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A review of Centro Virtual Cervantes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

ANA GIMENO SANZ
Affiliation:
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
CRISTINA NAVARRO LABOULAIS
Affiliation:
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Abstract

The Centro Virtual Cervantes (http://cvc.cervantes.es) is the Internet-based branch of the Instituto Cervantes, the official Spanish institution commissioned to disseminate the use and study of Spanish language and culture around the world.

Since its creation in December 1997, the CVC has rapidly become one of the most important reference sites devoted to Spanish language and culture on the WWW, having reached an average of over 100,000 visitors a month. This increasing number of visitors is primarily due to the great variety of resources available at the CVC website, which attract both professionals and the public in general. These include announcements of cultural events under Actos Culturales, the four discussion forums, each of which focuses on a specific topic, and the language classroom, Aula de Lengua, designed for both teachers and learners of Spanish.

The CVC front page enables direct access to the entire contents which are well structured, and organised in a very user-friendly manner. The central part is dedicated to current cultural events and is therefore constantly up-dated. The sections included are listed on the left and right hand side of the main menu page.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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