Spanish+-+Culturally+Authentic+Materials

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- Blog by Zachary Jones with links to materials in Spanish that reflect popular culture

[|A Kid's Tour of Latin Music Through Google Maps] - A Google Map with links to videos of both folk and popular music from Spanish-speaking countries around the world - A Ning community contains links to a blog and podcasts re: Brazilians living in the U.S.

[|Audio Lingua]: Audio clips of native speakers, searchable by language (French, German, English, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish), level of difficulty, gender, age, and duration. I like the level feature--it would make it easier to determine whether your students could comprehend what is being said. The levels are based on the European proficiency scale, with A1 being the most basic level and C2 the most advanced.user:CarrieKum

[|Aztec Calendar] - Links to loads of information about the Aztec calendar and the various symbols represented on it (Contributed by Jill McKillips)

- Extensive library of digital texts (including children's literature and museums) from Colombia

- A collection of links to newspapers, radio, and TV from countries around the world. You can filter them by country, language, topic, or type of media



- A database of culturally authentic Creative Commons images, organized by language and topic

- Searchable collection of videos in hundreds of languages from around the world. Choose the 100% option in order to get a subtitled version of the video. You can also select the "country" tab to find videos from a specific country.

- Very nice collection of Spanish & Latin American literature (navigation on the left)

- Culture-based websites in Spanish

- Searchable database of language maintenance/proficiency development lessons (reading and listening) in a wide variety of languages. Allows you to limit the search to video-based lessons. Click on the individual links to launch the lesson modules

Hispanos Famosos

- Children's picture books online - search for your language

- Check out CDs of music, content materials, [|culture kits], flags, and/or maps from the [|Outreach Resource Library] at BYU's Kennedy Center for free. The Center can also help you schedule [|free presentations] for your classroom regarding specific countries. You may also wish to explore their [|CultureGuides]--conuntry-specific teaching units for both elementary and secondary classes

- Latin American Network Information Center - Extensive list of texts in Spanish & Portuguese (organized by country)

- Interactive map with legends and folktales from around the world--many available in different languages

Menu Warm Up Activity

Mexican Schools Pictures - Pictures of Expo of Victor Jarra - This is a Chilean singer, song writer. Many of his lyrics are included in these pictures and they deal with many political issues (i.e. poverty, equality, Che Guevara, love for human kind, etc. I visited this display in the Plaza Independencia, Mendoza, Argentina in front of my apartment a couple weeks ago. It was great! I think if you are dealing with any of these themes in your Spanish class, it might work for a nice warm up to present some of these pictures. You could also look for Victor Jarra's music online.

[|Milcuentos]: "Cuentos infantiles con sonido." This site has a collection of simple children's stories. The stories are presented in nice slideshows with illustrations (many done by children) and recordings, a page at a time, of children reading them (with animated voices). The words appear along with the recordings.user:CarrieKum

- Over 1,000 TV stations, organized by countries from around the world (available as streaming video)

- List of audio courses and podcasts in a variety of languages, including Spanish & Portuguese

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- Site in Argentina containing Quino comics & Mafalda videos

- Searchable database with links to faculty-reviewed, culturally authentic images, media, and materials from multiple countries

- Excellent grammar practice activities based on culturally authentic multimedia materials

Spanish postcard project: A funny activity to incorporate culture, and grammar (especially preterite tense) user:AmandaGSpanish

- Extensive list of resources for Spanish literature and linguistics

- Links to sites related to literature in Spanish & Portuguese

..EDU - Search for educational videos in Spanish
 * [|Depende] (4:28 – Spanish – Video based on art that plays with perspective – would be a great foundation for launching a discussion re: the pros/cons of Spanglish)
 * [|Don Quixote de la Mancha] (“translated” into Spanglish)
 * [|The Job] (3:00 – English - Parody)
 * [|Mujeres migrantes] (3:23 – Spanish – Ad re: problems faced by women who are migrants)
 * [|Manu Chao - Clandestino Clip Inmigrantes] (3:01 – Music video)
 * [|Los prejuicios contra los inmigrantes] (:31 – Spanish – Public Service Announcement)
 * [|Spanglish 2] (4:28 – Spanish & English - Movie clip that would be excellent for Translation classes)

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