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SPANISH

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SPANISH:

 

 

A RESOURCE FOR SPANISH INSTRUCTORS:

Community. Building Capacity for Innovation in Spanish Teaching Statewide: A SPANISH ROADMAP.

 

 

 

Bilingual Report on the State of Spanish and World Language Education in Arkansas Has Been ReleasedDec. 15, 2023

(One of the goals of this report is to increase Spanish Language teaching and immersion in order for Arkansans to understand another culture and to more effectively reach out to the world.)

 

 

and THE SIN LÍMITES PROGRAM FOR IMMERSION with LATINO/A CHILDREN: AN EXAMPLE OF IMPORTANT COMMUNITY OUTREACH

 (A variety of readings with T/F and Multiple Choice Questions to assess comprehension)

This is a Libretext book designed for intermediate Spanish students

 

 

 

 

Salón de clase: Intermediate Spanish for Education Professionals (Ortiz and Zimotti)

 

 

 

 

SPECIALIZED SPANISH VOCABULARY-- INCLUDES SPECIFIC TERMS FOR OCCUPATIONS such as Bricklayers; Ranchers, Slaughterhouse Workers; etc.

 

 

CONSULAR SPANISH VOCABULARY Spanish CONSULAR VOCABULARY.pdf

(CLICK DOWNLOAD WHEN THAT SCREEN APPEARS)

 

 

 

SPANISH FINANCE AND ECONOMICS VOCABULARY

 SPANISH ECONOMICS AND FINANCE VOCABULARY.pdf

 

 

 

A NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOK:

Comunidades

This is a textbook for first-semester Spanish with a focus on the cultural products, practices and perspectives of Spanish-speaking communities in the world today.


This text is designed to build students’ cultural and communicative proficiency at the novice level through interaction with authentic resources and real-life video conversations featuring native Spanish speakers living in the American Midwest.

 

Each chapter includes interactive activities focused on each of the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal and presentational), at least one Integrated Performance Assessment, exercises with automated feedback and prompts that promote cross-cultural comparisons through research and reflection.

Authors Yuriko Ikeda, Assistant professor of Spanish, and Julia Baumgardt, Chair of Languages and Cultures and associate professor of Spanish, aim to teach novice-level Spanish students through the incorporation of authentic materials, cultural concepts, and real-life conversations with Spanish speakers in the American Midwest.

Instructor Guide 

Student Guide

 

1. ¡Soy yo!

 

2. Mis amistades

 

3. Mi familia

 

4. Mi comunidad

 

5. Mi universidad

 

 

 

 

Introductory Spanish (¡Naveguemos juntos!) 

¡Naveguemos Juntos! was created for students taking the first year of Spanish. It is intended as an introductory Spanish course that covers levels 1 and 2 at community colleges. All resources found here are free! Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college (including Canvas).

Furthermore, instructors have the option to adapt, edit, modify, and create their own version

 

 

 

Learn Spanish Language with Memrise

"Learn Spanish with Memrise: Discover vocabulary, pronunciation and listening practice and videos of native speakers using the Spanish language in context."

PLEASE NOTE: NEEDS TO CREATE A LOGON TO FULLY  THIS SERVICE. 

 

 

 

Trayectos 1: Mi vida en la universidad 

Copyright Year: 2021; Contributor: Zapata; Publisher: Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL); License: CC BY-SA

Trayectos is an open curriculum for beginning second language (L2) learners of Spanish.  

 

 

Trayectos 2: Más sobre mí 2

Copyright Year: 2022; Contributor: Zapata; Publisher: Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL);License: CC BY-SA

 

Trayectos is an open curriculum for beginning second language (L2) learners of Spanish. The textbook offers the following features to L2 Spanish students and instructors

 

Learner-centered fresh, multimodal content, based on Learning by Design, a pedagogy inspired by the Multiliteracies movement (Kalantzis et al., 2005, 2016, 2019; Zapata, 2022).

 

The four modules in Volume I connect the life worlds of learners with the life worlds of diverse Spanish speakers. ●

 

Instruction incorporating the following features:


1. Multimodal texts (e.g., readings, videos, posters) based on a variety of textual genres that contextualize topics about the lives of real university students;

2. Communicative activities that bind language form to cultural meaning within real-life contexts, and offer students opportunities to discover how to use new Spanish vocabulary and grammar in diverse sociocultural situations;

3. Critical thinking and language awareness tasks that showcase different varieties of Spanish, including those spoken in the United States, and help learners explore the Spanish-speaking world, including local Hispanic/Latinx communities; and

4. Culminating tasks that oblige learners to synthesize their new linguistic and cultural knowledge into a personal, multimodal text.

 

 

 

 

Spanish 001 

"For both, the teacher and student alike, this Spanish I book is intended for a first-year, college Elementary Spanish I level. It also attempts to make the study of a language in this case, Spanish, more than another required subject. Eliminating the artificial limitation of the traditional textbook, offers the teacher and the student the ability to tailor the content to their own needs. Also, this book tries to show the value of learning a second language from a high quality pedagogical criteria absolutely free."

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Section I: Introduction:

 

Chapter 1 – Basic Vocabulary

 

Topic 1 Common Greetings

 

Topic 2 The Alphabet

 

Topic 7 The Family and Possessive Adjectives

 

Topic 6 The Body Parts

 

Topic 5 Numbers

 

Topic 4 Calendar

 

Topic 3 Geography

 

Section II: Elements of a Sentence:

 

Chapter 2 Articles, Nouns, Adjectives, and Nationality Adjectives

 

Chapter 3 Subject Pronouns, Ser, Estar, Interrogative Words & Gustar

 

Chapter 3 Learning Objectives

 

Topic 3 Interrogative Words

 

Chapter 2

 

Topic 2 Gender and Number of the Nouns

 

Topic 3 Gender and Number of Adjectives

 

Topic 4 Nationality Adjectives

 

Topic 1 Subject Pronouns

 

Topic 2 Ser (to be) and Estar (to be)

 

Topic 4 Gustar

 

Topic 1 Gender and Number of Definite and Indefinite Articles

 

Section III: The Spanish Verbs:

 

Topic 2 Present Tense Irregular Verbs

 

Topic 3 Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs

 

Topic 4 Reflexive Constructions

 

Topic 1 The Verb “Ir”

 

Topic 2 The Verb Tener

 

Topic 3 The Present Progressive

 

Chapter 4 Learning Objectives

 

Chapter 5 Learning Objectives

 

Chapter 4 Spanish Verbs

 

Chapter 5 The Future of Ir, the Verb Tener, and Idiomatic Expressions

 

Topic 1 Present Tense of Regular Verbs

 

Credits

 

Appendix 1

 

 

OPEN LEARNING: SPANISH: BEGINNING TO ADVANCED SPANISH

"Open Learn provides seven Spanish courses ranging from beginners to advanced Spanish, such as "Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink", "Spanish: Perspectivas porteñas", and "Spanish: espacios públicos."

