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Authentic Resources

How to Find Awesome Authentic Resources

These resources were collected during the COLT CT 2017 annual conference.  Thank you to all who contributed!  
 Have a suggestion or something to add?  Please contact me.  

A note on Google searches: When searching, instead of typing "google.com", use a country extension from a country where your TL is spoken (google.it, google.es, google.com.mx, google.fr, etc.)

Spanish

Websites
  • bbc.com/mundo
  • rtve.es
  • ElPaís.com 
  • ThisIsLanguage.com
  • Zachary Jones (Zambombazo)
  • University of Texas - Austin - Oral Interviews​
  • Basho & Friends 
  • SuperSimpleOnline.com (en español) ​
  • Univisión 
  • Telemundo​
Social Media
  • NatGeo (amazing photos & captions of places, people & animals around the world) 
  • CelebrateLanguages 
  • Leslie Grahn (Pinterest) 
  • SpanishMama
YouTube Channels
  • AJ+ Español (Short news videos)
  • Alanxelmundo (Travel) 
  • El Confidencial (España)
  • Sésamo 
  • Peque Tiempo 
  • Pocoyó 
  • HispanTV

Other Resources
  • Spanish Nivel A1 
  • Todd Claybaugh
  • Señor Wooly 
  • The Spanish Dude 
  • CreativeLanguageClass ​
  • MisCositas.com​ 
  • Mexpro (list of a variety of resources)
Movies & TV Shows
  • Living Under A Dollar in Central America
  • Frida Kahlo 
  • Motorcycle Diaries 
  • Under the Sea 
  • Velvet (Telenovela)
  • Cable Girls (Telenovela)
  • Bajo la misma luna 
  • ​El Internado (Telenovela)
  • Fuerza del destino (Telenovela)
  • The Harvest 
  • ​Mojados
  • Mi Vida Loca (BBC)
  • The Book of Life 
  • Gol 
  • ​Selena 
  • También la lluvia 
  • El Norte 
  • Sofia 
  • La Banda 
  • Mira Quién Baila (Univisión)
  • Premios Juventud (Univisión)
​

French

Websites
  • ​TV5Monde.com
  • McDonalds.fr​
  • museedorsay.fr
  • radiofrance.com 
Other Resources 
  • University of Texas - French Lessons with Tex ​
  • lepointdufle.net
  • commeunefrancaise.com
YouTube Channels
  • Extra 
  • Stromae
  • Trotro
  • Samsung France
  • BIC France
  • Yoplait France 
  • La Vache Quie Rit
  • Le Petit Nicolas Officiel 
  • Ma Vie Aux Etats Unis
  • JusteJo
  • Patricia B in France 
  • Generation What
​
Movies & TV Shows
  • Les Revenants 
  • L'histoire d'Adèle H.
  • Les Intouchables 
  • Samba 
  • Monsieur Lazhar 
  • Un Amour à Taire
  • Petit Nicolas
  • ​Tchoupi 
  • Deux Jours, Une Nuit 
  • La Vie en Rose ​
  • The Guilded Cage 
  • ​Ponette 
  • Le Petit Prince 
  • Les Choristes 
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Être et avoir
  • Jean de Florette 
  • Manon de la Source
  • flecampus.ning.com (look for cinéma, French films with subtitles) 

Arabic

YouTube Channels 
  • Toyor al Janah 
  • Al Jazeera
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