Useful Resources for learning spanish

The following is a brief list of books and Internet resources to help you improve your knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. The list of Web pages contains links to interesting pages that provide authentic material from the Hispanic world. If your Spanish education has taken place in a classroom, some of these pages will serve as a supplement for practicing with “real world” Spanish. Web addresses change often, so there’s no guarantee that any particular page will still be operating when you go to check it out—just know that the Web is a great resource,and the pages listed here are a good place to start exploring Spanish on the Web.

Books:

1. Añorga, Joaquín. Composición. Madrid: Ediciones Escolares “La Escuela Nueva,” 1991.
2. Azevedo, Milton M. Lecturas periodísticas. Lexington: D.C. Heath and Company, 1990.
3. Barlow, Genevieve, and William N. Stivers. Legends from Mexico/Leyendas de México.Bilingual Edition. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1995.
4. Barlow, Genevieve. Legends from Latin America/Leyendas de Latinoamérica. BilingualEdition. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1995.
5. Borsi, Emilia, and Fay R. Rogg. El arte de escribir. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc. 1994.
6. Bretz, Mary Lee, Trisha Dvorak, and Carl Kirschner, Pasajes: Lengua. 3rd ed. New York:McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1992.
7. Bretz, Mary Lee, Trisha Dvorak, and Carl Kirschner. Pasajes: Cultura. 3rd ed. New York:McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1992.
8. Bretz, Mary Lee, Trisha Dvorak, and Carl Kirschner. Pasajes: Literatura. 3rd ed. New York:McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1992.
9. Cramsie, Hilde F., and Nitza Lladó-Torres. Contrastes. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,1990.
10. Chastain, Kenneth. Exploraciones en literatura. Lincolnwood, IL: National TextbookCompany, 1994.
11. Chastain, Kenneth. Spanish Grammar in Review. Patterns for Communication. Lincolnwood, IL:National Textbook Company, 1995.
12. Dalbor, John B., and H. Tracy Sturcken. Spanish in Review. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley &Sons, 1992.
13. Dauster, Frank, and Leon F. Lyday. En un acto: diez piezas hispanoamericanas. 3rd ed.Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1990.
14. Díaz, José M., and Stephen J. Collins. Gramática. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1995.
15. Diccionario de la Lengua Española. Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1995.
16. Finnemann, Michael D., and Lynn Carbón Gorell. De lector a escritor: El desarrollo de lacomunicación escrita. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 1991.
17. Harper, Sandra N. Puntos de vista. Narrativa moderna española. Lexington: D.C. Heath Company, 1993.
18. Hernández, Juana A., and Edenia Guillermo. Cuentos españoles contemporáneos.Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1993.
19. Iglesias, María Estrella, and Christopher Maurer. Temas: Invitación a la literatura hispana.Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
20. Iglesias, Mario, and Walter Maiden. Spanish for Oral and Written Review. 4th ed. Orlando, FL:Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
21. Iorillo, Nino R. and Andrés C. Díaz. Conversación y controversia. Tópicos de hoy y de siempre.3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
22. Kattán Ibarra, Juan. Perspectivas culturales de España. Lincolnwood, IL: National TextbookCompany, 1990.
23. Kattán Ibarra, Juan. Perspectivas culturales de Hispanoamérica. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1990.
24. Kattán Ibarra, Juan. Conversando. Practice en everyday Spanish conversation. Lincolnwood,IL: National Textbook Company, 1993.
25. Kiddle, Mary Ellen, and Brenda Wegmann. Perspectivas. 5th ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1993.
26. Kupferschmid, Gene S. Al tanto: catorce cuentos contemporáneos. Boston: Heinle & Heinle,1991.
27. Lequerica de la Vega, Sara, and Cármen Salazar. Avanzando: Gramática española y lectura.3rd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1994.
28. Levy, Stephen L. Spanish: Comprehensive Practice and Testing. 2nd ed. New York: AMSCO School Publications, 1992.
29. Long, Gerard. Redacción y revisión: Estrategias para la composición en español. New York:McGraw-Hill, 1993.