http://del.icio.us/wanderingbooknut/MigrantWorkers
 

    GENERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE INFORMATION

Subscription Research Databases - Available only through Gananda Central Library
 

 

 

    FRENCH LANGUAGE SITES 

Web Lenguas [Online] Available  http://www.weblinguas.com.br/ingles/index.htm    Find tutorials in Spanish, French and Portuguese.
 

     SPANISH LANGUAGE SITES

Double Object Pronouns in Spanish
http://www.drlemon.net/Grammar/doubleobject.html
From drlemon.net/ - a web page written and maintained by a college sapnish professor.

Learn Spanish [Online] available http://www.studyspanish.com/
A free online site for Spanish language learners.  Access tutorials, verb drills, vocabulary practice, etc.

Spanish Speaking Countries
http://www.crcs.k12.ny.us/lib/hs/SPANISH.HTM

Conjuguemos
http://www.conjuguemos.com 
Use this site to practice verb conjugation.

Museum of Art - Art of the Rain Forest
http://www.ncmoa.org/costarica/

 

  COSTA RICA

Art of the Rainforest Program
http://www.ncmoa.org/costarica/

 

    THE DAY OF THE DEAD

Day of the Dead - Día de los Muertos
http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/track_frames.php3?track_id=90446&nocache=1351355621
From Mexico online - this page is part of a "track" created by teacher Pam Middlebrooks, who says, "This track will introduce students to the Mexican holiday El Día de los Muertos. It is best suited for Spanish I students as the websites and annotations are in English. A worksheet with all the questions and URL's is included at Site #9."

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS - AZCENTRAL.COM
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/video/
Links to history, crafts, food, videos etc.

   FAMOUS HISPANIC ARTISTS

  Biography Resource Center

Hispanic Artists - An Internet Hotlist on Hispanic Artists 
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listhispanicco.html

Hispanic Art Links
http://www.fsu.edu/~modlang/sp-cai/coursesite/ArtLinks.htm

Painters
http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/painters/

   FAMOUS HISPANIC SPORTS STARS

Use the following sites to locate information about the sports star you have chosen.

Biographies - Notable Hispanic-American Athletes
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhmbio2.html

CBS Sportsline.com
http://www.sportsline.com/

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
http://www.fifa.com/

Las Culturas.com - Sports
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libSports.php

Latino Baseball Magazine
http://www.rpaniagua.com/latinobaseballmag.htm

Latino Legends in Sports
http://www.latinosportslegends.com/

Laitns in the Major Leagues
http://www.latinosportslegends.com/LatinsinMLB_2000.htm

Segunda Juventud - Baseball
http://www.segundajuventud.org/spanish/issues/spring-2002/1.baseball.htm

Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

Tennis Vocabulary
http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/

Womens Soccer World Online
http://www.womensoccer.com/

WSoccer
http://www.wsoccer.com/

    FRENCH SPEAKING CITIES

OFFICIAL CITY SITES

NOTE:  The web address format for many French cities is:  www.nameofcity.fr   For example, the official Paris website is http://www.paris.fr    Here are links to some of the cities on your list.

  Lyon

http://www.lyon.fr/en_index.html
The official city website in English

  Nice

http://www.nice.fr/
The official city website in FRENCH

  Paris

http://www.paris.fr/en/
The official city website in English

  Strasbourg

http://www.strasbourg.fr/StrasbourgFR/FR/
The official city website in FRENCH

  Toulouse

http://www.toulouse.fr/ANGLAIS/Accueil_En.htm
The official city website in English

  Tours

http://www.tours.fr/index.php3
The official city website in FRENCH

SOME ADDITIONAL SITES ABOUT INDIVIDUAL FRENCH SPEAKING CITIES

  Bordeaux - Welcome to Bordeaux

http://www.bordeaux-map.com/
Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux

  Bordeaux

http://www.bordeaux-map.com/indexl0.htm
Map of Bordeaux from the Office de Tourisme de Bordeaux

  Geneve

http://www.geneve-tourisme.ch/

  Nice, France - Welcome to Nice - French Riviera

http://www.nice-coteazur.org/americain/

  Nice, France

http://www.beyond.fr/index.html
Web pages about Nice from ProvenceBeyond (Beyond the French Riviera)

  Nice, France

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/Nice.htm
Information from SitesAtlas.com

  Quebec City 

http://www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/quebec/villequebec/introang.html

  Quebec Tourist Guide

http://www.quebecweb.com/tourisme/introang.html
A helpful guide to Quebec City.

  Quebec - Map

http://www.quebeccity.worldweb.com/Maps/CityMaps-Flash/21-27.html
Map of Quebec (with shopping etc.)

  Strasbourg online

http://www.strasbourg.com/
City of Strasbourg information.

  Tours, France

http://www.ligeris.com/index_us.html
Information about the city of Tours.

  Tours, France

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/Tours.htm
Information from SitesAtlas.com

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY/TRAVEL WEB SITES

  Fodor's MiniGuides

http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/
Scroll down and look for France, Switzerland or Canada

  France - Site Atlas.com

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Europe/France/
A great place to find information on French cities.

  French Resources

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/french.html
From the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin.

  Frommer's Budget Travel Online

http://www.frommers.com/
Click on "detonations" and then use the drop down menus to choose the World Region (Europe or North American) and the country (France, Canada, or Switzerland). Scroll down until you see a list of cities and click on the city of your choice.

  Grolier Online

http://go.grolier.com/
After you enter the user name and password, start with Grolier Multimedia which has the largest number of pictures and maps.

  The LonelyPlanet.com

http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Another useful travel site.

  Michelin

http://www.viamichelin.com/
A great travel site to find information about cities around the world.

  WorldWeb.com

http://www.worldweb.com/
A general site to search for information about the city you are researching. Includes activitiesm transportation and shopping information.

  World Geography

http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/geog.htm#2
Links to web sites with general geographic information about the countries of the world.

 

    FRENCH VOCABULARY REVIEW

 French 9 & 10

Discovering French, Nouveau! Bleu
http://www.classzone.com/books/french_1/index.cfm

Bienvenue sur la page web de Madame Howard
http://marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchmain.html

French 11

Bienvenue sur la page web de Madame Howard
http://marincatholic.org/inc/html/marincatholic/content/french/frenchmain.html

Discovering French, Nouveau! Blanc (2) http://www.classzone.com/books/french_2/index.cfm

 

   SPANISH GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

 

  Spanish Grammar Exercises

 

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

 

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/mana/actividades.html

  This is the Level 1 Textbook review:
http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1/

  Level 2 Textbook Review
http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_2/ 

  http://www.conjuguemos.com

  http://www.drlemon.net

  Reflexive Action
http://www.sgsymmes.com/reflexive_explanation.html

 

   ONLINE STORIES

Chabelo.com
http://www.chabelo.com/cuentos/ 
Leer y mirar un video de cuentos. Jugar un juego para crear tu propio cuento. 

La venganza de los derviches locos
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fernand4/venganza/acceso.htm
Ver y escuchar un cuento animado. 

Miscositas.com
http://www.miscositas.com/

 

   UN MAPA

MapMachine - National Geographic
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Maporama
http://www.maporama.com/share/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/cities_sites.html

MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp?country=GB

 

 

	This page created 07/05/98 - updated on 3/13/08