Spanish Class Book List & Links

Book List

All text books are used for a minimum of five terms. New copies of textbooks are available through Lingua Franca. However, the prices for new textbooks can be very high. Students are encouraged to use the Internet (amazon, ebay, half, etc.) to purchase used copies of the texts. A good, used copy of a text can cost as much as fifty percent less then the new copy price. Below is the information that you will need in order to obtain the correct edition of the text being used currently at Lingua Franca. Do NOT Order Editions for Other Years! Please ask your instructor if you will need one of the books listed below or if there will be special assignments for your class.

Title, Copyright, Edition, Publisher	ISBN#
Beginning Level Spanish - A Hola, Amigos! (5th edition), Houghton Mifflin Company	0-618-01183-8
Intermediate Level Spanish - A ¡Repase y escriba! (3rd edition), John Wiley & Sons, Inc.	0-471-17414-9
Intermediate Level Spanish - B Situacions (2nd edition), Valette, Valette, Carrera-Hanley, D.C. Heath & Company	0-669-32280-6

Grammar & Practice Links

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish
Lots of cool ways to practice your Spanish skills.

http://conjuguemos.com
Practice any verb tense under the sun! On this site, you can choose to use vosotros or not.

http://www.davidreilly.com/spanish
Good site for the basics in nice bite-sized bits.

http://geocities.com/athens/thebes/6177
Webspañol. Includes idioms, riddles, chat room, etc.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html
Excellent site! Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The clips are organized by ability level, from Beginning to Superior.

http://lingolex.com/spanish.htm
Good vocabulary lists & tips for learning Spanish.

http://spanish.about.com
Lots of good articles & tips on almost any aspect of learning Spanish.

http://studyspanish.com
Spanish tutorials with tons of lessons, exercises, quizzes & tests.

http://vokabel.com
Good interactive exercises in a simple format.

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Test Your Spanish Links

http://eleaston.com/sp-qz.html
Lots of links to proficiency tests.

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Culture Links

http://www.az-hispanicconnection.com/organizations.htm
A listing of the Hispanic organizations in Arizona.

http://www.borderlinks.org/bl/trips/overview.htm
BorderLinks trips are best described as experiential travel seminars. We offer the opportunity for participants to carefully examine and struggle with many issues that shape the US-Mexico border. Our primary activities are meetings, conversations, and experiences with persons holding differing perspectives and viewpoints on the wide variety of social, economic, faith and political issues at play in the border region.

http://www.museochicano.com/index.html
Museo Chicano is the first and only museum in Arizona that was founded and is operated by Latinos. It is a non-profit, community-based museum that promotes knowledge and appreciation of the cultures of Latinos by presenting local and international exhibitions and educational programs on the art, history, and cultures of Latinos.

http://milagromercado.com/
Sueños, a wonderful Latin American imports store in Phoenix. Here you'll find everything under the Latin American sun!

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News sources Links

http://www.prensaescrita.com/newspapers/costarica.php
A comprehensive listing of daily newspapers from Costa Rica with links to each website.

http://www.prensaescrita.com/newspapers/guatemala.php
A comprehensive listing of daily newspapers from Guatemala with links to each website.

http://www.prensaescrita.com/newspapers/mexico.php
A comprehensive listing of daily newspapers from Mexico with links to each website.

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