Second Foreign Language
* Spanish 西班牙語 Español
Spain
Spain covers an area of 505,955 square kilometres, which places it amongst the fifty largest countries in the world.The largest part of the territory is located in the Iberian Peninsula, the remainder, approximately 12,500 square kilometres, are islands, -Balearics and the Canary Islands- plus 32 square kilometres that are accounted for by the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, situated on the coast of Africa. The situation of the Iberian Peninsula in the extreme south west of Europe and only 14 kilometres away from the African continent, endows Spain with a great strategic value: projecting into the Mediterranean on one side and acting as an intersection on the path to Africa and America on the other.The large metropolitan areas include Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Bilbao, etc.
Spain is, above all, a mosaic of cultures. Heterogeneous. Old and modern. Refined and popular. Holy and secular. Plural and diverse. The variety of its cultures attracts. The historic heritage dazzles. The vital power of its people fascinates. Spanish culture is extremely rich and touches upon all forms of artistic expression. From literature to painting, music to architecture, the theatre to sumptuary arts. In each of these aspects, at some time in history or other, Spanish culture has reached the highest artistic heights: from bygone times (with outstanding examples of cave art) until present day (a time in which Spanish architecture is universally avant-garde), culture and art in Spain are prominent features of the country.
- Copyright from National Geographic Society
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral.
Language Learning Resources
General 綜合學習
BBC GCSE Bitesize BBC為英式教育裡西班牙文科目的所準備「中等教育普通證書」考試的網站。
BBC Spanish BBC 的西班牙語學習網站。
CNN en Español CNN 的西班牙語版本。
El País 西班牙國家報
Listening and Speaking 聽說
Audiria 西班牙文聽力練習。
Spanish Dict 字典、多媒體學習。
Reading and Writing 讀寫
Bibliotecas Virtuales 小說、詩集、散文等文學作品。
Centro Virtual de Redacción 各種(學術)報告和履歷的寫法。
Español Para Extranjeros 由法國製作的西班牙語學習網站。
Dictionary 字辭典
Spanish Dictionary
Collins English-Spanish Dictionary
Word Reference 各國語辭典，西班牙文部分包括西英、英西、西西、同義詞等等，集合各大眾要辭典詳細解說及動詞變化表、動詞反查功能
Cambridge English–Spanish Dictionary