Humanities

Foreign Languages

Spanish

Ms. Genevieve Watson,
Instructor of Spanish

Office: F120-G
Phone number: (229) 317-6876
email Genevieve Watson

Spanish Links:

• El Museo del Prado
  With options for Spanish or English, this web site includes a virtual tour featuring many of its most important holdings. There are also historical and artistic analyses of many works. There are line drawings of a few works to print out for children to color.
• RENFE
  Website of Spain's national railway. In Spanish. Find schedules and prices, an online store, a statement regarding commitment to the environment, a virtual look at the interior of some of the trains, and more.
• El Corte Inglés—el sitio de las compras
  Website of one of Spain’s most well known department store chains. In Spanish. Online shopping in a number of departments, a credit card application, information about the business itself, etc. A wealth of good vocabulary! The "Nuestros Centros" link takes you to a map of Spain showing the locations of stores throughout the country and makes available a "visita panorámica," a virtual browsing of a few departments of an actual store.
• Turista Virtual de Sevilla
  In Spanish. Gives links to monuments, restaurants, hotels and other services to be found in the city of Sevilla. Suggests routes through the city of interest to the tourist—very detailed, street by street and plaza by plaza, with photos of sites of interest. Also links to sites related to Semana Santa.
• Sevilla: Semana Santa 2000
  y In Spanish. The brotherhoods, the music, the itineraries, a video (takes a long time to download).
• World Atlas
• Famous Hispanics in the World and in History
• Online Version of Hispanic Magazine
  This magazine is devoted to issues of interest to Hispanics and the Spanish speaking world.
• Ron Wise's World Paper Money Homepage
• "Sí Spain"
  This website contains information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, linguistic, and cultural development.
• Nobel e-Museum
  This is the official website of the Nobel Foundation which provides biographies and acceptance speeches of all Nobel Prize winners.
• Santiago de Compostela
• E-Conflict World Encyclopedia, country information
  In English. Maps of most world countries; images of their flags with brief description of symbolism of each. Aditional information about the people, geography, government, economy; a few related links per country.
• Busca Biografías
  In Spanish, biographies and current news related to the famous (dead and living) in many fields of endeavor.
• La Nación Digital
  An electronic edition of this daily newspaper from Costa Rica. One of the supplements, “Zurquí," is an educational supplement for children.
• Institute Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica
  Very informative and student friendly. Educational articles about a range of meteorological phenomena and issues.
• Learn Spanish
  Free tutorial lessons and exercises on many grammar topics and vocabulary groups. Students and teachers may register free, and teachers then have access to a "virtual grade book" that tracks what grammar activities the students have completed and how they scored. Of course, they do want to make some money and give users the option of paying for "premium" stuff.
• Latin World
• Universidad de Guadalajara