 

Getting started with Spanish 3

This free course will take you some steps further in your journey toward learning Spanish. You should have some previous knowledge of Spanish...

 

Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires

This free course, Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires, uses a documentary about artists in Buenos Aires to help you to develop your...

 

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

This free course, Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts, is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of Spanish-speaking societies and...

 

Advanced Spanish: Protest song

This free course, Advanced Spanish: Protest song, will develop your knowledge and understanding of the societies and cultures of Spain and...

 

Getting started with Spanish 2

This free course is your next step to continue your journey learning Spanish, one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. You...

 

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

Welcome to this free course, Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish, which is aimed at intermediate learners of Spanish with...

 

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

In this free course you will embark on a journey off the beaten track, to see the natural wonders of Latin America and some of its people. Intermediate...

 

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: food and...

 

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Beginners’ Spanish: Getting...

 

Getting started with Spanish 1

If you want to learn a new language for work or for leisure, this free course will introduce you to one of the most widely spoken languages in the world –...

 

 

 

 

¡Voy en camino!

Copyright Year: 2023;  Contributors: Rojas-Primus and Robles;  Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University; License: CC BY-NC

"¡Voy en camino! means “I’m on my way” in Spanish.

Since learning an additional language and the culture is a journey in itself, ¡Voy en camino! captures the voyage to get there. ¡Voy en camino! has been created to serve the first two introductory Spanish language courses at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and to solidify our commitment to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). All units of study are designed to be interactive with embedded audio, videos and links for learners to practice the material along the way. Learners can self-pace and self-test their knowledge both individually and with the assistance of an instructor.

 

¡Voy en camino! has plenty of opportunities to practice writing and speaking with downloadable capabilities becoming a Spanish teaching and learning tool that promotes and supports sustainable renewable learning. With its digital format and open publication ¡Voy en camino! is also meant to join the Spanish teaching open education community and provide access to learning to interested users along the way."

 

 

  

 

Aprendiendo Español/ Learning Spanish

(Includes Quizzes, Video Presentations, and Student Activites)

 

 

 

 

Match English verbs with their Spanish equivalent

Match Spanish verbs with their English equivalent  - drag the equivalent Spanish verbs, arranged randomly on the page, into its English meaning -- there will be a blue area by the English verb where you will physically drag the equivalent Spanish verb.

This is a nice homework assignment for intermediate/advanced Spanish students.

 

 

 

 

Cervantes’ Don Quixote: A YALE UNIVERSITY ONLINE CLASS

"The course facilitates a close reading of Don Quixote in the artistic and historical context of renaissance and baroque Spain.

Students are also expected to read four of Cervantes’ Exemplary StoriesCervantes’ Don Quixote: A Casebook, and J.H. Elliott’s Imperial Spain.

Cervantes’ work will be discussed in relation to paintings by Velázquez.

The question of why Don Quixote is read today will be addressed throughout the course.

Students are expected to know the book, the background readings and the materials covered in the lectures and class discussions."

 

Syllabus for this Course is here

 

The free VIDEO LECTURES from Yale University for this Course may be found here

These are truly fascinating lectures.

 

 

 

 

SPANISH VERB CONJUGATOR

 

 

 

Creative Translation for Real-World Contexts: English ↔ Spanish 

Copyright Year: 2024; Publisher: Bowling Green State University Libraries

License: CC BY-NC-SA

"Creative Translation for Real-World Contexts is one of the first translation textbooks designed for Spanish/English speakers at an intermediate-high (B2) level. This book introduces students to the basic ideas of translation while addressing frequent pain points that recur when working bidirectionally.

Additionally, a focus is placed on fostering metacognitive skills by encouraging creative translation from real-world environments such as narration, business, advertising, specialized contexts (including inclusive and queer language), and in situations when there are no clear translations available, such as sci-fi and fantasy works.

Chapters alternate between Spanish and English as the languages of discussion, thus providing an equitable challenge for native speakers of both languages.

Table of Contents:

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 - Descripción y narración
  • Chapter 2 - Business & Professional
  • Chapter 3 - Publicidad
  • Chapter 4 - Translating for Specialized Contexts
  • Chapter 5 - La traducción como actividad artística

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH - SPANISH DICTIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

SPANISH DICTIONARY 

 

 

 

 

Spanish Vocabulary - 500 Most Common Verbs Lists and Quizzes

 

 

 

 

 

OER BOOKS ON SPANISH FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OER = OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES   (51 Books at last glance; includes textbooks on Spanish Grammar and Pronunciation, among many other topics)   

This is a new Search Engine that will be updated daily.

 

 

 


Para vivir con salud (from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas) 

 

ALSO CONTENTS OF BOOK MAY BE FOUND HERE

 

"We have developed this open access book for universities and colleges responding to the needs and interests of students preparing for careers in health or even seeking to add a “health track” to their majors or minors. Para vivir offers an introduction to reading different literary and cultural texts from the Spanish-speaking world with a thematic focus on health.

 

It can be used as an alternative to the standard Introduction to Hispanic Literature course texts, as it also teaches techniques of close reading.

 

It incorporates authors from seventeen counties, has an almost even representation of male and female authors and diverse communities in the Hispanic world (European, Creole, Afro Hispanic, Latinx, Indigenous, Jewish).

 

In addition to introductions to reading different genres (narrative, poetry, theater, and film) we have scaffolded supporting material such as biographies, notes on the historical contexts, pre and post-reading questions."

 

 

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL SPANISH VOCABULARY, ARRANGED BY THEME

(PRIMARY AUTHOR, Ms. SONIA AMADEO, FSI STUDENT, with recent additions by Mr. STEPHEN PERRY, FSI STUDENT. BOTH ARE NOW CONSULAR OFFICERS IN MEXICO.)

VOCAB_SPANISH _2023 FSI ADVANCED SPANISH.xlsx  (CLICK DOWNLOAD AFTER SELECTING THIS FILE)

VOCAB_SPANISH 2022LNAs.pdf (CLICK DOWNLOAD AFTER SELECTING THIS FILE)

 

We thank all our amazing Spanish FSI Instructors for their enthusiasm for this project, and for their assigned lecturas that engendered this spreadsheet.  THANK YOU ALL!

 

 

 

 

COLBY COLLEGE constantly updates their Spanish Language resources, including Grammar and Reading

 

 

 

 

I created a Search Engine to locate free academic textbooks in all subject areas; many of these are Foreign Language Textbooks. https://bit.ly/FTEATEXT 

 

(Type the search terms "Spanish" or "Spanish Grammar" or "Spanish Grammar Exercises" (or similar terms of your choosing, without the quotes) in this Search Engine to find truly valuable free teaching / student resources.  (This Search Engine also will work for any topic or subject.)

