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CHN102 Elementary Mandarin II Textbook
Carl Polley (裴凯) · Kapi'olani Community College
This OER textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course. This text is used for the course CHN102: Elementary Mandarin II, taught at Kapi'olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Cover image: "Calligraphy Lesson" c. 1920 by Thang Tran Phenh (Vietnam, 1890-1972)
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ESL Integrated Advanced Reading/Writing 2 (2026)
Phuong Emily Bank and Rachel Cohen-Reyes · Evergreen Valley College
This OER (Open Educational Resources) textbook is designed for non-native speakers of English one level below English C1000, first-year college composition course. Divided into ten chapters, it focuses on the active reading process, writing and research processes, and the integration and connection of these three major skills. The last three chapters focuses on grammar within the context of writing and vocabulary expansion.
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¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español
Norma Corrales-Martin · Temple University
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open textbook intended for conversational review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class. The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes. It can also be used in similar high school classes.
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Breve historia cultural hispánica
Enrique Yepes · Bowdoin College, Colegiatura Colombiana, & Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
This quick Socio-Cultural history provides an overview of the chronology of Spain (from the Middle Ages) and Spanish America (from Pre-Columbian times) to the beginning of the 21st century. It can serve as contextual reading for the “panoramic” courses on Hispanic literatures and art which are often taught on third-year Spanish courses in US universities. It is also useful as a reference for classes or conversations on any aspect of the Spanish cultures.
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Six Ways of Being Religious
Dale Cannon · Western Oregon University
The book proposes the hypothesis that six generic ways of being religious may be found in any large-scale religious tradition such as Christianity or Buddhism or Islam or Hinduism: sacred rite, right action, devotion, shamanic mediation, mystical quest, and reasoned inquiry. These are recurrent ways in which, socially and individually, devout members of these traditions take up and appropriate their stories and symbols to draw near to, and come into right relationship with, the ultimate reality.
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MUSC 021 - Vocab Riddles
David Saldana · Pasadena City College
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Technical Communication
Chelsea Milbourne, Anne Regan, Morgan Livingston, and Sadie Johann · California Polytechnic State University
This text explores the principles of technical communication. In addition to producing clear and easy-to-read documents, students will also examine the rhetorical dimensions of writing for technical environments. The class begins by analyzing the argumentative and stylistic conventions that govern technical communication. Through this critical analysis, students determine which conventions constitute the field’s “best practices” and will learn to incorporate these within their own compositions.
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College Skills: Intermediate English Part 1
Christine M. Nowik · Harrisburg Area Community College
This text supports ESL 030: Reading and Writing I. Part II supports ESL 035: Reading and Writing II.
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Introduction to Literature
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This collection is not a “course.” It is a collection of materials designed to assist instructors in teaching and presenting the concepts of Introduction to Literature. Instructors are urged to pick and choose the items that will add to their lesson plans; then instructors can make these items available to students. The material can be used in conjunction with other items instructors find or prepare, or the material can be used as a sole source for the class.
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Synthesis - Integrated Writing Skills for Advanced Students of ESOL
Timothy Krause · Portland Community College
This writing course for advanced students of ESOL offers an integrated approach to metacognition and critical thinking skills, research and source evaluation skills, standard composition and grammar skills, and academic vocabulary skills.
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Critical Thinking: Argumentative Reading and Writing (CID ENGL105)
Jill Bonds and Heather Evans · Coalinga College
This textbook is designed for an 8-week course. Created for Coalinga College’s English Argumentative Writing & Critical Thinking, it distills various OER resources into a framework base for faculty to expand on, whether focusing on argumentative writing or integrating critical thinking philosophies and research methodologies beyond a basic English class. Each section provides definitions and examples for faculty to add individual supplemental materials and ends with additional text options.
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From the Middle Ages to the Early Eighteenth Century
Hannah Chung · Cosumnes River College
This textbook explores English literature from the Middle Ages to the early eighteenth century, highlighting notable writers and works from each period. It highlights central themes, ways of thinking, and new literary forms across these periods, as well as their impact.
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A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues
David Carl Wilson · Webster University
A Guide to Good Reasoning shows with both wit and philosophical care how students can become good at everyday reasoning. It starts with attitude—with alertness to judgmental heuristics and with the cultivation of intellectual virtues and develops a system for skillfully clarifying and evaluating arguments, according to four standards—whether the premises fit the world, whether the conclusion fits the premises, whether the argument fits the conversation, and whether it is possible to tell.
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College Success and Advanced ESL Writing
Talley Caruso · Chabot College
This textbook enables college success with a particular focus on ESL (English as a Second Language) students developing academic reading and writing skills. Designed to be both instructional and accessible, this resource blends foundational writing instruction with targeted support for multilingual learners, empowering students to grow as confident, critical readers and effective academic writers.
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Creators, Collectors & Communities
Ann Smart Martin · University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ann Smart Martin's Spring 2017 museum course's work on the Driftless Historium's inaugural exhibit. This includes all labels and images of the objects as well as detailed object essays and music.
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SPA 1A: Beginning Spanish
Cristina Moon · Chabot College
Beginning Spanish 1A is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each chapter includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Spanish 2A: Intermediate Spanish (2026)
Christina Moon · Chabot College
Beginning Spanish 2A is the first half of a comprehensive intermediate Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life, culture, literature, and film in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Entrada Libre 2e
Cristina Moon, Alejandro Lee, Sarah Harmon, and Hugo Díaz-Rodil · OERI
Entrada Libre 2.0 is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their LMS.
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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation
Chauna Ramsey · Columbia Gorge Community College
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
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Yo puedo: segundos pasos
Elizabeth Silvaggio-Adams and Ma. Del Rocío Vallejo-Alegre · SUNY Geneseo
As you begin the equivalent of a second semester Spanish course with these materials, some of you might think about how long it has been since you studied Spanish while others may come to the class with some background knowledge. We want you to know this book has been designed with many types of learners in mind. Our goals were to address the need for students to achieve the ability to communicate in written and spoken form.