LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): World Language Learning

Connecting with other Instructors

COERLL Center for Open Education Resources and Language Learning
Voices for Openness in Language Learning
This site has testimonials from language faculty. It is from the University of Texas.

Students Connecting with Other Students

Mixxer

World Language OER Textbooks

Humboldt State University- OER Resources for World Languages
List of OER Textbooks, Courses & Videos, and Additional Resources
OER resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages
From the LaGuardia OER Seminar
(Tomonori Nagano)
Open Education: Foreign Languages and Literatures, Virginia Tech

Latin

Latin
This is an elementary Latin course accompanied with a detailed grammar based upon Kennedy's Public School Latin Grammar designed to introduce one to the world of classical languages.
LibreTexts Languages

Arabic

Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide
This is meant to be a supplement. From Portland State University
My Arabic Website
Elementary Arabic OER textbook
by Dr. Ayman Mohamed and Dr. Sadam Issa This OER will be unique in its presentation of Arabic language content through theme-based modules. Each theme is addressed through vocabulary, grammar, reading, speaking, culture, and writing components.

Spanish

Acceso: Spanish Digital Initiative by Univ. of Kansas
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To get permission to use supplemental materials, please email acceso@ku.edu. This email address was found on the instructor resources, http://acceso.ku.edu/instructor/
Español y cultura en perspectiva
The Spanish Language and its Cultures in Perspective: A collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.
¡Naveguemos juntos!
¡Naveguemos Juntos! was created for students taking the first year of Spanish. It is intended as an introductory Spanish course that covers levels 1 and 2 at community colleges.
Spanish OER resources
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

French

Japanese

Preadvanced Japanese
Emiko Konomi, Portland State University,

COERLL OER Hangout- April 2020 Video

The expert panelists in this webinar provided tips about how to use OER repositories to find openly licensed educational resources to use in the language classroom, and to share your own creations with other teachers.

Going Open with LangOER
Link contains PDF/booklet for going open for Language Instructors
Introduction to OER for Language Teachers
Modules from University of Texas
Where to Find OER for Language Learning
This is one of the modules from the Introduction to OER for Language Learning

Supplemental Resources for Teaching Languages

OER Resources

BC Campus OpenEd
COERLL Center for Open Education Resources and Language Learning
Going Open With LangOER
PDF for Creating OER Language Resources
Merlot Language Resources
OER Commons- World Languages
Openstax
Openstax contains educational materials for everyone - from children to college students to professionals - organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger collections or courses
All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons attribution license
Project Gutenberg Search
You can search by author, title, subject, and language. You can also search the latest and the most popular.
Open Language Resource Center (OLRC)

OER Textbooks for languages other than for ELL Learners

Acceso: Spanish Digital Initiative by Univ. of Kansas
more...less...
To get permission to use supplemental materials, please email acceso@ku.edu. This email address was found on the instructor resources, http://acceso.ku.edu/instructor/
Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide
This is meant to be a supplement. From Portland State University
Español y cultura en perspectiva
The Spanish Language and its Cultures in Perspective: A collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.
Francais Interactif
Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé
Preadvanced Japanese
Emiko Konomi, Portland State University,
¡Naveguemos juntos!
¡Naveguemos Juntos! was created for students taking the first year of Spanish. It is intended as an introductory Spanish course that covers levels 1 and 2 at community colleges.
LibreTexts Languages

OER Resources for ELL Learners

Adult ESL OER resources
LINCS ESL PRO Open Educational Resources (OER) for English Language...
Federal initiative

For more resources see ELL Language Learner guide, For Faculty

OER Resources for Arabic

My Arabic Website
Elementary Arabic OER textbook
by Dr. Ayman Mohamed and Dr. Sadam Issa This OER will be unique in its presentation of Arabic language content through theme-based modules. Each theme is addressed through vocabulary, grammar, reading, speaking, culture, and writing components.

OER Textbook for Latin

Latin
This is an elementary Latin course accompanied with a detailed grammar based upon Kennedy's Public School Latin Grammar designed to introduce one to the world of classical languages.