Resources
Materials I've created:
Directories of materials (handouts and downloads):
Kahoots (play in preview mode by creating an account and searching for kahoots by my username, profesoraanita):
Pronombres de objeto directo (interpretación)
Oraciones subordinadas nominales
3rd semester exam 1 review (textbook Imagina)
3rd semester exam 2 review (textbook Imagina)
3rd semester final exam review (textbook Imagina)
Spanish grammar final exam review
1st semester exam 1 review (textbook Panorama)
Crossword puzzles (printable versions of all puzzles here):
Regular verbs in the present tense
Irregular verbs in the present tense
Regular verbs in the preterit tense
Some irregular verb types in the preterit tense
All irregular verb types in the preterit tense
Recreation and leisure activities
Hot potatoes:
Miscellanea:
Dictionary advice for students
Other resources for teachers:
http://www.eclipsecrossword.com Create crossword puzzles that you can print out & use in class or post online. Check out puzzle links under Activities for some examples.
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm Create Jeopardy games for your classes; good for reviews and more!
http://www.flashcardmachine.com Create online flashcards for yourself or your students, or use ones that have already been created.
https://www.bingocardcreator.com This is the only site that I’ve posted that isn’t free, but it’s definitely worth the money. Instead of buying multiple BINGO games, you can purchase and download this software for $25.00 and create an unlimited number of BINGO games. Site owner is pleasant and responds quickly to questions.
http://bingocardmaker.sourceforge.net/#Download Free, and you can make bingo cards with images. Great for reviewing vocab!
http://www.eduplace.com Has a list of bilingual resources (most suited to elementary level) and very nice quality outline maps.
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Program available at no cost to educators who make their materials freely available; you can create a variety of different kinds of activities and post them online.
Resources for students:
Options for adding accent marks to letters:
Grammar Activities:
www.studyspanish.com Practice activities and tutorials on vocabulary, grammar & pronunciation
www.busuu.com Vocabulary, grammar & interaction with native speakers
http://personal.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/ Grammar activities for all levels of Spanish learners
https://conjuguemos.com Grammar exercises for all levels of Spanish learners
www.lingolex.com Links to lots of different practice activities and a verbconjugator
www.spanishunlimited.com You have to join to have access to past lessons, but membership is free
www.123teachme.com Vocabulary for conversational Spanish as well as grammar and pronunciation tutorials
spanish.about.com Mostly grammar lessons
Vocabulary Sites:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com Create your own flash cards or use ones that have already been created
http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/courses/vrbsprep.htm List of verbs that take prepositions
Dictionaries, Translators and Forums*:
*These sites are somewhat useful for looking up individual words, but should never be used to translate phrases, sentences, paragraphs, etc. Here’s why:
Multimedia:
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/laexec/laexec.html Business & medical Spanish video clips, as well as general Spanish video clips (under Spanish Proficiency link at the bottom of the page)
http://formespa.rediris.es/canciones/ Songs in Spanish with activities and lessons you can use in the classroom or on your own
www.notesinspanish.com Podcast lessons at various levels
Spanish for Specific Purposes:
Medical Spanish:
Spanish Linguistics Sites:
Download IPA font Spanish pronunciation
http://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/spanish/spanish.html Contains a list of all sounds in Spanish with their phonetic symbol, recordings, and animated videos of how to pronounce each sound.
http://dialectos.osu.edu/aboutus.cfm Contains a list of all sounds in Spanish with recordings, as well as a list of recordings from speakers of various dialects of Spanish
Orbis Latinus A website that contains information on a variety of Romance languages, including Spanish.
http://linguistlist.org/ Contains links to a variety of resources (general linguistics site; not specific to Spanish)
Fun links (videos):