IMPORTANT WEBSITES
FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH:

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¿How do you type those funny accents?

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    129 ü 
    130 é 
    132 ä 
    137 ë 
    139 ï 
    142 Ä 
    144 É 
    153 Ö 
    154 Ü    		 160 á 
    161 í 
    162 ó 
    163 ú 
    164 ñ 
    165 Ñ 
    167 º 
    168 ¿
    173 ¡
    248 °
     

Study help & Dictionaries:

Real-World Media in Spanish:

  • http://es.wikibooks.org/wiki/Portada - free opensource books!
  • http://comfm.com - Watch TV or listen to the radio in Spanish, without paying for a satellite dish!
  • http://espanol.yahoo.com/ - the original web-directory, now available EN ESPAÑOL. 
  • http://terra.com - Search/directory/portal for the Américas.  
    Read news, hear music, see read illustrated articles about travel destinations and famous people ...
    (Individual country portals are listed at the bottom of the page)
  • http://starmedia.com - Another search/directory/portal for the Américas.  Same kind of stuff as above.

¡Música!

  • http://www.allmusic.com/ & http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/ - Learn about the Music of the world
  • http://espanol.launch.yahoo.com/ See music videos and hear the latest Spanish-language hits...
    http://espanol.launch.yahoo.com/lc/ You may be surprised at how many styles of music are made in Spanish.  Music in Spanish is not just limited to norteño (Mexican country music), flamenco and salsa, but also rock, hip-hop, reggae, Christian music, romantic ballads, vallenato, etc.
  • http://www.sonymusiclatin.com/ Sony Latin - read about artists, hear samples, see videos.
  • http://www.universalmusica.com/ Universal - read about artists, hear samples, see videos.
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    Just give me the News:

    Hispanic Culture and resources!
    (especially USA)

    Why Study Spanish?

    The following, called "About Spanish", may give you some idea of the importance of Spanish:

    • "Spanish: Bestow great attention on this & endeavor to acquire an accurate knowledge of it. Our future connections with Spain and Spanish America will render that language a valuable acquisition." -Thomas Jefferson, 1787.

    • Spanish is the world's third most spoken "first" language, used as such by more than 412 million people in 23 countries.

    • In the year 2000 the U.S. Census Bureau reported 32.3 million persons of Hispanic origin, 12.5% of the total national population. In effect, the U.S. is the world's 5th largest Spanish-speaking country, after Mexico, Spain, Colombia and Argentina.

    • U.S. Hispanics are now the nation's largest minority group.

    • Within 45 years one out of every four Americans will be of Hispanic origin (U.S. Census Bureau).

    • U.S. Hispanics own 1.3 million businesses (37% of all minority-owned businesses), with annual gross receipts exceeding $200 billion.

    • In 1999 Hispanic purchasing power in the U.S. exceeded $383 billion, a growth of 83% since 1990. It is expected to exceed one trillion dollars by the year 2050.

    • The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has more than 500,000 members.

     The above text comes from: http://www.uncc.edu/gradmiss/p_spanish.html.

    Newer census data can be found at:  http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02ff15.html.

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