 

 

 

 

COMPLETE SPANISH TEXTBOOK - focusing on GRAMMAR and Practical EXERCISES - from BOWDOIN COLLEGE, MAINE 

(Un Libro digital Herramientas de Español- an Online Advanced Spanish Textbook; offering a concise outline of essential grammar structures, based on John Turner's All the Spanish Grammar You Really Need to Know). -- 

This textbook, with related exercises, received a Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching World Languages Classics Award.

 

 

 

Free Spanish resources from the California Community College Consortium for OER Resources:

https://www.oercommons.org/curated-collections/1465?__hub_id=68

 

 

 

 

The Best FREE Open Educational Resources -- OERs - for SPANISH  

(from the Los Angeles Valley College Library)

These OERS include additional FREE TEXTBOOKS

 

 

 

 

Spanish Language Learning Resources (from NEH's EDSITEMENT)

("This Teachers Guide compiles resources for teaching Spanish to students of varying proficiency levels, including heritage learners.")

NEH= The National Endowment for the Humanities

 

 

 

 

Español down under: Spanish for Australia and New Zealand

"This book focuses on a hands-on, student-centric approach to learning Spanish.

Designed for the Australian and New Zealand environment for use at Deakin University, currently available is foundation level content, suitable for a first introduction to Spanish speaking. The resource is still in development with additional content progressing to more advanced skill levels currently under development." 

Once you click on the title above, please scroll down to access the Contents. You can then click on any chapter title to see the entire content of that chapter. 

THIS is an excellent first text for beginning- level Spanish students, whether you are in the USA, EUROPE. Mexico, or AUS NZ. 

Introduction

Ramon Lopez Castellano; Israel Holas; and Fanny Rios Rodriguez

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

 

 

 

I. ¡HOLA!: Welcome to the Hispanic World, it's language and cultures

Semana 1 - Greetings, The Alphabet and Numbers

Semana 2 - Nationalities and Grammar

Semana 3 - Verbs

Semana 4 - Jobs and workplaces

Semana 5 - Pastimes, colours and more about verbs

Semana 6 - Weather, dates and ESTAR

Semana 7 - Household Chores

Semana 8 - More verbs - Periphrases and irregular verbs

Semana 9 - Stem changing verbs

Semana 10 - Verb conjugation

 

 

 

 

La hora del cuento en español; copyright year: 2023  

La hora del cuento en español is a collection of children’s stories in Spanish authored by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) students and edited by KPU Faculty Constanza Rojas-Primus and KPU alumna Sofía Rodríguez.

The first part of this collection is a selection of stories written by KPU Spanish 1100 students between Fall 2017 and Spring 2019 as a result of a collaboration between KPU Spanish and Guildford Public Library Language Literacy Program “Storytime in Spanish”.

The second part of this collection is a selection of stories written by KPU Spanish 1101 students between Fall 2020 and Spring 2022 as a result of an interuniversity collaboration in support of UNESCO´s Sustainable Development Goals Agenda 2030.

All stories are narrated by Constanza Rojas-Primus and have been translated into English by Sofía Rodríguez. The illustrations in the cover and first part of this collection are artwork of KPU Fine Arts student Cheyenne Pokeda.

 

 

 

 

Spanish and You: Spanish for Everyday Life

 (Full access to these Chapters are found at the very bottom of this page)

Semana 1 - ¿Nos conocemos?

Semana 2 - La familia

Semana 3 - La familia II y las mascotas

Semana 4 - Mi rutina

Semana 5 - El hogar

Semana 6 - La comida y el pasado

Semana 7 - En el restaurante

Semana 8 - La ropa

Semana 9- El cuerpo humano

Semana 10 - Hace tiempo

 

 

 

 

 

LIBRO LIBRE: Welcome to Elementary Spanish!

"This textbook was designed in cooperation with the Louisiana Board of Regents Open Educational Textbook Pilot program. Designed by Elementary Instructors as a cooperative effort across Louisiana, this textbook will introduce you to the basic elements of the Spanish language through the use of self directed and active learning." 

Table of Contents:

 

I. Capítulo Uno: Sobre Mí

1. ¿Quiénes Somos Los Latinos O Hispanos? 

2. Seccion 1: Los Saludos Y Las Despedidas 

3. Seccion 2: Las Presentaciones 

4. Sección 3: Pronunciación Y El Alfabeto 

5. Sección 4: Las Materias 

6. Sección 5: En El Salón De Clase

7. Sección 6: Artículos Definidos E Indefinidos

8. Sección 7: Cultura: Espana 

9. Vocabulario Del Capitulo 

10. Vocabulario Personalizado 

11. ¡A Reflexionar! 

 

II. Capítulo Dos:¿Cómo somos?

12. El Español En El Mundo 

13. Sección 1: Orígenes 

14. Sección 2: Las Fechas 

15. Sección 3: Adjetivos Descriptivos

16. Sección 4: Las Estaciones Del Año

17. Sección 5: El Tiempo 

18. Sección 6: Número De Teléfono Y Precios 

19. Sección 7 : Tener 

20. Sección 8: Las emociones, las condiciones físicas, y la ubicación 

22. Sección 9: Cultura: Las Fiestas En La Cultura Hispana 

23. Sección: Vocabulario 

24. Vocabulario Del Capítulo

25. Vocabulario Personalizado

26. ¡A Reflexionar!

 

III. Capítulo Tres: Nuestra Rutina

 

27. ¡A descubrir!: La siesta 

28. Seccion 1: Las Actividades Diarias 

29. Sección 2: Me Gusta/No Me Gusta 

30. Sección 3: Necesidades Y Obligaciones 

31. Sección 4: Las Preguntas

32. Sección 5: Cultura: México 

33. Vocabulario Del Capítulo 

34. Vocabulario Personalizado 

35. ¡A reflexionar! 

 

IV. Capítulo Cuatro: Mi familia

 

36. ¡A Descubrir!: El Sistema De Los Apellidos

37. Sección 1: El Sistema De Dos Apellidos

38. Sección 2: Expresar Adónde Vamos 

39. Sección 3: El Futuro 

40. Sección 4: Los Números De 101—1.000.000

41. Sección 5: La Familia 

42. Sección 6: Los Adjetivos Posesivos 

43. Seccion 7: Stem-Changing Verbs 

44. Seccion 8: Cultura: República Dominicana 

45. Vocabulario Del Capítulo

46. Vocabulario Personalizado 

47. ¡A Reflexionar!

Appendix

 

  

 

LIBRO LIBRE: SPANISH 1 and 2 ( A CONTINUATION OF SPANISH 1- (This Text has a greater emphasis on Grammar and Reading and Comprehension)

 

(See, for example. the uses of Por y Para - a rather unique grammatical function in the language that bedevils most students of Spanish- this chapter concludes with useful grammatical exercises.)

 

 

 

CONTEO DE COLECCIONES: FOR ELEMENTARY LEARNERS  (cute animation)

 

 

 

 

 

PETS/MASCOTAS - for NOVICE -- LOW/MID SPANISH

 

 

 

 

 

SPANISH PROFICIENCY EXERCISES

"Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks. The site incorporates proficiency topics, divided by level of difficulty: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior.  

