Links for learners of Spanish: Spanish media

In this section, you will find Spanish media sites offering audio and video content, including sites dealing with news and current affairs, science and technology, and sport.

The importance of reading

You want to learn a language? You need to read!

It doesn't really matter what you read, so long as you do.

Find something that interests you and read something every day - reading an online paper is a great idea.

Note that, unless overwise stated, all the sites in this section are entirely in Spanish.

Audio and video

BBC in Spanish - audio news summaries, as well as text news

Cadena COPE - broadcasts live on the Internet, besides having a full text news site

RNE - Radio Nacional de España, Radio Exterior

Spanish television - online from around the world

News and current affairs

CNN in Spanish - full news and current affairs coverage, including video content

El Mundo - competes with El País in popularity; among their other content, try the video archives

El País - arguably the best of Spain's newspaper websites

El Periódico - the online version of Barcelona's other main daily

Expansión - one of the leading sites for news on the Spanish economy

La Vanguardia Digital - the online edition of Barcelona's leading daily paper

Science and technology

Ciencia Digital - news and lots more on the science world from this monthly e-zine

Muy Interesante - a popular science, technology and current affairs magazine

Sport

El Mundo Deportivo - the website of Barcelona's leading sports paper

Espanyol - there's more to football in Barcelona than the mighty Barça: Espanyol are Barcelona's other Spanish first division side

FC Barcelona - the official "Barça" site: a "must-stop" site for all football fans (also available in English)

Marca - Madrid's leading sports paper, and an excellent sports site

NBA games - Basketball is your thing, huh? Like we say, it doesn't really matter what you read, so long as you do!