http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:58 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 22:57:58 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81227 The Yepes webpage includes an invaluable resource tool for intermediate and advanced learners. The site includes Yepes and other outstanding websites for tutorial drills, e.g. Nelson and Arana sites. In addition, the user will find grammar guide for use in writing, a writing style manual, and "Herramientas de español," an extensive outline of essential Spanish structures based on John Turner's "All the Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know." http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84519 Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The site incorporates proficiency topics, divided by level of dificulty: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior. The specific topics include video clips, vocabulary lists, phrases lists, and mini-grammar explanations. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76449 The Internet Picture Dictionary is a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish and Italian language learners of all ages. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88051 This site is Barbara K.Nelson's update of the formerly-named Spanish Grammar Exercises. It has interactive grammar exercises with immediate feedback, but it also contains much more. The exemplary, award-winning guided reading module, "Ojala que llueva cafe," lends itself well to teaching the subjunctive, but is also rich with multimedia and culture. This site is a must! http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88384 ¡Conjuguemos! is a self-grading, self-timed conjugating and vocabulary-building program for learners of Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Latin. You can select which verbs to conjugate, what pronoun forms to conjugate them in, and the duration of your practice exercise. The basic tenses are present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, and the present and past subjunctive moods. Both the present and past progressive and perfect tenses are included also. You can also practice thematic vocabulary. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88097 Taller hispano is a multimedia workshop of activities for basic Spanish language instruction, using authentic materials on the web. The activities lend themselves for teaching listening using video and audio. There are ten modules which cover the topics of : La familia, Los colegios y las universidades, Las mascotas y otros animales, El gobierno, El ocio, La gastronomia, El vestuario, El turismo, El cajon de sastre - PotpourriThe website was designed as a foreign language project for the Department of Foreign Languages, United States Air Force Academy. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80596 Professor Thomas Duggan invites faculty to download his classroom PowerPoint slideshows. The programs include Spanish basic grammar and vocabulary presentations for introductory and intermediate levels of instruction. Duggan permits users to modify the slides for personal use, but requests that teachers let him know they're using them. The site will also display other people's PowerPoint slideshows. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78911 A beginner's online course with video and audio. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78847 The site is one of Mexico's national webpages for developing art and culture among elementary and middle school children. This site is ideal for bilingual programs. There is a rich presentation of multimedia materials, e.g., virtual visits to the Zocalo and the Castillo de Chapultepec; pulldown windows with recipes for making the Rosca de Reyes recipe. There are reading selections with visual and sound multimedia effects. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75700 This webpage is a companion of the Ortografia site. This page includes useful spelling and language usage for:Abreviaturas, Siglas y acronimos, Onomatopeyas, Vicios del lenguaje, Expresiones incorrectas, Expresiones dificiles, Doble acentuacion, Juntas o separadas, Gentilicios, Barbarismos, Numeros romanos, and Numeros. This is a rich resource for advanced speakers, writers, and students in Spanish for Heritage Speaker courses.