 The specific topics include video clips, vocabulary lists, phrases lists, and mini-grammar explanations."

 

 

 

 

SPANISH GRAMMAR: The difference between QUÉ – CUÁL(ES)

by Carlos Villena, FSI SPANISH PROFESSOR (includes built-in exercises)

QUÉ vs CUAL.docx (CLICK DOWNLOAD AFTER SELECTING THIS FILE)

QUÉ vs CUAL.pdf (.pdf version)

My enormous thanks to FSI Professor Carlos Villena for focusing on this important -yet often sadly neglected- aspect of Spanish Grammar.    Gracias, Carlos! 

 

 

 

Another grammatical conundrum that bedevils beginning students of Spanish: the correct use of POR y PARA:

(the uses of Por y Para - this chapter concludes with useful grammatical exercises.)

 

 

 

 

 

SPA 101: Beginning Spanish I Course

Conditional Remix & Share Permitted

 CC BY-NC-SA 

SPA 101: Beginning Spanish I

Fundamentals of speaking, writing, listening, and reading of Spanish. Introduction to the ...

 

 

 

 

Spanish 101 Textbook

Conditional Remix & Share Permitted

 CC BY-NC-SA 

Spanish 101 Textbook  

Fundamentals of speaking, writing, listening, and reading of Spanish. Introduction to the ...

 

 

 

Spanish 102 Textbook

Conditional Remix & Share Permitted

 CC BY-NC-SA 

Spanish 102 Textbook

Development of speaking, writing, listening, and reading proficiency in Spanish at the ...

 

 

 

 

SPANISH 001- ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1 (Penn State University)

For both, the teacher and student alike, this Spanish I book is intended for a first-year, college Elementary Spanish I level. It also attempts to make the study of a language in this case, Spanish, more than another required subject. Eliminating the artificial limitation of the traditional textbook, offers the teacher and the student the ability to tailor the content to their own needs. Also, this book tries to show the value of learning a second language from a high quality pedagogical criteria at a low cost solution.

Features include:

  1. Clearly defined objectives in communication, culture, and grammar are given at the start of each chapter, and summary exercises.
  2. Many activities are provided in a practical context in which to practice.
  3. Concise grammar explanations address the level of language acquisition for non-major language students. Carefully chosen communicative goals focus on low to intermediate ACTFL oral proficiency skills.
  4. The book recycles material on a regular basis to encourage the student to see the value of continual learning progression rather than testability.
  5. I. Section I: Introduction
    1. 1. Chapter 1 Basic Vocabulary

    2. 2. Chapter 1 Learning Objectives

    3. 3. Topic 1 Common Greetings

    4. 4. Topic 2 The Alphabet

    5. 5. Topic 3 Geography

    6. 6. Topic 4 Calendar

    7. 7. Topic 5 Numbers

    8. 8. Topic 6 The Body Parts

    9. 9. Topic 7 The Family and Possessive Adjectives

  6. II. Section II: Elements of a Sentence
    1. 10. Chapter 2 Articles, Nouns, Adjectives, and Nationality Adjectives

    2. 11. Chapter 2 Learning Objectives

    3. 12. Topic 1 Gender and Number of Definite and Indefinite Articles

    4. 13. Topic 2 Gender and Number of the Nouns

    5. 14. Topic 3 Gender and Number of Adjectives

    6. 15. Topic 4 Nationality Adjectives

    7. 16. Chapter 3 Subject Pronouns, Ser, Estar, Interrogative Words & Gustar

    8. 17. Chapter 3 Learning Objectives

    9. 18. Topic 1 Subject Pronouns

    10. 19. Topic 2 Ser (to be) and Estar (to be)

    11. 20. Topic 3 Interrogative Words

    12. 21. Topic 4 Gustar

  7. III. Section III: The Spanish Verbs
    1. 22. Chapter 4 Spanish Verbs

    2. 23. Chapter 4 Learning Objectives

    3. 24. Topic 1 Present Tense of Regular Verbs

    4. 25. Topic 2 Present Tense Irregular Verbs

    5. 26. Topic 3 Present Tense of Stem-Changing Verbs

    6. 27. Topic 4 Reflexive Verbs

    7. 28. Chapter 5 The Future of Ir, the Verb Tener, and Idiomatic Expressions

    8. 29. Chapter 5 Learning Objectives

    9. 30. Topic 1 The Verb "Ir"

    10. 31. Topic 2 The Verb Tener

    11. 32. Topic 3 The Present Progressive

  8. Credits

  9. Appendix 1

 

 

 

SPANISH TEXTBOOK I and II   

"This textbook is a collaborative effort between three professors to create a free textbook for students studying Spanish. The project allowed both team members to share pedagogy while having open dialogue about teaching a foreign language to the student body."

 

 

 

 

 

ABRE EL MUNDO: Español para todos (by Annette M. Gillum, PhD)

1st Semester Spanish, with emphasis on communication. FROM OERTX

(Scroll down until the San Antonio River Walk photo comes into view-- One navigates through the lower left hand corner of this Photo --click the arrows on the lower left of this photo to go forward or backward through the text.)

 

 

 

Actividades de práctica con aprendices del español

 

 

 

Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla / Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen

Publisher: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project

"Este libro de texto busca fomentar el visionado crítico de productos audiovisuales contemporáneos y el reflexionar sobre la representación de las culturas hispanas en webseries y vídeos musicales. This textbook aims to promote critical viewing of contemporary audiovisual products and thinking about the representation of Hispanic cultures in web series and music videos."

Students are asked essential questions in each of the below episodes.

Table of Contents:

  • I. Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla
    • 1. Street Food Latin America—Comida para hacerte sentir bien
    • 2. Joe T Hodo—“¿Para qué tener una Malinche cuando puedes tener un Cortés?”
    • 3. Cartas a mi Ex—“Una radiografía del amor en la era de la soledad”
    • 4. Jane the Virgin—Telenovelas: el drama de la vida común y corriente
    • 5. Vida–Soplaré y soplaré, y tu casita derribaré
    • 6. La Niña—Reconciliación
    • 7. “Canción sin miedo” (2020) de Vivir Quintana y el coro El palomar—Feminicidios
    • 8. “La cumbia de la memoria” (2016) de Rebeca Lane—Derechos humanos
    • 9. “Shock” (2011) de Ana Tijoux—Protestas de estudiantes
    • 10. “This land is your land” (2017) de Los jornaleros del norte—Fronteras
    • 11. “Urge” (2017) de Lila Downs—Corazones, cuerpos, cuidar
  • II. Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen
    • 12. Street Food Latin America—Comfort Food
    • 13. Joe T Hodo—"Why choose a Malinche when you can have a Cortés?"
    • 14. Cartas a mi Ex—“A report of love in the era of loneliness”
    • 15. Jane the Virgin—Telenovelas, the drama of everyday life
    • 16. Vida–I´ll huff and I´ll puff and I´ll blow your house down
    • 17. La Niña—Reconciliation
    • 18. “Canción sin miedo” (2020) by Vivir Quintana and El palomar—Feminicides
    • 19. “La cumbia de la memoria” (2016) by Rebeca Lane—Human Rights
    • 20. “Shock” (2011) by Ana Tijoux—Protests
    • 21. “This land is your land” (2017) by Los jornaleros del norte—Fences
    • 22. “Urge” (2017) by Lila Downs—Hearts, bodies, caring

 

 

 

 

Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Publisher: Portland State University Library

"Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí! focuses on the development of communication skills in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes while centering student voices. Activities engage learners in real exchanges of information on topics that are relevant to adult students. In addition to language-acquisition learning outcomes, this text supports learning outcomes in diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural sustainability, and social justice."

