Señor Dallas's Spanish Resources
Mantén la calma y habla español
Part 1: Website Resources
Resource 1: SpanishDict
This is a great website, even better than a regular Spanish-English dictionary! This dictionary allows you to type a word in either English or Spanish and it will give you the translation along with many different example sentences on when and how to use the word in English or Spanish! Highly recommended for students learning Spanish and for native Spanish speakers learning English!
Resource 2: Study Spanish
Resource 3: CanTeach Writing Prompts
I find this website to be very useful for any language when you want to have you students write about something. It gives numerous prompts to write about, and even though they are in English, you can translate them yourself into your preferred language and give to your students to write about! They include prompts such as "What is...", "What if...", "What do you think...", "How...", etc.
Resource 4: Mango Languages
Mango Languages is a program, some what similar to that of Rosetta Stone. It offers a variety of languages to learn from, including 2 versions of Spanish (Latin American & Spain). Many public libraries allow users to use this program from free, but Mango Languages also has an option to buy the program. Mango Languages is said to be a fun and interactive way to learn a language. It's also much cheaper than Rosetta Stone. What's also nice about this program is that it also has an app for your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Resource 5: Univisión
Univisión is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It's primarily dedicated for Latin American families who reside in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish-language television viewers in the world. Not only is it a news station, it also has a website that people can utilize to catch up on news. It’s a resource for catching up on news in Latin America. I find this to be a great resource because students can read all of the news in Spanish. It’s a great resource to do current event projects in class and for students to know more about what’s going on in the world.
Resource 6: WikiBooks- Spanish Slang
This website is a great way for students to really learn the types of slang that is used in different Spanish speaking countries. It gives them a sense of how Spanish is spoken in those other countries.
Resource 7: Ciudad Seva
This website is great for finding different short stories and poems written by different Hispanic authors. These readings are for more advanced students and exposes the student to a great deal of new vocabulary and exposes them to literature in Spanish.
Resource 8: Spanish Verb Forms
This website is a wonderful for verb conjugations! It gives numerous verbs in Spanish and their conjugations in the different tenses. It also gives blank templates for filling out the verb in different tenses. This is great when wanting to quiz students on their verb conjugations.
Resource 9: Quizlet
Quizlet is great for making flash cards for any world languages class. It's a great tool for studying! It offers many previous created flash cards and allows you to create your own flash cards and share them with the world!
Resource 10: 123 Teachme
This website offers a great deal of things such as a placement test, top verbs, sentence maker, Spanish videos with English, Spanish dialogues with English, flash cards, quizzes, etc. There are numerous lessons within this website!
Resource 11: Ver Taal
Resource 12: The Creative Language Class
This website is great! I feel that this website will be very beneficial for first year teachers who are trying to design their classroom routines, etc. It provides many different categories with different activities in each category. The categories range from Apps, class decor/routines, first days of school, reading/writing/speaking/listening activities, etc. Definitely check it out!
Part 2: Video Resources
Video 1: Spanish Proficiency Exercises
This is actually a website of videos. Each video has a person from a different Spanish speaking country. The person talks about a topic or different situation. The purpose of these videos is to expose students to different accents and speeds of people when they talk.
Video 2: Diez Minutos
Video 3: Bueno entonces... Music to help you learn Spanish
Video 4: Next Stop Travel: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Video 5: Spanish Class Project (Ayúdame!)
Video 6: Kevin, Karla, y La Banda (Covers of English songs in Spanish)
Video 7: ¿Qué hora es?- Mexican soap opera for those who only had 3 weeks of Spanish in 4th grade (Comedy)
Video 8: Oh, how hard is it to speak Spanish
Video 9: Sr. Wooly videos
Part 3: Reading through TPRS
TPRS Novels
Esperanza (Spanish 1)
A novice-low reader based on fewer than 200 words and written in first person. Perfect for level 1 students!
This novel is based on the chilling true story of a young family caught in the middle of political corruption and unspeakable violence during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. Tired of watching city workers endure countless human and civil rights violations, Alberto organizes a union. When he and his co-workers organize a strike, Alberto and his family find themselves on the government's "extermination" list. The violent situation leaves Alberto separated from his family and forces them all to flee for their lives. Will their will to survive be enough to help them escape and reunite? And if so, will they ever find another place they can call home?
Total word count: 7000 Unique word count: 200
Page count: 67
Piratas del caribe y el mapa secreto (Spanish 1)
Adventure, suspense and deception abound in this novel based on historical fiction. Set in the 1600's, this engaging plot commandeers the reader through a pirate's quest for a secret map and leaves him/her with rich treasures of crucial vocabulary and enhanced language skills.
Total word count: 7500 Unique word count: less than 200
Page count: 54
La Llorona de Mazatlan (Spanish 3)
Laney Morales’ dream of playing soccer in Mazatlan, Mexico soon turns into a nightmare, as she discovers that the spine-chilling legends of old may actually be modern mysteries. Friendless and frightened, Laney must endure the eerie cries in the night alone. Why does no one else seem to hear or see the weeping woman in the long white dress? Laney must stop the dreadful visits, even if it means confessing her poor choices and coming face to face with…La Llorona.
Unique word count: 290
Total word count: 10,000