LibGuides: OER Resources Toolkit: Spanish

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2018 - Mexico City - Coyoacan Food Market" by Ted's photos - For Me & You is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture
"This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. Available in PDF.
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Author: Dr. Matthew Dean, professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Humboldt State University.
Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish
Consists of 10 chapters, each of which includes multiple exercises for practicing the grammar covered in that chapter. Available in PDF.
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Author: Erin Huebener and edited by Jessica Steinberg
¡Naveguemos Juntos!
¡Naveguemos Juntos! was created for students taking the first year of Spanish and covers levels 1 and 2 at community colleges. Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college.
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By M. Barrio De Mendoza, K Gutiérrez, H.Ho, C. Lin, & A Stere Lugo.
Introductory Spanish I (Lumen)
Introductory Spanish I is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college.
Introductory Spanish II (Lumen)
Introductory Spanish II is the second half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college.
Spanish Grammar Manual (Yepes)
A bilingual grammar manual for intermediate and advanced students. Instructors can use it as is, download a PDF of all the activities, or incorporate it in the LMS of their college.
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By Enrique Yepes, Professor (Romance Languages) at Bowdoin College, Colegiatura Colombiana, & Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Entrada Libra
Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.
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By Nancy Ballesteros, Alejandro Lee, Nicolás Cristoso, & Cristina Moon.
Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español
Libro de texto para el análisis intermedio y/o avanzado.
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By D. Thomas, PhD. and I. McAlister, MA.
University of Massachusetts Amherst.

"Chile" by @Doug88888 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Coffee Break Spanish
This podcast is best for true beginners, as each episodes offers a lesson beginning with the basics, like greetings and introductions.
Duolingo Spanish podcasts
Interesting stories told in easy to intermediate Spanish with English narration throughout. Each story is about 20 minutes and comes with a free transcript.
podcastsinspanish.com
Listen to short, real life conversations on a variety of topics. For advanced beginners through advanced Spanish speakers.
Españolistos
"Españolistos fue creado por Nate Alger, un americano de Austin, Texas y por Andrea Prince, una Latina de Bucaramanga, Colombia... En Españolistos tenemos solo un propósito: Ayudarte a hablar español lo más fluido posible." Geared towards intermediate Spanish speakers.
Radio Ambulante
Radio Ambulante es un podcast narrativo que cuenta las historias de Latinoamérica en español Es presentado por el escritor peruano, Daniel Alarcón. Radio Ambulante comenzó en el 2011, y a partir del 2016 es distribuido por NPR, la radio pública nacional de Estados Unidos. For native and advanced Spanish speakers.
el hilo
"El hilo es un nuevo podcast narrativo de Radio Ambulante Estudios, cubriendo las noticias más importantes de América Latina y el mundo. Cada semana, Eliezer Budasoff y Silvia Viñas hablan con reporteros y protagonistas para profundizar en las historias que impactan a la región." For native and advanced Spanish speakers.

There are so many YouTube channels that offer Spanish lessons. Below are two favorites as well as a link to a list of channels being updated in 2021. Use the form at the bottom of the page to submit your favorite channel for learning Spanish.

"Cabuya Fishing Boat, Costa Rica" by @CarShowShooter is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Butterfly Spanish
Learn Spanish with Ana, an energetic and engaging teacher. More than 100 free videos covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, conversation, and culture are available.
LiteSpeed Spanish
Headed to Spain? Learn Spanish with native speaker Cynthia Durán and Gordon Smith. This fun duo provides free lessons for beginners and more advanced speakers. Perfect your castellano accent here!
FluentU list of channels
A list of YouTube channels that are being updated in 2021.

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"Top physician, nurse leaders carve out time for patient care" by Army Medicine is licensed under CC BY 2.0

MedlinePlus
"MedlinePlus es producido por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina de EE. UU. (NLM, por sus siglas en inglés), la biblioteca médica más grande del mundo, parte de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de EE. UU. (NIH). Nuestra misión es brindar información de calidad y relevante de salud y bienestar que sea confiable, fácil de entender y sin publicidad en inglés y español; sin costo y accesible en cualquier lugar, tiempo y dispositivo."
Podcasts by Doc Molly
Provides interactive audio lessons, based on common clinical encounters and interviews with real patients and providers. Provides a list of free episodes on the website.
Medical Spanish for Health Care Providers
Provides a variety of resources including vocabulary, grammar exercises and short recordings and videos.
MedicalSpanish.com
Free resources provided for vocabulary, anatomical illustrations, cultural topics, and more. Includes numerous short audio recordings of conversations between patients and medical providers.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary
From MedicalSpanish.com

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"Cuba" by szeke is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Merlot
Merlot results for "spanish languge."
Creative Commons
Creative Commons results for "spanish language" limited to Community College/Lower Division.
COERLL
Spanish materials from the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning.

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