Spanish Blog site

This site has some good reviews of language learning software, as well as reviews of some sites on the internet for learning Spanish - Learn Spanish Rapidly It appears to be pretty unbiased, though she does mention that she gets a commission when people buy programs from her site.

Online Spanish Grammar Book

Free online Spanish Grammar Book. The original link for this was from the site Practice Spanish Online

Software Reviews 2010

Here is the latest software reviews for 2010. Not much different than the previous year. I've tried Tell Me More, the number 1 slot, but didn't find it that entertaining and helpful. I was trying a version through our public library. I would like to try some of the others, I see Rosetta Stone has version 4 and 5 for Spanish now. I wonder if that would be a good place to start?

BBC Site

This site looks pretty interesting for learning spanish - BBC Spanish Site There is a story with videos which I have jus started viewing and it is pretty entertaining. One good thing is that even if what is being taught is basic, you can turn on spanish subtitles to the dialogue, and see all that is being said.

Lomastv.com

I decided to give this site a try, I thought the videos would help me with my listening and comprehension. It is nice to be able to read along with the dialogue in both english and spanish. And I like the fact that if I do no know a word, I can click on it and it automatically adds it to a flash card set for me that I can come back to later and review. One thing that I do not really like is that most of the videos are from spanish tv soap operas. Not exactly what the best thing in my opinion to learn from. It takes some adjusting to get used to their accent. They must drop their "s" in a lot of words. So I plan to stick with the site for 2-3 months until I can get through al the videos, but then I will probably move on to another site...

Live Mocha

Here is a cool site that I have been beginning to use - LiveMocha. You learn new vocabulary through pictures and sound, then get to write a little blurb that other members of the LiveMocha community get to critique. You can also submit a video recording of yourself reading a paragraph that can get critiqued also. It seems to be a fun little site and it measures your progress as well as you go through the various lessons. You can pay for additional features, but so far I am having fun with just the free options!

Still More Sites!

Here are some more interesting sites that I have come across for learning spanish!

• Spanish lex list - three page documents on current issues with vocabulary and downloadable PDFs
• Modern Foreign Language - has some videos in spanish with english subtitles on current issues
• La Casa Rojas - Spanish magazine
• Brain Pop - Spanish on a variety of different topics. Much of this is subscription based
• Discovery Channel - in Spanish!
• Spanish Language and Culture
• Teaching and Learning Spanish

Review of spanish learning web sites

Here is a site that has reviewed what it views as the top 10 spanish learning web sites. It has some good ones on it, but I think one that it missed that should definitely be in the top 10 is spanishdict.com. You can read the reviews here.

Spanish Learning Sites

There are a lot of Spanish language learning sites, some offering just vocabulary, while others offering videos and podcasts. After extensive searching, here are some of the sites that I recommend:

Free!

• SpanishDict - one of my favorite. Free site with video podcasts, exercises, forums and chat
• Study Spanish
• Spanish Uno - vocabulary
• Notes in Spanish
• Spanish-Podcast.com - blog
• About Spanish - lots of useful notes on grammar and pretty much anything else you would want to know
• Practice Spanish Online - links to other useful sites
• E-learn Spanish Language
• Spanish Proficiency Exercises - some videos of various people covering many different topics
• Online Spanish Resources - list of helpful resources
• Orange County Library - if you have an Orange County library card, you can go to Tumblebooks to listen, and in some cases follow along, with spanish children's books. This is a great site!

Some Free, but mostly subscription based:

• Spanishpod101 - Very good podcast site offering newbie, beginner and intermediate podcasts
• Spanishpod - Very good podcast site also offering newbie, beginner, intermediate and advanced podcasts
• Lomas TV - site where you can interact with actual videos of native spanish-speaking people - see later post for a little more in-depth review
• Spanish Language Site - haven't tried this one
• Codys Cuentos - children's stories