French Language & Culture
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Magazines |
| Paris Match |
Paris Match is so well known! It has been a news and culture resource for the French and students of French for years, and why? Because it's France's answer to People magazine. It's fun, it's not too hard to read, and it's a window into French popculture. |
| Terroirs of France |
Not "terrors", more like "territories" or "terrain". This magazine contains short descriptions and background information about the different regions of France, their customs, and their distinctive products. Available in both English and French. |
Newspapers |
| Le Figaro |
Le Figaro is more like .... |
| Le Journal Permanent du Nouvel Observateur |
Also known as Quotidian. "Quotidian: 1) Occurring every day..." What a very cultured way of referring to a daily news summary. You can also get to the complete Nouvel Observateur from here. |
| Le Monde |
One of France's premier newspapers. If you can imagine yourself reading The New York Times in French, this is for you. |
Le Parisien
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"The Parisian"? Could it deal mainly with news of Paris? Mais oui! A Paris-oriented news magazine. |
Paris Life |
| The Paris Pages |
This online guide to Paris is available in both English and French. It includes tourist information, maps, and a "Paris glossary", as well as all sorts of other information.
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| Pariscope.com |
Want to know what's happening in Paris this week: what the hot restaurant is, where the good concerts are? Check out this online weekly magazine. |
Spanish Language & Culture
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Portals and Link Lists |
| Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC |
This is a portal run by the University of Texas at Austin. It has pages of links to all sorts of subjects. |
| Resources for Spanish Language and Literature |
An online bibliography put together by one of the librarians at Vanderbilt University. It covers many topics, including newspapers, texts, tourism, and databases. |
| Yahoo! en español |
Don't ever forget that most of the major portals have a Spanish language edition. In the case of Yahoo!, there are regional editions from various Spanish-speaking countries as well as the general Spanish language edition that this link takes you to. |
Just for Fun |
| Arielle's Recipe Archives: Mexican |
From achiote recado to vitualla -- how do 39 recipes for guacamole strike you? This is a huge archive of recipes from one of the many food newsgroups on the Web. Do read the archivist's disclaimer, which says in part: "These recipes for the most part, are not proofread and are not kitchen tested...This archive is not set up nor meant to be a teaching tool for the beginning cook." That said, enjoy! |
| Los tebeos de siempre |
What do kids in Spanish speaking countries do for comic -- comic book, that is -- entertainment? Check out this entirely Spanish language website! |
Newspapers |
| El Correo Digital |
Regional newspapers can be so interesting! Here's one from Bilbao, center of Spain's Basque region and home of the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum. OK, I can't resist: if you want to see what the Basque language looks like, try Euskaldunon Egunkaria sarean. Before you get discouraged, remember that Basque is not even related to Spanish! |
| Newspapers in Latin America - LANIC |
A big list, organized by country, of links to newspapers in Latin America. Amazing. You want to look at a newspaper from Belize, look here to find one. |
