Useful weblinks for Modern Languages |
Vocabulary |
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| http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ | Languages online | |
| http://www.vokabel.com/ | Vocabulary Training Exercises | |
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Use
Google or another
search engine to search for “quia” (include the inverted commas) |
A number of vocabulary exercises. Go to “Explore” and click on “more". If you don't have Java on your PC you will only be able to access parts of the site. | |
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http://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm
and http://www.cyberspain.com/ |
Very useful sites. Lots of topics, especially “20 common errors”, gustar explanations etc | |
| http://www.iteslj.org/v/s | Vocabulary on a variety of topics, with self-checking exercises to take some of the boredom out of learning vocabulary. Browse through the lists for what you need. | |
Grammar practice and tests |
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| http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/index.htm | Excellent basic verb practice; click on “Generate Unique Quiz” icon to test yourself. Follow their suggestions to how to use accents: wrong accents count as mistakes. | |
| http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html | Good for all levels. Even if you can’t access the video and sound, the exercises are brilliant and self checking. | |
| http://modlangs.co.uk/info/index.html | Some pages are free. Browse! | |
| http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ecall/ejercicios.html | Choose “Gramática” for explanations, “Ejercicios” for practice . To check out how to do accents click on “diacríticos”. | |
| http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/self-check/eic.html | Good for verbs – present indicative and gustar | |
| http://www.auladiez.com/ejercicios | Examples from the Spanish Embassy “Español como lengua extranjera”. Some quite demanding exercises. You will only be able to access the free ones. | |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/spanish/index.shtml | Good practice for everyone but especially for GCSE level. Very cheering to find out what you can already do! | |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/news | Excellent comprehension and grammar exercise practice (self checking) plus many articles that could help with coursework! Click on A/L Spanish - the “Semanario” section; also try out the listening section – you can access the transcript too to help you out. | |
Other useful websites |
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| http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishguide.htm | Links to many other sites | |
| http://www.languages.bham.ac.uk/spanish/links.htm | Ditto! | |
| http://www.cec-spain.org.uk/ | ||
| http://www.cec-spain.org/Pub/texttecla.htm | Spanish embassy website. Useful links. Various texts and related exercises | |
Spanish newspaper websites |
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| http://www.el-mundo.es/ | ||
| http://www.abc.es/ | ||
| http://www.elpais.es/ | ||
Spanish search engines: (“buscadores”) |
Often let you access a different range of sites relevant to your topic etc | |
| http://www.yahoo.es/ | ||
| http://www.ole.es/ | ||
| http://www.terra.es/ | ||
| http://www.biwe.es/ |
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