KS4 and up
1. Real Academia Española www.rae.es
The Spanish Royal Academy is the foremost language academy promoting and defending the Spanish language, and giving guidelines on good usage. It has compiled and published the 'Diccionario de la Real Academia Española' since the 18th century. Visitors can look words up in the dictionary and find out how it was compiled, read the acceptance speeches of the members of the academy, and much more.
2. ACIS (Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, UK) www.brighton.ac.uk/languages/acis
This academic association provides a forum for researchers working in a wide range of disciplines, including politics, economics, geography, and cultural studies. Its focus is contemporary Spain and Portugal. As well as providing details of the Association's activities, the website has a section on Spanish language media - Medios de comunicación, with many useful links.
3. Avión de Papel www.aviondepapel.com
Avión de Papel is a literary website with a wide range of articles on literary and language matters relating to the whole of the Hispanic world. Includes the section 'Cajas negras' which explains problem words and expressions in Spanish.
4. Cervantina Digital www.cervantina.org
Cervantina Digital is the electronic version of the literary magazine published by Acción Cultural Miguel de Cervantes, Barcelona, Spain. Its main aim is to foster the Spanish language and its literature. The website contains information on literary issues from all over the Spanish-speaking world.
5. Espéculo www.ucm.es/info/especulo
Multi-award-winning literary quarterly published by the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Complutense, Spain. A wide-ranging site offering excellent help on the problems of Spanish usage: spellings of new words, correct use of prepositions, feminine forms of words denoting professions and occupations, etc. in the section 'Cajetín de la lengua'.
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