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Countries Influenced by Spanish
(original map template taken from Wikipedia.org, idea from Andy Hobotraveler)
- Number of Speakers Worldwide (both primary and secondary): 320 million
- Number of Countries influenced by Spanish: 20
Free Language Courses: Free downloadable Spanish course. Includes original material developed by the US State Department to train its Foreign Service Officers.
Learn Spanish: Learn Spanish offers an extensive set of written lessons, covering all major points of grammar, vocabulary lists, and verb sheets. Each lesson is accompanied by worksheets and quizzes for further practice. There is a premium membership option that costs $9.95/month, but even without it you can still access a large portion of the site.
Outer Spanish: Unfortunately this site has evolved to look like one big advertisement, but if you can ignore the Google Ads that cover its pages, there are some good written Spanish Lessons to be had. The site covers the main points of grammar, in a succinct, to the point manner. This website on its own, likely wouldn’t be enough but coupled with another like Learn Spanish it is quite useful.
Coffee Break Spanish: Good set of podcasts for the beginning Spanish speaker. Some people find the hosts a bit irritating, but in general a good resource for beginners. Hosts are NOT native speakers.
Spanish Sense: Extensive collection of podcasts for the newbie, elementary, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced level Spanish speaker. One host is always a native Latin American Spanish speaker.
Notes in Spanish: Until recently Notes in Spanish only offered podcasts for the intermediate and advanced student. However, they have recently starting releasing lessons for beginners as well. The beginner podcasts may prove a little challenging for the absolute beginner, but are quite helpful for someone who has a little Spanish knowledge already. Each podcast is accompanied by free PDF worksheet.
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Theres a bunch of language courses on http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Thank you for the OuterSpanish recommendation for students to learn Spanish. I acknowledge that the site seems oversaturated with Google Ads. When I first started the site, I needed a way to fund the development, the time to write the content and to pay for some of the native speakers that worked on the listening comprehension drills. Now, not so much, but I just haven’t had the time to go through each of the more than 50 pages on the site to redesign the look and placement of Ads.
You make a very valid and good point, though, about the ads and I will try to, when I have more time, to make the pages less cluttery for people to read. The ads were initally placed only on the side colums so as to not disrupt the lessons.
Thank you again!
Sonny
OuterSpanish.com