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General Language Learning Resources in Spanish

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• Protagonistas:https://www.vhlcentral.com
• Punto y aparteTextbook:http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/
• Punto y aparteOnline Workbook/Lab Manual:http://books.quia.com/books/
• Stanford Digital Language Laboratory
• Revistas y libros en español: Bibliotecas de la Universidad de Stanford en Facebook

• Installing the U.S. International Keyboard
• Typing reference chart for the U.S. International Keyboard

• Dialnet,full-text books and articles online:https://dialnet.unirioja.es
• Digitalia, full-text books and articles online:http://www.digitaliapublishing.com/
• Informe, full-text articles from Spanish and Spanish-American periodicals:http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=IFME&u=stan90222
• Gran Enciclopedia Iberoamericana:http://www.mienciclo.es/ibero/index.php/Portada_Ibero
• Redalyc, network of academic journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal:http://www.redalyc.org/
• LANIC, Latin American Network Information Center:http://lanic.utexas.edu/

• http://wordreference.com
• http://www.diccionarios.com
• Dictionary of the Real Academia Españolahttp://rae.es/rae.html
• Biblioteca Cervantes:http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/
• BYU Corpus (over 100 million words used in context):http://www.corpusdelespanol.org/hist-gen/
• Reverso Context (for translating phrases and expressions):http://context.reverso.net/traduccion/

• Lingolex bilingual and Spanish chat rooms:http://www.lingolex.com/espanglish.htm
• Letras de canciones Chat:http://letrasdecanciones.net/chat.htm

• Azteca América, information available at:http://www.aztecaamerica.com/
• BBC online programs in Spanish:http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/tv/onlineprogs.shtml
• Canal Encuentro, el canal educativo del Estado argentino:http://www.encuentro.gov.ar
• Caracol Radio (Colombia):http://www.caracol.com.co
• Continental AM 590 (Argentina):http://www.continental.com.ar
• CNN en Español (Estados Unidos):https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/
• EUScreen European video resources:http://euscreen.eu
• Radio Ambulante: Escuela de crónicas radiales:http://radioambulante.org
• Radio Prague in Spanish:http://www.radio.cz/es/
• Radio Televisión Expañola (Spain):http://www.rtve.es
• Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (Southern Spain):http://www.canalsur.es/
• Radio UNAM (Mexico):http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/
• Radio Universidad de Puerto Rico:http://www.wrtu.pr
• Radiooooo Radio from different countries and eras:http://radiooooo.com/
• Spanish Internet Radio:http://www.multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-spanish.html#about
• Spanish Language Online Radio (a Hungarian site that directly links to hundreds of Spanish language radio stations worldwide):http://e-spanyol.hu/en/radio.php
• TED en español:https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-en-espanol
• Telemundo:http://msnlatino.telemundo.com/
• Telemundo News on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwA1NUcUnwsly35ikGhp0A
• Univision:http://www.univision.com/portal.jhtml
• Huge list of links to stations throughout the Americas:http://www.zonalatina.com/Radio.htm

• Radio Única KIQI 1010 AM (Mostly talk radio)
• La Caliente 94.1FM & 1450 AM (Mostly rancheras)
• La Calle 100.7 & 105.7 FM (Mostly reggaetón)
• Radio Sol 98.9 / 99.1 FM (Mostly pop)
• La Nueva Radio Romántica KBRG 100.3 FM (Mostly ballads and pop)

• Univisión Canal 14, programming information available at:http://univision14.univision.com
• Telemundo Canal 48, programming information available at:http://www.telemundoareadelabahia.com
• Telemundo Noticias on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwA1NUcUnwsly35ikGhp0A

