This is an open educational, content-forward resource for first-semester students of Spanish that seeks to foster appreciation of the Spanish-speaking world and contributions of Latinos to American society while developing novice-mid proficiency in productive and receptive skills. The authors, Lennie Amores, PhD (University of Miami), and Janice Rodríguez, MA (University of Pennsylvania), have a combined …
Nuestra comunidad latina (Amores and Rodríguez, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)Read More »
This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Students will learn vocabulary related to celebrations and the stages of life, personal relationships, health and medical conditions and parts of the body, the car and its accessories, computers and electronic products, the parts of the house and household …
Spanish 3 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)Read More »
This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Students will learn vocabulary related to transportation and lodging, days of the week, months, seasons, weather expressions, clothing, colors, daily routine, personal hygiene, sequencing expressions, foods, meals and adjectives that describe food. Students will learn grammatical structures that support …
Spanish 2 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)Read More »
This is an open course with shareable course material including syllabi, course activities, reading, and assessments. Completion of the study of the first-year sequence of basic skills. This course was formerly known as Spanish 101. Prerequisite: none. Students will learn vocabulary related to greetings and farewells, courtesy expressions, college courses, professions, family relationships, pastimes, city …
Spanish 1 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)Read More »
¡Chévere! is based on a communicative approach aligned with technology and engages students by fostering diverse literacies, intercultural understanding, and proficiency-oriented language instruction. Content includes culturally authentic narratives, many written by students, exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world in contact with the U.S.
Beginning Spanish, ¡Empecemos por aquí! (CC-BY-NC) focuses on Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational communication skills while centering student voice. Activities engage students in real exchange of information on topics that are relevant to adult students. In addition to language acquisition learning outcomes, this text supports learning outcomes in diversity and inclusion, cultural sustainability, and social justice.
This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains 5 themed chapters, which are divided into 8 sections. Each section has its own set of learning objectives, and is further separated into three types of assignments, Para estudiar en casa (with detailed explanations), Para practicar en casa …
Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture (Dean, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)Read More »
This ASCCC OERI-supported resource was authored by Mario Barrio de Mendoza, Karla Gutierrez, Hsing Ho, Ching-Ping D. Lin, and Anaid Stere Lugo. (2021, Libretexts, CC-BY-NC 4.0)¡Naveguemos Juntos! Navigate with Us! welcomes you to the Spanish-speaking world and its language. This OER is designed to provide students access to interactive activities in order to reinforce the …
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Libro Libre (Huebener) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Libro Libre is an introductory Spanish OER textbook. It consists of 10 chapters. Each chapter contains cultural reading, vocabulary, grammar, activities, and end-of-chapter goals.