14 Language & Linguistics
Book Collections & Textbooks
- I’m All Ears: “Pronunciation that is acceptable and appropriate to native speakers of a language, is a key element in attaining full fluency in a foreign language. However, the systematic teaching of correct pronunciation is not usually part of the Spanish curriculum. Additionally, sections on pronunciation are often absent from textbooks. I’M ALL EARS is a Spanish pronunciation course for teachers and students of Spanish created to facilitate the important task of teaching and learning correct pronunciation from day one.” By Jorge González Casanova, an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington, in the department of Spanish and Portuguese.
- OpenStax CNX – Spanish: Print Culture in the Americas; Spanish Language/Clase de lenguaje; CAPL Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon;
- Let’s Chat! Spanish: 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. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms. [CC BY-NC-SA]
Spanish Literature/Literatura en español; Hispanic Culture for the Spanish Classroom - Languages Textbooks – Open Textbook Library: Languages textbook collection from the Open Textbook Library
- Modern Languages: Spanish OER Textbooks: An Open/Alternative Textbook Program from the Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics. Third edition: an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective; covers lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics; organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. CC BY-SA
- Pressbooks Language Learning Collection: A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL; Basic Hindi I; Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1; Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2; Elementary Arabic; Green Tea Intermediate English Communication OER; Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English; + JUNTXS; Introduction to French; JUNTXS; Let’s Read French Books; Multilingual Tutor Training; Introducción al Español; Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio.; Spunti: Italiano elementare 1; Study Materials for Arabic Students by an Arabic Student
- Linguistics Textbooks – Open Textbook Library: Linguistics for Teachers of English; Reading With My Eyes Open: Embracing the critical and the personal in language pedagogy; WAC and Second-Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices
Repositories & Research
- MERLOT World Lan