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Discover our newest homepage!

Stacey — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:23:00 GMT

If a few weeks ago we told you we were working hard renovating the www.donquijote.org homepage, then this week, it's your turn to check out our best web yet!

don Quijote's sleek new pages offer informative streamlined content in dual-language (English and Spanish) with complementary vocabulary, Spanish-text audio and exhilarating new images that are sure to enhance your Spanish skills and provide for a more pleasant reading experience.

Navigate through the new and improved don Quijote website!

Cervantes Institute to teach Spanish to Starbucks workers

Stacey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:31:00 GMT

(To read in Spanish, click here)
Spain's Cervantes Institute will teach Spanish to some 100,000 Starbucks workers throughout the United States. By virtue of an agreement signed Tuesday 26 May of 2009, those 100,000 workers will be able to learn Spanish via the Institute's online Virtual Spanish Classroom (Aula Virtual de Español), or AVE.

The course will last one year and quarterly reports will be issued to evaluate how the students are progressing in learning the language, according to a press release revealed by the Cervantes Institute.

Starbucks will be able to follow the Spanish studies of its workers via AVE, which will be available on the intranet of the Seattle-based chain. Also in Seattle is the first Cervantes Classroom that the Institute opened in the United States (in Washington State), located at the University of Washington.

The Seattle Classroom will kick off the training program, which will start with a pilot course taught by professors from UW's Spanish department.

When the course ends, students will receive certification of their knowledge of Spanish with a Diploma of Spanish as a Foreign Language (known as DELE) awarded by the Cervantes Institute in the name of Spain's Ministry of Education.

Practice Spanish with our free learning tools

Paqui — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:54:00 GMT

don Quijote offers a wide range of free language resources to help you learn and practice Spanish. Here is a summary of some useful tools and free resources to learn Spanish online.

Learn the Alphabet in Spanish: The Spanish alphabet is a good start for your Spanish and an excellent way to practice your pronunciation and spelling skills. With this free language tool you will learn how to pronounce all the letters with examples and audio.

Spanish numbers: Learn how to say the numbers in Spanish and how to use them in sentences with audio pronunciation.

Spanish phrases: A list of basic phrases that will help you to communicate and to understand basic Spanish. The phrases include translations in 4 languages and audio with the pronunciation each sentence in Spanish.

Common errors in Spanish: A complete guide to the most frequent mistakes in Spanish, with explanations of the correct use, examples and grammar references.

Spanish language games: Learn Spanish vocabulary the fun way! Play the hangman in Spanish or try our word searh. A great resource to use with children.

Spanish word of the day: A Spanish word to learn every day, with definition and pronunciation.

don Quijote channel in Youtube

Paqui — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:21:00 GMT

We keep on working to bring to you a bit of Spain, a bit of Latin America and a lot of Spanish language and culture.

Now you can also watch don Quijote from your laptop, or from your own home. Have a look at our channel in Youtube and watch videos of don Quijote Spanish schools, of our students, the cities where you can learn Spanish, and funny videos of Spain.

don Quijote's channel in youtube is http://www.youtube.com/donquijoteschool

If you studied at don Quijote or if you have travelled in Spain and Latin America and you have videos that you want to share with us, we suggest you to upload them in Youtube with the tag donquijoteschool and we will include them in our channel.

Enjoy the videos!