LibGuides: Spanish OER: OER Courses

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Below is a collection of Open Educational Resource (OER) courses that have been designed and used for a variety of Spanish classes at other institutions. One of the benefits of OERs is that an instructor is free to use and adjust them in anyway they deem necessary. Feel free to use the below courses in full, in part, with amendments, or simply as a guide in building your own course.

Spanish I Courses

Spanish I
Created by Margarita Ribas Groeger and Solivia Márquez of MIT. The central component of the text and workbook is a series of 26 half-hour video episodes. The videos allow students to learn authentic Spanish and experience its cultural diversity while following a good story full of surprises and human emotions. Students also listen to an audio-only program integrated with the text and workbook.
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In the classroom, students do a variety of activities and exercises, which include talking in Spanish about the video program, practicing pronunciation and grammar, and interacting in Spanish with classmates in pairs and small groups. The class is conducted in Spanish as much as possible, but English is used where necessary for clarity and efficiency. This course deals with all basic language skills: aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. This class assumes no previous knowledge of Spanish.

Spanish II Courses

Spanish II
A continuation of the above MIT Spanish I course. This one is created by Margarita Ribas Groeger, José A. Ramos, and Solivia Márquez.

Spanish II continues to develop students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills using the second part of the video-based program, Destinos, begun in Spanish I. Destinos is a soap opera that allows students to learn Spanish and experience its cultural diversity while following a good story full of surprises and human emotions. Spanish II also includes additional materials, such as Spanish films and other media, various types of reading selections and online resources.

Vocabulary

Spanish Vocabulary
While not a formal course, this site provides a number of free exercises covering a variety of vocabulary and grammar themes and expertise. These resources can easily be placed into an existing course or used as support materials for students in need of extra practice.