News+&+Current+Events

//This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about news and current events in Spanish.//toc

=Infographics=

- A site containing a host of infographics on topics like health and social issues

=News Sources=

- A collection of links to newspapers, radio, and TV from countries around the world. You can filter them by country, language, topic, or type of media
 * [[image:languagelinks2006/BroadcastLiveLogo.gif caption="http://broadcast-live.com/" link="http://broadcast-live.com/"]] ||
 * http://broadcast-live.com/ ||

- Links to newspapers from around the world in Spanish

- Links to today's front pages - can be sorted by region

- A map containing links to local papers in countries around the world--can be filtered by language

// -// Site offers weekly news podcasts in Spanish. Each one comes with transcripts of the various news stories, targeted grammar and vocabulary, pronunciation exercises, and quizzes. Some of the content is free, but a paid subscription is required to access the full content from the site

**Readings**

- This article identifies several famous youth bloggers, tweeters, etc.

[|Se escapa un millón de cucarachas de un criadero en China]

[|Redes sociales--¿una fuente confiable?]

**Videos**

[|OHS Lockdown] - News report in Spanish about an event that occurred at Odessa High School in 2012 media type="custom" key="24810612" 0:22 “La tension **inici****ó** a las 9:30 de la mañana.

0:52 “Los oficiales **continuaban** llegando para…”

1:00 “Mi hija me **habl****ó**, luego luego que algo **estaba** pasando aqui, por eso **vine** para aca.

1:16 “Afuera, más de cien padres de familia **esperaban** angustiados”

[|Tensiones entre Haití y la República Dominicana] - About immigration and human rights media type="youtube" key="3ytZfEFdBHo" width="560" height="315"

See also: Crime, Emergencies, Entertainment, Natural Disasters