Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Liberté
Gretchen Angelo and Emmanuelle Remy · California State University, Los Angeles and Pasadena College
Liberté is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach.
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Introducción al Español
Rita M. Palacios · Conestoga College
Introducción al Español is a basic Spanish language textbook designed to develop reading, writing, and speaking skills of college students in classrooms across Canada. Different topics will be used to support the use and development of correct grammar skills and vocabulary. The material is presented in a reader-friendly, accessible way, with audio files accompanying vocabulary lists to reinforce correct pronunciation and H5P interactives included to engage and reinforce learning.
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Getting to Know You - An Intermediate Integrated-Skills Module for English Learners
Sara Ferguson · Grossmont Community College
In this ESL module you will learn how to interview a classmate and write a profile, or short biography. The module includes reading and vocabulary lessons, listening and speaking exercises, writing practice and grammar lessons.
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French OER 3 (Carrasco and Zahedi)
William J. Carrasco and Shahrzad Zahedi · Palomar College
This course is the third semester of French. This intermediate level course is a study of the French language and French-speaking cultures, with continued emphasis on the development of communicative skills and basic structures. The course combines in-class instruction with self-paced study in the Foreign Language Laboratory.
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ESL 130: Low Intermediate ESL Writing
Heather Zettelmaier · Washtenaw Community College
This OER writing textbook covers writing sentences, summaries, opinions, and narratives, as well as improving spelling and grammar.
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Tarea Libre 2
Cristina Moon, Alejandro Lee, Sarah Harmon, and Hugo Díaz-Rodil · LibreTexts
This is an instructor guide to Tarea Libre 2 - a comprehensive and accessible Open Educational Resources question bank of 800 interactive activities created in ADAPT for second-year Spanish courses for California Community Colleges.
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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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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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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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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.
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Communication Beginnings - An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams · Portland State University
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities.
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Spanish (Entrada Libre)
Nancy Ballesteros, Alejandro Lee,\and Cristina Moon · LibreTexts
Entrada libre is an OER second-year Spanish grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. The manual consists of eight chapters: four chapters for 3rd semester four chapters for 4th semester. Each chapter will include 3 grammar topics. Each grammar point will have a reading, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities.
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Voci: Corso elementare di lingua e culture italiane II
Daria Bozzato and Massimiliano Cirulli · Haverford College
Voci: Corso elementare di lingua e culture italiane is an OER textbook that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring that all students have immediate access to a no-cost learning platform and by presenting a realistic, diverse picture of Italian culture. Incorporating authentic materials such as songs, film clips, commercials, and literary excerpts, Voci provides a diverse student body with rich learning stimuli.
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A Christmas Carol
Timothy Krause · Portland Community College
A Holiday Ghost Story by Charles Dickens with Illustrations by John Leech. This version of the classic holiday story has been slightly abridged and lightly adapted for advanced students of English language. The text includes comprehension checks, discussion questions, and collaborative activities.
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Anímate: La fonología, la fonética y la dialectología del español
Grant D. Moss · Pittsburg State University
Anímate: La fonología, la fonética y la dialectología del español provee prácticas pedagógicas principales para los que quieran perfeccionar su español (castellano). Las metodologías presentes ayudarán al estudiante a que se centre en la comunicación en vez de en la precisión gramatical.
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals I
Emiko Konomi · Portland State University
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.
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Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter
Sylvie Clamageran and Henriette Gezundhaj · York University
Le manuel RÉSUMER, SYNTHÉTISER, ARGUMENTER s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e année universitaire, essentiellement). Profitant des possibilités qu’offre le format multimédia, le manuel intègre un certain nombre d’exercices autocorrigés et de présentations sur des points de langue. Ce manuel se présente dans un format multistandard et multiplateforme. On peut le consulter à partir d’ordinateurs, de tablettes et de téléphones.
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Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner
Susan Caisse, Kristee Emens-Hesslink, & Jennifer Rueda · Clackamas Community College
Welcome to Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner. This English grammar textbook was designed for a class of Clackamas Community College (CCC) ESOL students who need only a review of the BE verb and are ready to learn the simple present and present progressive tenses.
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Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé
Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon · Portland State University
Histoires d'Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s'adresse à un public d'apprenants étrangers (de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé) mais aussi à un public natif voulant approfondir ses connaissances de la science-fiction moderne - après un chapitre préliminaire qui rappelle les bases historiques du genre.