Courses

Civilización hispanoamericana (CC BY-NC-SA)

Un recorrido por la historia y cultura de Hispanoamérica, diseñado para estudiantes de la lengua española a nivel intermedio.

Textbooks

Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I  by Mariana Stone, Elizabeth Combier, Kristi Hislope, Valerie Hastings, Rosaria Meek, and Avaro Torres-Calderon (CC-BY)

A textbook for introductory Spanish, created by faculty at University of North Georgia. Includes: activities, exercises.

JUNTXS: Introductory Spanish by Adriana Diaz (CC-BY-NC-SA)

JUNTXS is an open access educational resource which can be used in conjunction with a variety of approaches to support beginning learners of Spanish. This media-rich learning resource is designed to guide learners in their Spanish language learning journey through a critical and intercultural lens and to provide regular opportunities to explore, practise and improve their ability to read, speak, and understand this language as it is used across the Spanish-speaking world.

La hora del cuento en español by Constanza Rojas-Primus and Sofía Rodríguez. Edited by Constanza Rojas-Primus and Sofía Rodríguez. Translated by Sofía Rodríguez (CC BY-NC)

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. The second part of this collection is a selection of stories written by KPU Spanish 1101 students between Fall 2020 and Spring 2022. 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 student Cheyenne Pokeda.

Let’s Chat! Spanishby Amber Hoye; Kelly Arispe; Abby Cain; Alejandra Garcia; Alejandro Montoya; Alexis Araiza; Anna Gamino; Ashley Johnson; Ashley Potzernitz; Ashlyn Nutting; Austin Robishaw; et al. (CC-BY-NC-SA).

Let’s Chat! Spanish features a collection of over 100 interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, travel, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, Spanish teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses.

Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish  by Erin Huebener and Jessica Steinberg (CC-BY-NC-SA).

A textbook for introductory Spanish that has been positively-reviewed.

Para vivir con salud: leyendo la salud y la literatura by Kathryn Joy McKnight and  Jill Kuhnheim(CC BY-NC)

This Spanish-language textbook introduces literary and textual analysis of Hispanic literature through the lens of health, illness, and medicine. The book targets Spanish majors and minors who are preparing themselves for careers in healthcare, in which they will engage Hispanic communities. These students seek advanced-level study of Hispanic culture and language that prepares them to communicate about health-related issues. This book includes classics of Hispanic narrative, drama, and poetry—pieces by authors such as Cervantes, Garcilaso, Sor Juana, Martí, Neruda, Castellanos, Pizarnik, and Morejón, less-well-known literary authors and a wealth of other types of cultural texts. While the primary genres of poetry, narrative and drama are well represented, the book includes expository essays, journalism, memoir, testimony, song, film, television, and visual art. It presents voices and experiences from the diverse Hispanic world, including European, Creole, Indigenous, Mestizo, Afro-Hispanic, Latinx, and Jewish perspectives.

Principios y practicas de la ensenanza infantil by Cindy Stephens, Gina Peterson, Sharon Eyrich and Jennifer Paris (CC BY)

This is the generic early release of the Spanish translation for the Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children OER textbook, Version 1.0. Both the PDF and Word files are provided.

¡Que viva la música!: Repaso de conversación en español by Norma Corrales-Martin (CC BY-NC)

¡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.

¡Voy en camino! Spanish Language and Intercultural Learning by Constanza Rojas-Primus and Ana Robles (CC BY-NC)

Videos

¡A Programar! Una introducción a la programación by Open Education Edinburgh(CC BY-NC)

A collection of videos providing an introduction to programming.

MIT BLOSSOMS Videos by Massechusetts Institute of Technology (CC BY-NC-SA)

Math and science videos for high school classes in Spanish.

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