Table of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: La clase de espanol
  • Chapter 2: Las personas y las perspectivas
  • Chapter 3: La cultura y los viajes
  • Chapter 4: La vida que vivimos
  • Chapter 5: Nuestro pasado
  • Chapter 6: El cambio y el futuro

 

 

 

 

Español y cultura en perspectiva - Español abierto

"The Spanish Language and its Cultures in Perspective: A collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish."

Author(s):  Sonia Balasch* / Alexia D. Vikis / Lisa M. Rabin / Colleen A. Sweet.

Affiliation(s):  *Albuquerque Public Schools / George Mason University.

Lecciones:

"Las lecciones del grupo 1 nutrieron el curso de Spanish in Context I, mientras que las del grupo 2 fueron los pilares del curso de Spanish in Context II. Sin embargo, dada la naturaleza independiente de cada lección, éstas bien pueden administrarse según los intereses de los docentes y de los cursos que enseñen. El punto central de las lecciones de Español y cultura en perspectiva es tratar temas que escasamente se cubren en los cursos intermedios de español dictados en las aulas estadounidenses. En el mejor de los casos, estudiantes y docentes multiplicarán las reflexiones que desde el presente espacio virtual se exponen."

 

 

 

Yo puedo: segundos pasos

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Contributors: Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre

Publisher: Milne Open Textbooks

"Perhaps you remembered what the title of your book means from your previous experiences with Spanish. That is a great start! 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. We sought to address a common statement by students that may have previous experiences,

be they from secondary school or another college that say, “I have studied Spanish for years and don’t know how to speak or write it.” We also sought to present a reasonable alternative to the expensive textbooks and online packages that don’t seem to be practical or relevant. We sought to enhance second language learning by

creating our own materials that take a new approach, the flipped classroom model, to learning a second language based upon the skills that we deem most useful and that will enable our students to confidently express themselves in Spanish–tú puedes con Yo puedo 2."

From the Open Textbook Library

Table of Contents:

  • Introducción
  • Vocabulary Lists & Glossaries
  • Unidad 1: Los conceptos que debes saber
  • Unidad 2: De compras y la ropa
  • Unidad 3: Las comidas y los restaurantes
  • Unidad 4: Estudiando en el extranjero
  • Unidad 5: Consejos para tus estudios en el extranjero
  • Verbos y conjugaciones con traducción
  • Verbs: Spanish to English
  • Glosario Español
  • Glosario Inglés
  • Objetivos por unidad

 

 

 

Yo puedo: para empezar

PDF DOWNLOAD
7 MB

Contributors: Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre

Publisher: Milne Open Textbooks

"You have learned two words in a second language just by reading the title of the book. Think about that for a moment and reflect upon your prior foreign language experiences. Often, students enter language classes with previously acquired skills, be they from secondary school or another college.

Many say, “I have studied Spanish for years and don’t know how to speak or write it,” while others are a bit anxious about taking a second language for the first time, but all are overwhelmed by the expensive textbooks and online packages that don’t seem to be practical or relevant.

We sought to change these common complaints by creating materials that take a new approach to learning a second language based upon the skills that we deem most useful and that will enable our students to confidently express themselves in Spanish.

The text is designed for beginning Spanish language students. The pedagogical approach incorporates the flipped classroom methodology."

from the OPEN TEXTBOOK LIBRARY

Table of Contents

  • Introducción
  • Unidad 1: Los sonidos del español
  • Unidad 2: ¿Quiénes somos?
  • Unidad 3: Mis planes
  • Unidad 4: En mi casa
  • Unidad 5: En la comunidad
  • Verbs: Spanish to English
  • Glosario Español
  • Glosario Inglés
  • Objetivos por unidad

 

 

 

¡Bienvenidos!  Spanish Language Textbook (U of West Georgia, USA)

by Julia Farmer, Jeff Zamostny, Laura Hill, Stephanie Henderson Hollenbeck; at the U of West Georgia, USA

 

¡Bienvenidos!  SPANISH 1001 (CLICK ON "CONTENTS" ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN TO ACCESS THE FREE ONLINE CONTENT)

 

 

¡Bienvenidos! SPANISH 1002 (CLICK ON "CONTENTS" ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN TO ACCESS THE FREE ONLINE CONTENT)

 

 

¡Bienvenidos!  SPANISH 2001  (CLICK ON "CONTENTS" ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE SCREEN TO ACCESS THE FREE ONLINE CONTENT)

 

 

 

Beginning Spanish Textbook (SPANISH 1 -- with practical exercises - from Humboldt State University in California)

 

 

 

Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish

By: Erin Huebener, Spokane Community College

FREE PDF VERSION: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9b5bf3d4-9a1e-4511-a91f-a1ef35a9627d#pageNum=1 

Covers grammar, vocabulary, and culture. 

  • Lectura cultural: La Patagonia
  • Lectura cultural: Las cabeza colosales
  • Lectura cultural: -AR verbs
  • Lectura cultural: The Verb ir and Places
  • Lectura cultural: Food
  • Lectura cultural: Health and the Human Body
  • Lectura cultural: Saber versus conocer
  • Lectura cultural: Childhood and Adolescence
  • Lectura cultural: Vacation
  • Lectura cultural: The Present Perfect

Includes: audio and video activities.

Attribution:  Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish by Erin Huebener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike  (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 International License.

 

 

 

Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I (University of North Georgia)

Mariana Stone, Elizabeth Combier, Kristi Hislope, Valerie Hastings, Rosaria Meek, and Alvaro Torres-Calderon

"This is a preliminary Open Textbook as created by the UNG Elementary Spanish I grant team using a Round Six Textbook Transformation Grant. The textbook is currently composed of original instructional materials created for the OER-based course, and the team is working to create a full open textbook at a later date.

Separate files are included in the Additional Files section in a compressed .zip format for editing and quicker uploads/downloads within classes."

