Starting Points: Guide to Learning Spanish

Nonfiction   l  Videos  l   Audio   l    Additional Material  l    Web Sites
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Nonfiction - 3rd Floor  
 

Cracking the SAT Spanish Subject Test - 378.1664 SAT-Spanish
 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Spanish on Your Own - 460 Ste

The New College Spanish & English Dictionary - 463 Wil

Sailing with Spanish: a course for all ages - 468 Are

Spanish Made Simple - 468 Nem

Videos - 3rd Floor

Spanish - DVD 468.2 Spa

The Constructive World of Advanced Spanish – Building on the Basics - DVD 468.2 Spa

Destinos – An Introduction to Spanish –24 vols. -Video 468.3 Des

Audio-Visual Room  - 2nd Floor 

Conversational Spanish in Nothing Flat - AC 460 Fro

Outreach Spanish - AC 460 Har

Spanish I: Pimsleur language tape - AC 460 Spa

E-Z Spanish: a beginner’s course - AD 468 Gor

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 460 - 468
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject heading for this topic is and Spanish language -- conversation and phrase books – English.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·              The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       EBSCOhost and Infotrac Onefile  - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.  Search
       for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit the search to a certain year or even a certain
       magazine.

Web Sites

Grammar Exercises: Dozens of Spanish grammar quizzes with immediate clickable answers.  Some audio included.                                               
           
Learn Spanish – A Free Online Tutorial: Fourteen topics covering grammar, verbs, cultural notes, word-a-day, travel helper and an idiom generator.          

London Guildhall University Spanish: Fifteen logically progressive lessons.      
        
Spanish: “Gauge Your Level,”  “How to Improve,” “Spanish for Work,” lessons, quizzes, and more from the BBC.  Video and audio for easier learning included.                          
         
Spanish/English Dictionary: This dictionary also translates your word into various contexts and uses.  For example, “table” not only gives you “mesa,” but “sentarse a la mesa,” – “sit down at table.”  Further links to “sentarse” are then provided with a click.  
       
Spanish Language: About.com’s multilinked Spanish language site.  Quizzes, lesson plans for teachers, free test preparation sites, articles, word-usage rankings, grammar, writing, pronunciation links and more.   

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