O.E.R. PROJECTS
Explore below our OER materials and work in progress. These materials have been created by members and collaborators of the organization. We hope to continue developing many more materials and resources in a variety of cultural and linguistic fields. Please contact us if you would like to collaborate in sharing and creating materials or joining an ongoing project.
Works In Progress
Intermediate Spanish for Healthcare
by Giovanni Zimotti & Alexis Jiménez
Workplace & Travel Spanish for adult learners
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by Leslie Smith
Elementary Spanish I Textbook
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by Rachel Klevar
Upper-level Spanish Linguistics Course
by Jana M Thomas Coffman
Completed Projects
Salón de clase, Intermediate Spanish for Education Professionals
This 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. This textbook was created in Pressbooks, a versatile platform that allowed us to integrate 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.
OER: Curso de escritura en español
This is an OER website created as a supplementary resource to a second language writing textbook. The website includes detailed instructions and writing plans to guide students in the process of writing in one of the four modalities: description, narration, exposition, and argumentation. The site also includes activities that instructors can use to train students on effective peer review sessions, which aim to improve students’ abilities to write in their second language. Peer review guidelines and corresponding assessment rubrics were created according to the requirements for each of the writing modalities.