Grammar and vocabulary pre-class activities, lectures, and post-class homework are included within these seven chapters:

  • Introduction
  • La Universidad
  • La Familia
  • El Tiempo Libre
  • La Casa
  • La Salud
  • Comidas y Bebidas

 

 

TEXTBOOKS IN SPANISH (LibreTexts)

("Bienvenidos a la biblioteca en español. Esta Biblioteca Viva es un centro principal del proyecto LibreTexts, que es una empresa de colaboración multiinstitucional para desarrollar la próxima generación de textos de acceso abierto para mejorar la educación postsecundaria en todos los niveles de educación superior.")

 

 

CALPERLEX Spanish -- designed by Penn State University

("CALPERLEX is a series of worksheets that teachers can use in their course to explore language through corpus analysis.

Teachers can find single lexical items or contrasting lexical pairs or routine expressions presented in form of concordance lines.

The "problem set" can be printed out and used in the classroom. They can also be used by individual learners for self-study.")

Publication File(s): 

CALPERLEX EN FIN_POR FIN.pdf CALPERLEX IR_IRSE.pdf CALPERLEX QUEDAR_QUEDARSE.pdf CALPERLEX EN SEGUIDA.pdf

 

 

 

 

PROJECT WORK: SPANISH -- DESIGNED BY PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Evocando y Paso Avanzando: A Creative Writing Project to Advance Spanish Proficiency

("In this creative writing project, the instructor and students will build a safe environment in which creative writing in Spanish is extensively practiced. As a class, teacher and students will evoke and reflect on lived experiences while traveling, studying, and/or working in Spanish-speaking environments. Students will be encouraged to use their experiences and/or reflections as inspiration to create short stories, poetry, and other art forms.")

 

 

 

Mil puertas: lecturas literarias y culturales

 (Kansas State University: Dept of Spanish and Portuguese)

("Mil Puertas is designed for students with Spanish proficiency of intermediate mid and above.

It introduces tools and vocabulary for analyzing poetry, narrative, theatre, and film, and relates these to cultural texts in other genres such as songs, visual art, and nonfiction narrative.

While the context of each text is briefly explored, a chronological panorama of literary periods is beyond the scope of this book.

Pre- and post-reading activities may be completed individually or in groups, in or out of class, and include support for language, literacy, and writing skills. Activities build in complexity.")

FULL TEXT: https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=ebooks 

 

 

 

¡Que viva la música!: Repaso de conversación en español (Temple University)

Contributor: Corrales-Martin   Publisher: North Broad Press

("¡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.")

Table of Contents:

  • I. Guías y herramientas de trabajo
  • II. Canciones y actividades
  • III. Principios y temas de gramática viva: Una gramática centrada en el verbo
  • IV. Bibliografía general
  • V. Canciones por estructuras gramaticales clave

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO VIEW ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

(The entire online book is available here)

Additional Resources below:

Posible programa y calendario de clase

Conjugación y uso de verbos en español: Modos, tiempos y formas

A "Spotify" Playlist

 

 

 

 

Introductory and Intermediate to Advanced Spanish Textbooks, with a Spanish Grammar Manual, and an Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispana  (Ward)

 

 

 

Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición

Author: Robert Sanders, Portland State University

WEBSITE: https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/leyendas/ 

PDF: http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/0613e2b4-5a51-4aec-8927-81195a894cf1/1/Leyendas%20y%20arquetipos%20del%20Romanticismo%20espa%C3%B1ol%20Segunda%20edici%C3%B3n.pdf 

Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español Segunda edición.pdf

("Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social importance of their themes.

They are all by canonical authors.")

Print PDF

 

 

 

DESTINOS: An Introduction to Spanish (WITH VIDEOS)

("This video instructional series for high school classrooms and adult learners teaches Spanish speaking and listening skills.")

 

 

 

Palabras propias  (Publisher: University of Kansas Libraries)

("The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

  • A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
  • The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
  • A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.)

Table of Contents:

  • I. Módulos con enfoque en Latinoamérica
    • Literaturas prehispánicas
    • La ciudad en la historia de América Latina
    • Cicatriz de la memoria: La matanza de 1932 en El Salvador
    • Voces indígenas en el cine, Parte I: Indigenidad
    • Voces indígenas en el cine, Parte II: Narrativas del agua
    • La nueva izquierda latinoamericana
    • Pachamama
    • Diego Maradona: héroe épico, mito nacional
    • #NiUnaMenos
  • II. Módulos con enfoque en España
    • Las siete partidas de Alfonso X «el Sabio»
    • El camino de Santiago y El códice calixtino
    • Los moriscos, parte I: Los moriscos en la historia
    • Los moriscos, parte II: Los moriscos en la literatura
  • III. Módulos transatlánticos y globales
    • Cristóbal Colón: La narrativa del encuentro
    • La emigración gallega a América

 

 

Recursos en Español para Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes 2021

de la Biblioteca Publica de la Ciudad de Nueva York (NYC) --from the New York Public Library (NYPL) in New York City

 

 

 

 

Reflexiones sobre nuestra lengua

Publisher: The University of Texas at Rio Grande

I. Unidad 1: Para Comenzar

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 1

  2. 1. Manual de práctica 1

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 2

  2. Manual de práctica 2

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 3

  2. 2. Manual de práctica 3

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 4

  2. Manual de práctica 4

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 5

  2. Manual de práctica 5

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 6

  2. Manual de práctica 6

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 7

  2. Manual de práctica 7

  1. Manual de discusión y reflexión 8

  2. Manual de práctica 8

 

 

 

Salón de Clase: Intermediate Spanish for Education Professionals

(from the University of Iowa, Iowa City -- Textbook)

Table of Contents:

  • I. Los estudiantes inmigrantes en la educación K-12
  • II. La educación bilingüe en los Estados Unidos
  • III. El sistema educativo en los países hispanohablantes
  • IV. El ecosistema educativo

About the Book:

"Salón de clase, Intermediate Spanish for Education Professionals is a comprehensive intermediate Spanish open access textbook with reading, listening, speaking, and writing practice for students who have an interest and/or intend to pursue a career in the field of Education (teachers, administrators, counselors, psychologists, social workers, support staff members, paraprofessionals, among others).

This Open Education Resource (OER) aims to explore the role of Spanish language and Spanish speakers in the American education system, as well as to improve student communicative abilities in Spanish.

Salón de clase integrates interactive activities (h5p), video interviews with Spanish speakers to present authentic materials, and topics related to education.

Grammar is not presented as a standalone topic, but it is seemly integrated into all parts of this book."

