Spanish Language & Media
Grammatical Help
A new reference grammar of modern Spanish. 3rd
ed. NTC Publishing, 2000. REF PC 4112 B88 2000
Diccionario gramatical y de dudas del idioma...
Editorial R. Sopena, 1985. REF PC 4105 M35 1985
An excellent gateway site for numerous topics related to Spanish is La Pagina del Idioma Español, which has lots of useful links, for dictionaries, radio stations, etc.
The page for Indiana University's Spanish CALL Project includes grammar review, exercises, links to other sites for grammar help and cultural links as well.
The free online tutorial, Learn Spanish, offers lots of free features, including pronunciation help, a link to the online translator, Babelfish (which will show you the pros and considerable cons of machine translation....), cultural links, and much more. The pronunciation program requires Macromedia's Shockwave software, and the page provides a links to a free download.
Dictionaries
Diccionario de la lengua Espanola, 20th ed. Real Academia Espanola, 1984 REF PC 4625 A3 1984
You can access the Real Academia Española 's dictionary site and search the 22nd edition of its Diccionario de la Lengua Española.
Try YourDictionary for a listing of other dictionaries, including bilingual English-Spanish.
Language Practice
Study abroad programs provide the opportunity for daily exercise in a language, Try BU's International Studies web site for a listing of programs with which we have connections.
The links below connect to radio and tv stations which offer listening opportunities especially valuable for learning the colloquial, i.e., every-day language, which is often quite different from the classroom variety.
Media
News Sources
The BU Libraries subscribes to the print version of El Pais, Spain's major daily newspaper, and you can also connect to it from the Libraries' News web site. Be aware that the web version differs from the print, which is the case in all media that have both print and electronic versions.The web version may not carry the same article and you are very restricted in searching past, or archival, issues and even the details of current stories.
The LEXIS-NEXIS database also covers El Pais beginning with 1996 and offers indexing, which means you can search. From the LEXIS-NEXIS home page, click on "Guided News Research" and then choose "Non-English Language" as your News Category and then "Spanish Language" as your News Source. Click on "Source List" to see all the Spanish-language publications covered by the database. Remember to use Spanish terms to search. For example, a search on "indians" has only 3 results; a search on "indios": turns up 333 articles.
An excellent web site for current coverage (last 2 months) is maintained by the World News Network. You can search its sources, which include print and media broadcasts, by specific language.
News and Newspapers Online link to many newspapers, arranged by country and then alphabetical by city. Many of them have a regional focus.
A site called AllYouCanRead lists Spanish-language magazines by category. The Libraries also subscribe to two print Spanish-language weekly news pagazines. Cambio 16, from Spain is kept for 3 months; Siempre! from Mexico is retained and bound.
Radio & Television
The COMFM web site lists and connects to live Spanish language radio stations in Spain and in South America. It also includes tv stations that have webstreams. However, please note the media software required to listen or view.
Cinema
The Spanish Ministry of Culture has a good site with links for Spanish cinema, including Basque and Catalan films.
The Zona Latina web site has a huge listing of links related to cinema in Latin America.