Saturday, October 14, 2006

Spanish Lessons and Translations

DotLingo is an interesting site. It contains a mix of french and spanish lessons which cover the basics and also a blog of translations practice by the site owner. Here you can read translations of current events from pages like the bbc news site.

DotLingo: Spanish Index Page

Fancy a Spanish Tongue Twister?

Tongue Twisters are fun in any language. If you are learning Spanish then this list of Tongue Twisters can lighten the mood if it is all getting to serious in your study. For example, try...

Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal.

This one is from a whole collection of tongue twisters in different languages. For the spanish list see The Collection of Tongue Twisters - Spanish

Friday, October 13, 2006

Pictorial Spanish Vocabulary Builder

If you are serious about improving your vocabulary then take a look at the site below. The lessons are great for those of a more visual learning style as each contains a picture with several objects in a theme. You simply move your mouse over the picture to see the spanish word for the object. Many objects have an additional set of words highlighted with red circles. For example the elephant has trunk and tusk available too.

Spanish: Vocabulary Guide | Español: Guía de vocabulario