Welcome to Spanish

Introduction
This page is part of a series of "open" learning materials which you or your organization can mould or edit into a course - ideally adapted for yourselves or your organisation.

This section of the materials has been designed for those who wish to improve their reading and writing of Castillian Spanish (castellano) and is aimed at English speakers in Latin America (initially particularly Peru) and those in anglophone countries who already speak some Spanish (even good Spanish) but have had no or little practice in writing it. Get started with a supported translation on the page Torre_Tagle_and_the_church_of_San_Pedro. Done that, then try Girl_Guides_-_Thanksgiving_Day

The Massey Archive
The bilingual articles on which the Spanish language exercises are based, were written by Peggy Massey - mainly in the 1970's. They open up a view of Lima and Peru of 40 years ago and have been prepared and distributed by the Massey Archive team: M. Massey, S. Delgado-Park, E. Griffis, A. Zuniga, P. Goulder. Non-commercial use is free and encouraged.

CASA PERU - Open Online / Virtual Casa Peru Series 4
These pages have been designed also for "CASA PERU - Open Online" which is the working title for the internet website of the proposed Peruvian Cultural Institute and Community Centre (Casa Peru) for Ireland and the UK.

As explained above you are welcome to adapt (repurpose is the technical term) the materials to the needs of your own organisation - be it a two-member tutorial group, a university class, a cultural association or maybe just yourself!

Castillian (Peruvian) Spanish for English and other speakers / written Spanish for all.

The materials are free and work like this. For English-speakers: Each (web)page contains a passage to translate into Spanish from English. This is the hard way round for English-speakers and is also useful for Spanish-speakers in Anglophone countries (English comprehension). [It’s good at this stage for practice but think twice before accepting a commission to translate into a language which is not your mother-tongue without the help of a native speaker. No matter how good you are (there are of course exceptions!) you will make tiny give-away mistakes!] You translate the text (usually on the left of the page) using the supported translation - the vocab help column (Keywords etc on the right). Most of the texts were written by journalist Peggy Massey and refer to aspects of life in Peru, especially Lima. (Social work, buildings, ceremonies, organisations etc)

Select articles by their tag category

Tag There are currently. . . sample articles posted, classified according to their principal theme.

Updated list of categories

For an updated list of categories go to the special page:http://peruvian.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Categories