SPANISH WEBSITES:

This is the site that goes with the textbook. You can practice vocabulary and read more about the different topics covered in each chapter.

   http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/

Preliminar:

• Practice your chapter vocabulary with flashcards and a self-checking quiz.

   http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/page_build.cfm?id=none&u=pre

• Practice your vowels and hear a fun song!

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/pronunciacion_vocales.html

• Practice your pronunciation at these sites!

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/pronunciacion.html

http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/index.htm

• How well do you know your numbers?

   http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/numeros.html

Unidad 1

• Practice your chapter vocabulary with flashcards and a self-checking quiz.

   http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/page_build.cfm?id=none&u=1

• Read more about El Alamo!

http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/alamo.htm

Etapa 1

Etapa 2

• Practice adjective and noun agreement.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/adj_noun.html

• Listen to a real conversation and practice your adjectives and clothing vocabulary!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/shopping/clothes/index.shtml

Etapa 3

• Are you a millionaire? Test your knowledge of family with this game! (if it doesn’t come up click on play HTML version)

http://www.quia.com/rr/33703.html

Unidad 2

• Practice your chapter vocabulary with flashcards and a self-checking quiz.

http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/page_build.cfm?id=none&u=2

Etapa 1

• -AR verb conjugation practice

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/presente_ar.html

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/justar.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

• Los conquistadores.

http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/conqui.htm

Etapa 2

• Practice telling time by listening and writing.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/hora.html

• Do you know when to use ser and when to use estar? Test your knowledge here!

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/ser_estar.html http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/piserestar.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

• Are you a millionaire? Test your knowledge of time with this game! (if it doesn’t come up click on play HTML version)
  http://www.quia.com/rr/46268.html

• Review IR and learn a new verb with the same conjugation pattern; DAR= to give

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/piirdar.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

Etapa 3

• Practice your tener expressions and learn a few new ones!

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/tener_idioms.html

• Practice present tense of regular -ER, IR verbs and Hacer and Salir

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/presente_er_ir.html

• Practice present tense of regular –ER verbs

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/juster.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

• Practice present tense of regular –IR verbs

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/justir.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

• Practice present tense of regular -ER, IR and AR verbs

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/pireg.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

• La Piñata

http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/pinata.htm

• Learn more about Carmen Lomas Garza.

Unidad 3

• Practice your chapter vocabulary with flashcards and a self-checking quiz.

http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1a/page_build.cfm?id=none&u=3

Etapa 1

• Practice expressing what people like.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/gustar1.html

• Venir and Tener pratice

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/pitenven.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

Etapa 2

• How well do you know the difference between saber and conocer? Test your knowledge here.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/saber_conocer.html

• Practice making comparisons!

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/comparisons1.html

• Practice stem changing verbs with these sites.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/presente_stem_change.html

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/piserestar.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/pieie.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

http://www.studyspanish.com/verbs/lessons/pioue.htm (click on generate unique quiz)

Etapa 3

• Present progressive practice.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/pres_prog.html

• Are you a millionaire? Test you knowledge of weather with this game! (if it doesn’t come up click on play HTML version)

http://www.quia.com/rr/40696.html

• Are you a millionaire? Test you knowledge of seasons, months and days with this game! (if it doesn’t come up click on play HTML version)

http://www.quia.com/rr/7267.html

Juegos (games)

• Games to help practice Spanish vocabulary for a variety of topics.

http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/games/#

Additional sites

• This site has a variety of grammar practice activities.

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/index.html

• Lots of cultural notes!

http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/index.htm

• Can’t find the word you need, check out this site for single word translations.

http://www.wordreference.com/

• Read about different holiday traditions in México (for additional articles click on “Mexico: cultural articles)

http://www.inside-mexico.com/MNewsletter.htm

• Euro? What’s that?

http://money.howstuffworks.com/euro.htm

• Holidays around the World

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm

• Tongue twisters anyone?

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/es.htm

• Lists of site for every letter of the alphabet. Great for expanding your vocabulary and practicing present and past vocabulary. (check out G-28)

http://www.myhq.com/public/v/a/vanderwerken/