All-Audio Spanish - Cassettes, no
reading required. Excellent for commuting and one of my favorites. Also available on
compact discs.
AMÉRICAS, a magazine about people, culture and life in the Americas,
is published by the Organization of American States. It is available in English,
French and Spanish...
Américas Magazine
PO Box 3000
Denville NJ 07834-3000
Latina is a bilingual women's
magazine, Spanish and English. I haven't subscribed, so I don't
know whether or how much of it is translated in parallel (which
would be of even more use for students), but the advertising
literature I received in the mail and the descriptions on the
website contain a lot of parallel text. Either way, it looks like
a good learning resource.
Learn in Your Car, Spanish 3 Level Set -
An all-audio (cassette), no-reading-required offering, though the
Listening Guide is more than just a script, expanding on the audio
lessons with additional information. Has a rather heavy emphasis
on conjugation and inflexion, perhaps too heavy for the beginner.
For beginners, the All-Audio Spanish would probably be a
better choice.
Learn Spanish The Fast and Fun Way -
Cassettes and a colorful large-format book, with a pullout dictionary
(containing an excellent food section, very handy for the restaurants!),
flash cards, and other goodies to enhance the learning experience.
If you want don't want the accompanying cassettes, you can purchase
the book alone.
Puerta del Sol - The audio magazine for learners of Spanish.
I haven't tried this yet, but it looks good.
Mosaico - A bilingual
book club, Spanish and English. Club materials can be received
in either language. It's just like a regular general purpose
book club, except that the books are available in English or in
Spanish, or sometimes in both languages, which makes for a good
learning opportunity: one could purchase two copies of such a
book, one in each language, for parallel study!
People En Español -
People magazine, the Spanish version. Currently only $14.97 per year!
Selecciones -
A Spanish version of Reader's
Digest, $19.97/year. I found the Marzo de 1969 issue
($4,98/year back then, with a cover price of 50 cents!) at a
library book sale a few years ago. The magazine isn't a direction
translation (reasonable, considering the name), but instead a
translation of selected articles combined with a bit of content
specific for Spanish speakers. In 2003 I subscribed, and the first
issue I received was Marzo de 2003, thirtyfour years younger than
the one mentioned above. Size is about the same, and the number of
pages is about the same (164), but now the cover sports a URL and
barcode.
VocabuLearn: Spanish/English 3-Level Set -
An all-audio (cassette), no-reading-required offering. Good for
vocabulary-building while you commute. A word is spoken, then
its translation, another word is spoken, then its translation...
I have the older non-music-enhanced version; it's an excellent
tool!