Table of Contents:

  1. I. Los estudiantes inmigrantes en la educación K-12
    1. Portada

    2. Proyecto 1: Reflexión personal

    3. Nuestras estrellas: Rafael

    4. Lección 1A – Los soñadores

    5. Lección 1B – La inmigración en los Estados Unidos

    6. Lección 1C – Las experiencias de los soñadores

    7. Discusión guiada 1

    8. Vocabulario Módulo 1

    9. Gramática Módulo 1

  2. II. La educación bilingüe en los Estados Unidos
    1. Portada

    2. Proyecto 2: La escuela ideal

    3. Nuestras estrellas: José

    4. Lección 2A - Los tipos de educación bilingüe y sus características

    5. Nuestras estrellas: Diego

    6. Lección 2B - Las oportunidades y los retos de la educación bilingüe

    7. Lección 2C - El programa dual de West Liberty, Iowa

    8. Discusión guiada 2

    9. Vocabulario Módulo 2

    10. Gramática Módulo 2

  3. III. El sistema educativo en los países hispanohablantes
    1. Portada

    2. Proyecto 3: Currículum Vitae

    3. Nuestras estrellas: Vicente

    4. Lección 3A - El sistema educativo de España y Venezuela

    5. Nuestras Estrellas: Shirley

    6. Lección 3B - El sistema educativo de México y Uruguay

    7. Lección 3C - El pasado y el futuro de la educación

    8. Discusión guiada 3

    9. Vocabulario Módulo 3

    10. Gramática Módulo 3

  4. IV. El ecosistema educativo
    1. Portada

    2. Proyecto 4: Una feria en la escuela

    3. Nuestras estrellas: Juana

    4. Lección 4A - La salud física y mental en la escuela

    5. Lección 4B - Los educadores como mentores de los estudiantes

    6. Lección 4C - El papel de los padres en la educación

    7. Discusión guiada 4

    8. Vocabulario Módulo 4

    9. Gramática Módulo 4

 

 

 

Intermediarios: Introduction to Spanish<>English Community and Legal Translation and Interpreting

Laura Kanost and Julie A. Sellers, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

("Intermediarios: Introduction to Spanish<>English Community and Legal Translation and Interpreting is intended for students who have advanced skills in both Spanish and English and a basic familiarity with translation and interpretation.

Activities are based on the U.S. context. Translation activities increase in difficulty. The sequencing of interpreting activities develops skills gradually by beginning with memory exercises, then moving into class role plays, and finally working with legal interpreting exercises of increasing difficulty. Judicial interpreting activities target the three modes of interpreting used in the judicial setting: sight translation of documents, consecutive interpreting, and simultaneous interpreting.")

Comments:

Please note: The ebook is a large file containing audio clips. For best results, readers should download the file and save it to their device, then open it using Acrobat.  The audio clips are also available as a YouTube playlist.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

UNIDAD 1. LOS SERVICIOS LINGÜÍSTICOS EN L A COMUNIDAD:
1.1 Introducción: intermediarios y comunidades
1.2 Fuentes y herramientas para la traducción
1.3 La traducción de documentos oficiales
1.4 La traducción a la vista en el contexto comunitario
1.5 Introducción a la interpretación en la comunidad
1.6 Dimensiones socioculturales de la comunicación
1.7 Actividad de extensión: aprendizaje-servicio
1.8 Recursos
UNIDAD 2.  LA INTERPRETACIÓN JURÍDICA:
2.1 Introducción a la interpretación jurídica.
2.2 La interpretación jurídica: Modalidades, leyes, exámenes y ética.
2.3 La traducción a la vista
2.4 La interpretación consecutiva
2.5 La interpretación simultánea
2.6 Recursos

 

 

 

PDF   SPAN 110: Spanish for Health Professions, *CUNY School of Professional Studies,

* The City University of New York   (a Syllabus for this course from CUNY)

 

 

 

ADVANCED SPANISH COMPOSITION (CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, CUNY)

"Welcome to SPN 117 Advanced Spanish Composition, also listed as “Writing intensive”. In this page you will find everything related to our class: syllabus, readings, assignments, bios (about us, as writers!), other resources, and calendar.

We will explore, learn and practice several modes of writing with the aim of producing texts of autobiography in Spanish. Why autobiography? Because we all have a story to tell and especially you: Why are you taking this advanced writing class in Spanish? Why do you speak Spanish? That is a story that deserves to be told! This class is designed to help students sharpen their tools in Spanish with personal expression. How is your family history? How was the journey that brought you here?"

 

 

 

The Palabra Archive: AUDIO RECORDINGS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

This site includes newly digitized recordings of poets and prose writers from the Library of Congress' Recording Laboratory recorded originally on magnetic tape.


Includes Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Amado, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, and Carlos Fuentes among many others.

 

From the U.S. Library of Congress: Presents many Latin American Authors reading from their works -- an invaluable resource for both Spanish students and teachers.

 

These Audio Recordings also includes many readings in the many Indigenous Languages of Latin America and the Indigenous Languages of North America:  

Nahua, Quechua, Mapuche, Nez Perce, Zapotec, Maya, and others

 

Here is an Example:

AUDIO RECORDING:

 Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska reading from her work

 In Spanish.

Production level cataloging. Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape. Recorded Dec. 6, 1976, USIS, Mexico.

  • Contributor: Poniatowska, Elena - Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
  • Date: 1976

 

 

 

SpinTX 

 

Authentic Spanish videos for language learning

"The SpinTX video archive provides access to selected video clips and transcripts from the Spanish in Texas Corpus, a collection of video interviews with bilingual Spanish speakers in Texas."

THEMES:

Abuelos (25)

Amigos (34)

Amor y relaciones (36)

Comida (22)

Cultura (105)

Educación de los hijos (49)

Escuela (144)

Familia (129)

Futuro (26)

Herencia familiar (40)

Identidad (74)

Idioma (219)

La infancia (91)

Matrimonio (17)

Padres (92)

Religión (20)

Texas (85)

Trabajo (103)

 

 

 

FROM THE TEACHING COMMONS: one of the best of the current OER Repositories:

Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature  (OER = Open Educational Resources)

 

 

 

100 Most Frequently used Spanish Words (for beginning learners)

 

 

 

YouTube Video on Spanish Personal Pronouns: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9oSWNpx988

 

 

 

 

Grammatical Number and Gender in Spanish

 http://berks2.psu.edu/span-gend-num-menu/index.htm

 

 

 

 

Comunicación: Exploring Language and Cultural Barriers in Healthcare

(Appendices give actual dialogs between Patients and Doctors in Spanish -- with English translations)

From the Digital Commons @ Connecticut College USA

 

 

 

Nunca había sido tan feliz

Digital pedagogy, Composition, Assessment
Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/cerx-7s37
Abstract:
Curatorial note from Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities:
"One of the benefits of a screencast program in a language writing class is that it allows the instructor to provide feedback emphasizing the communicative purpose of the task.
To overcome learners’ focus on the linguistic and local elements of an essay, the instructor first provided comments on content, structure, and organization to emphasize that these are fundamental aspects of effective written communication. Then, the instructor focused on local aspects, such as grammar, vocabulary, and editing.
A benefit of this software program is that the instructor can use the cursor to hover over an error, which helps learners view the error in context. While this is probably the least social or interactive of the artifacts presented here, learners, who also practiced their listening comprehension, felt engaged in a dialogue with the instructor, which underscores that listening to an instructor’s voice in Spanish makes feedback more personal and therefore more motivational than written comments.
Notes:
This deposit is part of Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities. Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication edited by Rebecca Frost Davis, Matthew K. Gold, Katherine D. Harris, and Jentery Sayers, and published by the Modern Language Association. https://digitalpedagogy.hcommons.org/"
(I am most grateful to the Internet Scout Report (@University Wisconsin-Madison) for showcasing this amazing resource.)
 
