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Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide

Languages

On this page you will find OER and other useful resources specific to langauges that include ebooks, lectures, videos, tutorials and other supplemental materials for use in your classroom or for independent learning

Ebooks

Português para principiantes (Open Textbook Library)

"Português para principiantes is a time-tested text which can be used in conjunction with a variety of approaches to the teaching of beginning Portuguese. This media-rich text is designed to provide learners with a solid grammatical basis for using Brazilian Portuguese as well as regular opportunities to practice and improve their ability to read, speak, and understand the Portuguese language as it is used in contemporary Brazil."

Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición (Open Textbook Library)

"Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities."

Lectures, Tutorials, and Online Courses

Language Learning Materials (UT Austin)

"The Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) is one of 16 National Foreign Language Resource Centers (LRC's) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The overall mission of these federally-funded centers is to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices) that can be profitably employed in a variety of settings.​"

Other Useful Resources

LangMedia (Five College Center for the Study of World Languages)

This site presents information on culture and language in different regions of the world as well as videos and audio taken in the regions. Transcripts in English and the target languages are included. 

OER Repositories

Search these OER repositories to find more resources!

License

The resources used in this guide are released under Creative Commons Licenses.

This guide was adapted by Sarah Guy from the UNCG Guide "Open Educational Resources" by Beth Bernhardt. 

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