahi (travel blog)

• Cien palabras (un blog con micro-relatos of 100 words each):

• Afrofeminas (revista digital sobre feminismo negro, interseccionalidad, antirracismo)

• BBC Mundo (news)

• Sitio del periodista Jorge Ramos; algunos ensayos son de política, pero otros son de temas generales, por ejemplo: El país más feliz, o El placer de tirar cosas

• List of online newspapers from all over the world: http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/ (site is no longer updated so not all links work)

Made for learners

• Newsela: https://newsela.com/rules/spanish

• Tecla (revista electrónica con actividades para la clase de español): http://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/reinounido/publicaciones-materiales/publicaciones.html

• Revista Trabalenguas (Audio revista para estudiantes de español): http://revista-trabalenguas.info/

• Children’s stories: https://www.thespanishexperiment.com/stories

• Popular fables and stories: https://www.thefablecottage.com/spanish

• Short stories made for learners: https://readtospeakspanish.com/blog/

• Commonlit.org: https://www.commonlit.org/es/library?language=spanish

• Free audiolibros: https://albalearning.com/audiolibros/

• Cuentos cortos (by Bill VanPatten): https://www.inputandmore.com/cuentos-cortos

• E-lit app (digital library of leveled readers; paid)

• Digilangua (digital library of leveled readers; free trial available)

• Lengua Amiga (blog posts written by students)

• Albricias (essays, poetry, and short articles written by students; all issues available for free online)

• Serie Leamos (open-access collection of Spanish short stories, written & illustrated by students, edited by Dr. Victoria Rodrigo at Georgia State University. You can download them as PDFs, along with glossary & comprehension questions): https://www.staging.serieleamos.com/

• “Revista Literal” (online magazine with short stories written by students, for beginning students) https://revistaliteral.com/

Podcasts

Made for learners:

• Duolingo Podcast (includes transcriptions)

• https://radiolingua.com/category/coffee-break-spanish/

• https://www.newsinslowspanish.com/ (paid, but they have a few free samples)

• http://www.spanishpodcast.org/podcasts/ (includes transcriptions)

• https://www.lengalia.com/en/learn-spanish-for-free/podcasts.html

• “No hay tos” (advanced): https://player.fm/series/series-2286640

• “Notes in Spanish” (all levels): https://www.notesinspanish.com/

• “Españolistos” (intermediate and up): https://www.espanolistos.com/category/podcasts/

• http://www.podcastsinspanish.org/index.shtml

• "Delearte"

• "How to Spanish" Podcast

• "¡Cuéntame!" Learn Spanish with Comprehensible Input

• Fluent in Spanish podcast

Authentic:

• http://radioambulante.org/category/audio

• https://radiopublic.com/ted-en-espaol-GOoaaN (TED podcasts)

• https://jorgeramos.com/podcasts/

• Mija podcast (historias de inmigrantes en inglés, español y árabe)

• List of podcasts for kids and teenagers

• https://www.democracynow.org/es/paginas/podcasting

Social media

Facebook Pages for learners (they share blog posts, word of the day, jokes, tips, etc.)

• https://www.facebook.com/PracticamosEspanol/

• https://www.facebook.com/murodelosidiomas/

• https://www.facebook.com/learn.spanish.language

• https://www.facebook.com/spanish.quotes

• https://www.facebook.com/practicaespanol/

• https://www.facebook.com/Que.Decis.Spanish.For.Foreigners/

Facebook groups for learners:

• “Learn Spanish”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/149992775151265/

• “Language Exchange Partners”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/887987291326299/

• “Español intermedio y avanzado”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/espanol.intermedio/

Authentic Facebook pages:

• https://www.facebook.com/CulturaColectiv/

• https://www.facebook.com/LaGenteAndaDiciendo/

• https://www.facebook.com/CNNee/

• https://www.facebook.com/univisionnoticias/

• https://www.facebook.com/ItchyFeetES/ (cómics)

• https://www.facebook.com/peopleenespanol/

• https://www.facebook.com/pictoline/

• https://www.facebook.com/wawawiwadesign/

Twitter (word of the day, expressions)

• Spanishlanguage

• SpanishDict

• Vamospanish

Platforms to video chat with native speakers of Spanish

• Check out the complete list here