 Download
  CLICK Download (this does require QUICKTIME PLAYER)

 

 

 

Anthologies of texts - Spanish didactics

(NOTE:

An OER Description of this resource -- representing a Faculty Showcase from California State University -- complete with a Sample Assignment and a Syllabus -- is available here)

 

 

 

 

Manual de Redacción   (A University of Texas at Arlington Textbook)

"This textbook is for advanced Spanish composition students. The textbook includes topics on grammar and syntax, as well as exercises and readings providing

the students a more personalized and effective learning experience adjusted to the specific challenges they encounter in today’s global world."

  1. I. Los falsos cognados

    1. 1. Introducción

    2. 2. Lenguas en contacto/préstamos lingüísticos

    3. 3. Falsos cognados o amigos

    4. 4. Lista de falsos cognados más frecuentes

    5. 5. Ejercicios de repaso

    6. 6. Antes de leer

    7. 7. Lectura: Ilán Stavans, El Quixote

    8. 8. Cuestionario sobre la lectura

    9. 9. Ejercicios: Escritura en movimiento

    10. 10. Ejercicios de repaso

  2. II. Los vicios de dicción

    1. 11. Introducción

    2. 12. Los vicios de dicción

    3. 13. Ejercicios de repaso

    4. 14. Antes de leer

    5. 15. Lectura: Alejandro Higashi, “Escribir con buena ortografía… no tiene precio”

    6. 16. Cuestionario sobre la lectura

    7. 17. Ejercicios: Escritura en movimiento

    8. 18. Ejercicios de repaso

 

 

 

 

¿Cómo suena? :Fonética y fonología del español (SUNY)

("The purpose of this supplemental site is to reinforce the concepts that students have learned in class in a simple way.

Students can use the site to practice what they are learning, get advice from students who have taken the phonetics and phonology course, study for tests,

and understand concepts through explanations and pictures. Happy practice!")

    1. Introducción y propósito

    2. Unidad 1:

    3. Módulo 1: Introducción a la fonética y la fonología

    4. Módulo 2: Nociones básicas

    5. Módulo 3: Tildes

    6. Módulo 4: Las vocales

    7. Módulo 5: La sílaba y las consonantes 'yod' y 'wau'

    8. Módulo 6: Vocales en contacto y el ritmo

  1. Unidad 2:

    1. Módulo 7: Las consonantes

    2. Módulo 8: La transcripción fonética, fonemas y alófonos

    3. Módulo 9: Las consonantes africadas y los fonemas oclusivos sordos

    4. Módulo 10: Las consonantes nasales

    5. Módulo 11: Los sonidos obstruyentes sonoros

    6. Módulo 12: Las consonantes vibrantes

    7. Módulo 13: La consonante lateral

    8. Módulo 14: Las consonantes fricativas

  2. Unidad 3:

    1. Módulo 15: Raíces e historia del español

    2. Módulo 16: Rasgos del español peninsular

    3. Módulo 17: Rasgos del español latinoamericano

  3. Recursos adicionales

    1. Prácticas de transcripción fonética estricta

    2. Tabla grafo-fonética

    3. Glosario de términos técnicos útiles

    4. Materiales de estudio

    5. Banco de dialectos

  4. Las autoras

 

 

Los pronombres relativos: La sonata del silencio (University of Kansas)

("This is an exercise in which students listen to a video and answer questions about the use of relative pronouns.")

 

 

 

El condicional: El Ministerio del Tiempo  (University of Kansas)

("Students listen to a video and answer questions regarding the conditional tense in Spanish.")

 

 

 

El discurso indirecto: Los misterios de Laura (University of Kansas)

("This is an exercise in which students view a video and answer questions about the indirect case in Spanish.)

 

 

 

La importancia de las tildes: Acción Ortográfica Quito

 (University of Kansas)

("This is a lesson in using the "tildes" in the Spanish language. Students review several videos and answer questions.")

Vocabulario: el grafito, los grafiti, la pintura con espray

  • De este vídeo, ¿cuáles conclusiones podemos sacar de la importancia de la ortografía en el mundo hispano?
  • Según tu opinión personal, ¿son estas obras artísticas o vandalismos? ¿En qué consiste la expresión artística?

 

 

 

 

David Sánchez-Jiménez, from the CUNY New York City College of Technology has developed a freely downloadable Syllabus for his course in Spanish.

The Syllabus links to free, Open Access Spanish language resources and exercises for his students to use outside of class.

His class is titledSPA 2201HS Spanish for Heritage Speakers (Syllabus_Fall 2019)

The class abstract reads as follows:

"SPA 2201HS Spanish for Heritage Speakers is an intermediate course intended for students who were  immersed in or exposed to the language while growing up, but who have received little or no formal instruction in Spanish.  The class will strengthen students’ competence in the oral and written standard varieties of Spanish by building on their previous knowledge to expand their vocabulary, strengthen their command of grammar, and achieve more confidence and fluency in speaking and writing while learning about the diversity of the Hispanic cultures. The skills acquired in this course will help reinforce students’ bilingual abilities and cultural competence."

 

The Professor's classroom syllabus -- with useful Spanish language Internet Links and exercises for student work outside of class-- can be downloaded here 

 

 

Examples of Syllabi in many other academic fields can be found here

 

 

 

FREE SCHOLARLY STUDIES ON BOTH SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE -- INCLUDING LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS and HISTORY, ARE AVAILABLE VIA THIS LINK

 

 

 

 

FREE FULL-TEXT READINGS IN SPANISH: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

(Articles and Books)

 

 

 

 

JUNETEENTH IN SPANISH (from a newspaper in Yucatan, Mexico -- courtesy of S. Perry)

 

 

 


SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES from TEACHING COMMONS:

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Works (9)
Authors (13)

Includes: Spanish Model Lesson Plans

 

 

 

A parar bien la oreja: cuaderno de comprensión auditiva 

A parar bien la oreja: Cuaderno de comprensión auditiva (2020) es un ...

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/a-parar-bien-la-oreja-cuaderno-de-comprensi%C3%B3n-auditiva/view 

 

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Subject:
Languages.   
Material Type:
Activity/Lab.    
Provider:
eCampusOntario

Author:
Daniela Maldonado Castañeda y 
Juan Carlos Rocha y Osornio
y José Eduardo y Villalobos Graillet

Date Added:
05/04/2021



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