Spanish/Español French/Français
612-668-9946 amplante@mpls.k12.mn.us
National Board Certification - Spanish and French
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.
If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart."
--Nelson Mandela
My education and professional experience...
World Language Day at the U of M - May 21
BBC news in Spanish with video, articles and more: http://bbcmundo.com
Live TV and radio from Spain: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/
Programas y clips en directo: http://www.lasexta.com/inicio
MSNLatino for the very latest headlines in Spanish and great reading practice on just about any topic: http://msnlatino.com
Zambombazo for pop culture, music, videos, games: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/tag/videoclips
Activities for real-life communication and cultural competence: http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/sp_pragmatics/home.html
and http://www.indiana.edu/~discprag/
Bowdoin College interactive grammar and culture:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/
Colby College interactive grammar:
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php
Elma Eagles: http://www.elmaeagles.com/spanish.htm
Fun multilingual site with basic vocabulary and sound files:
http://www.languageguide.org./espanol/
Reading fun for rapid learning:
http://www.spanishpronto.com/spanishpronto/index.html
and from Spain, easy reading, with videos:
http://www.elgancho.es and http://aprenderespanol.org/videos/ingles-espanol.html
Proyecto Sherezade--listen and read:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fernand4/\
Short stories to improve literature reading skills:
http://www.loscuentos.net/
Wordreference Multilingual Dictionary
Multilingual Picture Dictionary!
Thematic Vocabulary for all levels
Culinary (food) dictionary
Spanish dictionary links
French dictionary links