Languages Textbooks
Who Teaches Writing
Copyright Year: 2021
Contributors: Branson, Brooks, Cadman, Cephus, Childers, Devore, Sicari, Hogg, and Horton
Publisher: Oklahoma State University
License: CC BY
Who Teaches Writing is an open teaching and learning resource being used in English Composition classes at Oklahoma State University. It was authored by contributors from Oklahoma State University and also includes invited chapters from faculty and staff at institutions both inside and outside of Oklahoma. Contributors include faculty from various departments, contingent faculty and staff, and graduate instructors. One purpose of the resource is to provide short, relatively jargon-free chapters geared toward undergraduate students taking First-Year Composition. Support for this project was provided in part by OpenOKState and Oklahoma State University Libraries.
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Elementary Chinese II
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributor: Zhou
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY-NC
Elementary Chinese II is aimed at those who have learned Chinese as a second/foreign language for one semester, using the OER textbook “Elementary Chinese I“.
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Elementary Chinese I
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributor: Zhou
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY-NC
This open textbook is designed for beginners learning Chinese as a second/foreign language. This book aims to introduce learners to standard Chinese pronunciation, character knowledge, basic conversational phrases, grammar and vocabulary use, and cultural knowledge. Throughout the eight chapters, learners will explore: greetings and self-introduction, hobbies, nationalities, family members and occupations, inviting friends to dinner, talking about food and beverage, making phone calls, and talking about classes and exams. Learning activities include audio recordings so students can listen to the pronunciation of vocabulary words and observe dialogue between speakers. The book also includes videos with captions, allowing learners to listen, watch, and read. Original interactive activities have been created by the author to facilitate the practice of target vocabulary and dialogues.
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Elementary Arabic I
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributors: Issa and Mohamed
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY
This open textbook is intended for beginning students of Arabic in their first semester. This OER is unique in its presentation of Arabic language content through theme-based modules. Each theme is addressed through vocabulary, grammar, reading, speaking, and writing components. Each chapter includes self-check embedded quizzes that help learners digest language concepts. The book is also designed with teachers in mind. Each chapter includes pair work and group tasks that the teacher can implement in class and other parts that can be assigned as homework. The focus of the book is to build literacy in Standard Arabic structure in a simplified and sequenced approach while emphasizing speaking skills. By the end of this course, students will be well prepared for building their competence in a sequenced and organized manner in the following parts of this series.
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Basic Urdu
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributor: Ranjan
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY
Basic Urdu is a theme-based, interactive open-source online textbook for the true novice learners of the Urdu language. The book uses mixed pedagogical approaches to language teaching to match diverse teaching and learning styles. It aims to help learners achieve intermediate low to mid-proficiency levels set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
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Basic Khmer
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributor: Sok
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY
This online interactive theme-based open textbook is for beginner learners of the Khmer language. This book aims to provide a practical introduction to speaking, listening, and reading. By the end of this course, students will be at the B1 level of the Common Framework for Language and at the low intermediate level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scales. Basic Khmer is funded by the Open Educational Resources Program at Michigan State University.
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Elementary New Testament Greek
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributor: Ewald
Publisher: Seattle Pacific University Library
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This open-access textbook helps students learn to read New Testament Greek at the elementary level. It includes clear, concise explanations of grammar and syntax, helpful examples, and essential vocabulary, with no assumption of previous language study, and it does not require accents for most forms. At the end of each of its twenty chapters, students will find short Greek-language episodes from the life of a fictional early Christian family of Jewish ancestry, short readings from the Greek New Testament and Septuagint, and review/homework exercises that can help reinforce new concepts and vocabulary. This book can help students prepare to read Nijay Gupta and Jonah Sandford’s Intermediate Greek Reader: Galatians and Related Texts, also available as an open-access textbook.
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Para vivir con salud
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributors: McKnight and Kuhnheim
Publisher: Kathryn Joy McKnight and Jill Kuhnheim
License: CC BY-NC
We are asking anyone who adopts this webbook or uses portions of it in their teaching to please let us know at this link (click here).
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Manual de Redacción
Copyright Year: 2021
Contributors: Ruiz-Pérez, Carone, and Sánchez Hernández
Publisher: Mavs Open Press
License: CC BY-NC
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.
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Beginning Korean 1
Copyright Year: 2022
Contributors: Yoon, Park, and Yoo
Publisher: University of Iowa
License: CC BY-NC
The Beginning Korean 1 is designed for elementary Korean learners to practice and learn how to communicate in Korean. It provides basic grammar, vocabulary, and discourse information that are essential to beginning level students. This book is ideal for learners at the Novice Low to Novice High levels who want to practice writing and pronouncing hangeul, communicate in Korean by creating sentences using basic grammar and vocabulary, and understand and create simple conversations that are useful in everyday conversations
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