Spanish


 * SPANISH**

What can you do from here in California even before you go to the country? Decide on whether you want to specialize in the Spanish as used in Spain or Latin American Spanish. I made a personal decision to focus on Mexican Spanish.

Here are some of the materials I have found helpful in trying to keep up with my Spanish:

A. **Wikipedia and Google in Spanish**

SPANISH--Wikipedia [] SPANISH--Google [] B. **Bibles and Devotional material**

1. Read your Bible in Spanish. Bible Gateway: Nueva Version International http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=42

2. Spanish Language Gospel Resources Berean Christian Book Stores Case Bautista de Publicaciones Editorial Mundo Hispano Editorial Unilit

3. SPANISH--Thru the Bible [available through iTunes]

C. **Mail-order catalogues; Department store websites**

Liverpool Department Store [] Sanborns [] Sears Department Store [] D. **News: sample websites**

Kidon Media Link Spain [] Americas [] SPANISH--News and Newspapers (MIT Libraries) [] Google News (Mexico) [] //Proceso// magazine [] El Sol [] Reforma [|http://www.reforma.com]

El Universal [] E. **Television: sample websites**

CNN en Español [] Televisa.com [] TvAzteca [] Univision [] Telemundo [] F. **LibriVox Audio books in Spanish** []

G. **Books I have found useful**:

//Barron's Spanish Vocabulary// //Teach Yourself Spanish// //Cassell's Colloquial Spanish// //Berlitz Latin American Spanish Phrase Book and Dictionary// //Berlitz Spanish Vocabulary Handbook// //Mastering Spanish Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach// //Oxford Spanish Wordpack// //501 Spanish Verbs// //2001 Spanish and English Idioms// //Spanish for Dummies// //Harper Collins Spanish Concise Dictionary//