• http://www.cnnenespanol.com
• http://www.todalaprensa.com
• http://www.prensaescrita.com
• Clarín (Argentina) http://www.clarin.com/
• La Nación (Argentina) http://www.lanacion.com
• Bolivia.com (Bolivia) http://www.bolivia.com
• La Razón (Bolivia) http://www.la-razon.com
• Los Tiempos (Bolivia) http://lostiempos.com
• El Mercurio (Chile) http://diario.elmercurio.com
• El Tiempo (Colombia) http://www.eltiempo.com/
• La Nación (Costa Rica) http://www.nacion.com/
• Cubanet (Cuba) http://www.cubanet.org
• Granma (Cuba) http://www.granma.cu/
• El Comercio (Ecuador) http://www.elcomercio.com
• El Universo (Ecuador) http://eluniverso.com
• El Diario de Hoy (El Salvador) http://www.elsalvador.com
• El Faro (El Salvador) http://www.elfaro.net/es/
• El País (España) http://elpais.es
• Prensa Libre (Guatemala) http//:www.prensalibre.com
• Diario Rombé (Guinea Ecuatorial) https://diariorombe.es
• El País Guinea Ecuatorial (Guinea Ecuatorial y España) http://elpais.com/tag/guinea_ecuatorial/a
• La Prensa (Honduras) https://www.laprensa.hn/
• La Opinión (Los Angeles, CA) http://laopinion.com/
• La Jornada (México) http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/
• Excelsior (México) http://www.excelsior.com.mx/
• El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL) http://www.elnuevoherald.com
• El Diario (NY, NY) http://www.eldiariony.com
• La Prensa (Nicaragua) http://www.prensa.com/nicaragua/
• El Siglo (Panamá) http://elsiglo.com/
• Última Hora (Paraguay) http://www.ultimahora.com
• Caretas (Perú) https://caretas.pe/
• El Comercio (Perú) http://elcomercio.pe/
• La República (Perú) http://www.larepublica.pe
• El Vocero (Puerto Rico) https://www.elvocero.com/
• El Caribe (República Dominicana) http://www.elcaribe.com.do
• El Listín Diario (República Dominicana) http://www.listin.com.do
• El Tecolote (San Francisco, CA) http://accionlatina.org/es/nuestro-periodico/
• La Oferta (San José, CA) http://www.laoferta.com/
• El Nacional (Venezuela) http://www.el-nacional.com

• Ambientico, Costa Rican magazine on the environment: https://www.ambientico.una.ac.cr/
• Art Nexus, Colombian magazine on Latin American art and its repercussions for the international art scene: http://www.universes-in-universe.de//artnexus/espanol.htm
• Cambio 16, Spanish weekly on politics, culture, economy, and society: http://www.cambio16.com
• Caretas, Peruvian weekly renowned for investigative journalism: https://caretas.pe
• Contratiempo, Argentine magazine of literary criticism, art and culture: http://www.revistacontratiempo.com.ar/
• Envío, Nicaraguan monthly political magazine covering Nicaragua and Central America: http://www.envio.org.ni/index.es
• Etiqueta Negra, Peruvian monthly including chronicles, essays, interviews, and reports by Peruvian and international writers: http://www.etiquetanegra.com.pe/
• Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, includes translations of current and classic articles from Foreign Affairs as well as Spanish language feature essays commissioned exclusively for the Latin American version: http://fal.itam.mx/FAE/
• Gatopardo, Colombian/Mexican monthly on pop culture, fashion, and current affairs: http://www.gatopardo.com/
• El Gráfico: Argentine sports monthly nicknamed the "Bible of Sports": http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/
• Investigación y Ciencia, Spanish science magazine: http://www.investigacionyciencia.es
• Letras Libres, Mexican monthly covering culture, literature, poetry, essays, news features, and literary criticism: http://www.letraslibres.com/
• Malpensante, Colombian literary magazine including literary criticism, essays, and poetry: http://www.elmalpensante.com/
• Mama-Coca, Colombian online academic journal on complexity, conflict, and drugs in the American region: http://www.mamacoca.org/
• Nueva Sociedad, Latin American monthly on social and political analysis: http://www.nuso.org/
• Proceso, Mexican left-wing political magazine: http://www.proceso.com.mx/
• Qué Pasa, Chilean weekly covering current events, culture, politics, business, and technology: http://www.quepasa.cl/
• Quehacer, Peruvian magazine on critical thinking, culture, and opinion: https://revistaquehacer.lamula.pe

