Elementary/Upper Elementary resources
A) Resources specific to your course
- Exclusive to El Patio!
- For current and ex-students
- Access via login to miPatio (above)
- Wordlists for each week of the course - available to print (A4) or for Mobile Devices (your smartphone, iPad, e-reader, etc)
- Weblinks for each topic (here they are more specific than those below on this page)
- You have access to these pages during the Term that you are enrolled, and then for one further Term, or until you enrol in the next course. The information for the new course will then be accessible.
B) General Elementary/Upper Elementary
Pronunciation:
El alfabeto the alphabet with audio (neutral)
El alfabeto the alphabet with audio (Northern Spain)
El alfabeto the alphabet with audio (Southern Spain & Latin America)
Los números the numbers with audio
StudySpanish.com a good collection of audio examples
Text with pronunciation - Select Spanish, then type in words or a phrase to hear it played back!
Fonetiks.org - mouse-over pronunciation
Phonetics animated demonstrations of how to produce sounds (very technical, but good if you are having difficulty - select Launch Spanish Library)
Audio:
Spanish video resources videos whilst filling the gaps (PC only)
English-Spanish audio project recordings of people from various countries talking about themselves, with exercises. Read the transcript while you listen
BBC Talk Spanish online course with audio
BBC Spanish Steps online course with audio/video
Vocabulary:
Spanish vocabulary quizzes
Grammar explanations & exercises:
Studyspanish.com Spanish grammar tutorials, an excellent site
esaudio.net simple grammatical explanations, scroll down for grammar
Review of Basic Spanish
spanish.language&culture Barbara Kuczun Nelson
Recommended books:
Schaum's Outlines of Spanish Grammar Conrad J. Schmitt, 5th Ed. $35.00
Spanish for Beginners Usborne Publishing, illustrated phrasebook with CD. Great for the car! $27.00.
A pocket dictionary that also contains information about grammar and verb conjugation, eg: Langenscheidt
El Patio stocks these titles