Spanish: Dialects

For Spanish learners, here is a great guide to the many different dialects:

http://blogs.transparent.com/spanish/the-many-dialects-of-spanish-and-what-they-mean-for-language-learners/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=languageblog&utm_content=spanish


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Spanish: Essential Colombian Phrases

Expand your Spanish with this guide to some essential Colombian phrases from SpanishDict.com:

http://www.spanishdict.com/blog/10-words-and-phrases-to-know-before-traveling-to-colombia/

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Spanish: Accents Video (Funny)

Interested in various Spanish accents? Check out this cool video on MentalFloss:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/69583/9-different-spanish-accents-hilariously-explained

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Spanish: Vocabulary differences in Latin American Spanish

Vocabulary differences in Latin American Spanish

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Spanish: Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas

Hello everybody, Claudia here,

A friend recently shared a pretty cool site with me called El Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas, part of the Centro Virtual Cervantes. The site provides a wide selection of videos with samples of different dialects of Latin American Spanish. It not only offers provides linguistic and geographic information about the various regions, each video includes its transcription and is related to the culture and traditions of the specific locality.

El Catálogo de Voces Hispánicas is a great resource for Spanish teachers and students. I have not used the site yet but I plan to use it very soon. Please let me know if you like the site and if you come up with any fun activities for your students! Here are some of the activities I have thought of so far:

- You could use the videos to show your students the different dialects.
- You could use the videos to teach about different regional traditions.
- You could have your students listen and try to answer follow up questions.
- You could use the texts for reading comprehension and complement with the video.
- You could use the information in your advanced classes since it provides advanced linguistic information on the different dialects.

http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/voces_hispanicas/default.htm