Spanish Language Resources
See Also: Audiocassettes | Feature Films and Documentaries | Instructional Materials | Software
Instructional Materials
Destinos: an introduction to Spanish
The Annenberg/CPB Collection, 1992. 26 VHS videocassettes (52 programs, 30 min. each) : color. Part I (26 programs) and Part II (26 programs) Accompanying print item: Audioscript / Bill van Patten, et al. -- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 1992. ISBN 0-07-067203-2 Accompanying audiocassettes Part I, 13 audiocassettes (Lessons 1-26) Part II, 12 audiocassettes (Lessons 27-52).
Encuentro de hombrecitos
PICS, The University of Iowa. 1 VHS videocassette (30 min.) : color. Peru, 1988. Spanish, No English subtitles. "Two young boys describe their lives to the camera; as we see them working in Lima's pre-dawn flower market, we get a clear sense of the poverty in Peru and of their future. 'Sobreviviente de oficio': A model of tenacity, this young Peruvian cleans windshields on the street, entertaining customers with hustle and imagination. 'El taller más grande del mundo': don Lucho has found a creative outlet during a time of economic crisis; the sky is the ceiling of his auto repair shop. In 1988 this collection won two special prizes: the Kukuli of the Consejo Nacional de Medios de Comunicación Social, and the Preferencia del Público of the III Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes in Lima." España y las americas: the Spanish video magazine
Cornelius P. Hamel. -- New York, NY: Jem Communications, Inc. Holdings: 1 VHS videocassette (no. 3, 1988); Bonus video (1992) and accompanying Teacher's Resource Guide. Series: Vol. 6, no. 2 (1993)- Accompanying "Teacher's Resource Guide containing Student Activity Sheets." Accompanying print "Resource guide for teachers and learners," Nos. 2, 3, 7 (1988-89); Vol. II, 7, 8 (1989-90).
General
1. "Dollie and Frank's workshop."
2. "The natural approach, G. Rosaies"
3. "Effective language teaching, Rosaie's method"
Spanish from within
Frank D. Rossi, Stephen J. Collins with Victor Rojas. -- Boston, MA : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, Inc., 1989. Accompanying text: Spanish from within: viewer's workbook. Holdings: 2 videocassettes, 2 copies of viewer's workbook.
Spanish means business
PBS ALSS, BBC, 1993. 5 VHS videocassettes ; color. Cassette nos. 3-7 are documentaries in Spanish with no English subtitles.
- Cassette 1
Spanish Means Business Part 1: Covers units 1-5 of the guide and includes the following topics: Greetings, Making travel arrangements/Hiring a car, Using the phone, Ordering food. Presented in Spanish, this first program contains material which was filmed with the documentary series. - Cassette 2
Spanish Means Business Part 2: Covers units 6-10 and the topics: Describing products, Talking about business finances, Ordering goods, Exhibiting at trade fairs. - Cassette 3
Made in Spain: This documentary looks at the products produced in Spain and the business culture surrounding them. - Cassette 4
Big Spenders: The program focuses on the success of three different Spanish companies: ¡Hola! magazine; Compofio, a food products company; and Chupa Chups, the company which brought the word chupachups into the Spanish language. - Cassette 5
Bankers: Emphasizing on how the right banking partner is essential for success in Spain today, this program looks at different ways in which three Spanish banks have developed new strategies and businesses to meet the challenge of new times. - Cassette 6
Sunning it: This program explores the tourism industry in Spain and the current issues facing it. - Cassette 7
Back to the Future: Featuring the culture of Spain and also on how Asturias is overcoming the decline in its traditional coal mining and steel industries.
Other course components consist of: 1. A course book, Spanish means business: a multi-media language course in business Spanish by Maria del Rosario Wimpory; BBC Books, 1994. ISBN 0563367245. 2. Three 75 minute audiocassettes: ISBN 05633559892. 3. Spain means business transcripts accompany the documentary videos. 4. Spanish means business video guide / Derek Utley, 1994. To be used with both the course videos and documentary videos.
Spanish TV Magazine
Radio Televisión Española, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Instituto Cervantes . 1 VHS cassette per issue (60 min). Holdings: Nos. 604,701,702. Accompanying Items: Video Teaching Guide: Nos. 604, 701.
Tabaco o salud: decida
PICS, The University of Iowa. 1 VHS videocassette (30 min.) ; color. Spain (RTVE) Spanish, No English subtitles. Accompanying print videoguide (78p.) by Renato Martínez. "This program on the health hazards of smoking, also from the series Más vale prevenir, begins with a wonderful mimed response to an unseen narrator and continues with cartoon animation, graphics and dramatizations. Renato Martínez's Videoguide divides the material into five units, and each has a variety of motivating exercises for different levels of learning ability."
Zarabanda: the adventures of Ramuro
BBC. -- Chicago, IL : Films Incorporated, 1989. 5 VHS videocassettes (25 episodes) : color. Vol. I (62 min.); Vol. II (70 min.); Vol. III (67 min.); Vol. IV (74 min.); Vol. V (83 min.)