• Chicanas.com: http://www.chicanas.com
• Cuéntame de México (México para niños): http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx
• Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón ("Quino"): https://www.quino.com.ar
• México Nación Multicultural: http://nacionmulticultural.unam.mx
• Museo Arte de Puerto Rico: http://www.mapr.org
• Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino: http://www.precolombino.cl/
• Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (México): http://www.museodeartecarrillogil.com/
• Museo del Barrio (Nueva York, USA): http://www.elmuseo.org/
• Museo Nacional de Antropología (México): http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/
• Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico): http://www.museoarteponce.org/index.php
• Museo del Prado (Madrid, España): https://www.museodelprado.es
• Spanish-speaking Nobel Prize winners: http://listas.20minutos.es/lista/premios-nobel-de-habla-hispana-67738/

• Amnistía Internacional ¿Qué son los derechos humanos?: https://www.es.amnesty.org/en-que-estamos/temas/derechos-humanos/
• Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos de México: https://www.cndh.org.mx/derechos-humanos/que-son-los-derechos-humanos
• Memoria Virtual Guatemala: http://www.memoriavirtualguatemala.org/#section-biblioteca
• National Immigration Justice Center: https://immigrantjustice.org/espanol
• Secretaría de Derechos Humanos de Argentina: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/derechoshumanos
• United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights: https://www.un.org/es/universal-declaration-human-rights/
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Chart): https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible/
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Text): https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/processes/post2015/owg/proposal/spanish

• Biblioteca Cervantes Literatura, Videoteca Virtual (video recordings of literary classics from Spain): http://bib.cervantesvirtual.com/seccion/literatura/psegundonivel.jsp?conten=videoteca
• Fonoteca virtual (audio recordings of literary classics from Spain): http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_voces/index.shtml
• Gutenberg Project en español: https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/es

• History of rock worldwide: http://rockonline.8m.net
• Latinx Music and Culture Festivals throughout the US and abroad: https://www.everfest.com/cultural/hispanic-latino-festivals
• Lyrics, movies, sports and more: http://letrasdecanciones.net
• Traditional songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and games in Spanish: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/songsrhymes.html

• Academia de Ciencias de América Latina: http://acal-scientia.org
• El País, Ciencia en Español: http://elpais.com/agr/ciencia_en_espanol/a
• Investigación y Ciencia, Spanish science magazine: http://www.investigacionyciencia.es
• Latin American Science: http://latinamericanscience.org/

• El Gráfico (Argentina): http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/
• Sports: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/
• Sports (España): http://www.marca.com/
• Sports (España): http://www.mundodeportivo.com/

• El castellano, la página del idioma español: http://www.elcastellano.org
• Global Language Online Support System (GLOSS, free language lessons from the Defense Language Institute): https://gloss.dliflc.edu
• Habla Cultura: Textos para aprender español: https://hablacultura.com/cultura-textos-aprender-espanol/
• Linguistic functions and service encounters, from greetings to phone use to travel reservations and more, enacted, transcribed, and translated: http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/resources-by-language/65
• Punto y coma, audio magazine for Spanlang language learners:
  http://www.pyc-revista.com/
• Spanish dialect samples, "La Dialectoteca": http://dialects.its.uiowa.edu/#

• Accents Library from the Defense Langage Institute: https://accents.dliflc.edu
• Catálogo de voces hispánicas (Centro Virtual Cervantes):
  http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/voces_hispanicas/default.htm
• Dialectoteca del español (University of Iowa):
  http://dialects.its.uiowa.edu/#
• Movie trailers dubbed in Latin American and Peninsular varieties of Spanish:
  http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/tag/doblado-doblado/
• Phone conversations in Spanish from a variety of countries on varied topics that the listener can select:
  https://phone.dliflc.edu/default_spanish.asp
• Varied Latin American accents combined in a single audio:
  http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/latin_american_accents.html
• Vocabulary item differences, Mexico and Spain:
  http://www.sparkenthusiasm.com/vocabulary_spain_vs_mexico.html

• Assessment: Free grammar, reading and listening language assessments from the Defense Language Institute: https://oda.dliflc.edu
• Conjuguemos.com list of links to specific verb exercises
• Grammar review activities and exercises: http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
• Learning strategies for Spanish grammar: http://www.carla.umn.edu/strategies/sp_grammar/index.html
• Verb conjugator: http://www.spaleon.com/index.php

Pronunciation: http://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/index.html#spanish

• Vocabulary for basic themes (e.g., foods, family, animals, etc.): http://www.quia.com/pages/merritt.html
• Advanced vocabulary, "dudas" and more: http://www.fundeu.es