27 Spanish
Antologia Abierta de Literatura Hispana
Julie Ann Ward (University of Oklahoma)
2017
Licence: CC BY
A critical anthology of literary texts from the Spanish-speaking world. A focus on canonical authors and an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized. Each text includes an introduction and annotations created by students.
Formats: Online, PDF, EPUB, and more
Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!
Jenny Ceciliano and Lisa Notman (Portland State University)
2022
Licence: CC BY-NC
Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí! focuses on the development of communication skills in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes while centering student voices. Activities engage learners in real exchanges of information on topics that are relevant to adult students. In addition to language-acquisition learning outcomes, this text supports learning outcomes in diversity, equity, inclusion, cultural sustainability, and social justice.
Formats: Online, PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 200
¡Bienvenidos!
Julia Farmer, Jeff Zamostny, Laura Hill, and Stephanie Henderson Hollenbeck
Licence: CC BY
This textbook was developed as part of a Round 15 Textbook Transformation Grant.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 200
¿Cómo suena? Fonética y fonología del español
Alejandra Escudera, Nicole Barreca, and Alyssa Carbone (SUNY Oneonta)
2021
Licence: CC BY
An online companion text for the SUNY Oneonta course “Spanish Phonetics and Phonology”.
Formats: Online, EPUB, and PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 300
Comunidades
Yuriko Ikeda and Julia Baumgardt (Marian University)
2024
Licence: CC BY
This is a textbook for first-semester Spanish with a focus on the cultural products, practices and perspectives of Spanish-speaking communities in the world today. This text is designed to build students’ cultural and communicative proficiency at the novice level through interaction with authentic resources and real-life video conversations featuring native Spanish speakers living in the American Midwest. Each chapter includes interactive activities focused on each of the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal and presentational), at least one Integrated Performance Assessment, exercises with automated feedback and prompts that promote cross-cultural comparisons through research and reflection.
Formats: Online, eBook, and PDF
Creative Translation for Real-World Contexts: English ↔ Spanish
Remy Attig (Bowling Green State University)
2024
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Creative Translation for Real-World Contexts is one of the first translation textbooks designed for Spanish/English speakers at an intermediate-high (B2) level. This book introduces students to the basic ideas of translation while addressing frequent pain points that recur when working bidirectionally. Additionally, a focus is placed on fostering metacognitive skills by encouraging creative translation from real-world environments such as narration, business, advertising, specialized contexts (including inclusive and queer language), and in situations when there are no clear translations available, such as sci-fi and fantasy works. Chapters alternate between Spanish and English as the languages of discussion, thus providing an equitable challenge for native speakers of both languages.
Formats: Online, PDF
Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla / Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen
Ana M. López-Aguilera
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This text discusses representation of Hispanic cultures in media. It is presented in both English and Spanish.
Formats: Online, PDF, EPUB
Curso de Escritura en Español
Emilia Illana-Mahiques and Alejandro Pérez Belda (University of Iowa)
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
The materials in this project are specifically designed for a third-year Spanish Writing course, offering guidance to instructors on how to develop each of the four modules that constitute the course: Description, narration, argumentation, and exposition.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 330
Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I
Mariana Stone, Elizabeth Combier, Kristi Hislope, Rosaria Meek, and Alvaro Torres-Calderon (University of North Georgia)
2018
Licence: CC BY
A textbook for introductory Spanish.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 200
Introducción al Español
Rita Palacios (Conestoga College)
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Introducción al Español is a basic Spanish language textbook designed to develop reading, writing, and speaking skills of college students in classrooms across Canada. Different topics will be used to support the use and development of correct grammar skills and vocabulary. The material is presented in a reader-friendly, accessible way, with audio files accompanying vocabulary lists to reinforce correct pronunciation and H5P interactives included to engage and reinforce learning.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 200
JUNTXS: Introductory Spanish
Adriana Diaz
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
JUNTXS is an open-access educational resource that can be used in conjunction with a variety of approaches to support beginning learners of Spanish. This media-rich learning resource is designed to guide learners in their Spanish language learning journey through a critical and intercultural lens and to provide regular opportunities to explore, practice, and improve their ability to read, speak, and understand this language as it is used across the Spanish-speaking world.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 200
La hora del cuento en español
Constanza Rojas-Primus and Sofía Rodríguez (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)
2022
Licence: CC BY-NC
La hora del cuento en español is a collection of children’s stories in Spanish authored by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) students and edited by KPU Faculty Constanza Rojas-Primus and KPU alumna Sofía Rodríguez. The first part of this collection is a selection of stories written by KPU Spanish 1100 students between Fall 2017 and Spring 2019. The second part of this collection is a selection of stories written by KPU Spanish 1101 students between Fall 2020 and Spring 2022. All stories are narrated by Constanza Rojas-Primus and have been translated into English by Sofía Rodríguez. The illustrations in the cover and first part of this collection are artwork of KPU student Cheyenne Pokeda.
Formats: Online, PDF, EPUB
Suggested for: SPAN 330
La lingüística hispánica: Una introducción
Ashwini Ganeshan (Ohio University)
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This book, a work in progress, is aimed at students of Spanish in universities in the USA and intends to offer a brief and simple introduction to the field of Hispanic Linguistics. It includes basic concepts in linguistics, essays that address topic of social relevance connecting linguistics to everyday life, and exercises to practice the concepts. Links to relevant material across the internet are also provided. The book is entirely created from texts and materials authored by mainly undergraduate students and it also includes the work and effort of student-editors, as part of a long-term open pedagogy project.
Formats: Online, PDF, EPUB, and MOBI
Suggested for: SPAN 200
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo espanol, Segunda edicion
Robert Sanders (Portland State University)
2017
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
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. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social importance of their themes. They are all by canonical authors.
Formats: Online, PDF
A textbook for introductory Spanish that has been positively reviewed.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 200
La lingüística hispánica: Una introducción
Ashwini Ganeshan, Paige Wilson, and Margaret Saine (Ohio University)
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This book, a work in progress, is aimed at students of Spanish in universities in the US and intends to offer a brief and simple introduction to the field of Hispanic Linguistics. It includes basic concepts in linguistics, essays that address topic of social relevance connecting linguistics to everyday life, and exercises to practice the concepts. Links to relevant material across the internet are also provided. The book is entirely created from texts and materials authored by mainly undergraduate students and it also includes the work and effort of student-editors, as part of a long-term open pedagogy project.
Formats: Online, PDF, eBook
Para vivir con salud
Kathryn Joy McKnight and Jill Kuhnheim
2022
Licence: CC BY-NC
This text introduces literary and textual analysis of Hispanic literature through the lens of health, illness and medicine.
Formats: Online, PDF, eBook
¡Que viva la música!: Repaso de conversación en español
Norma Corrales-Martin (Temple University)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC
Designed for intermediate learners, this text focuses on conversational Spanish.
Formats: PDF, eBook
Suggested for: SPAN 300
Recorridos por la literatura hispana: Aventuras de don Quijote de la Mancha
Betsy Arnold and Rose Potter
2017
Licence: CC BY
The language of the Siglo de Oro can be an insurmountable barrier for many readers. This textbook provides historical information, narrative techniques, lists of characters, themes and keywords before they begin to read each chapter of Don Quixote. While reading, vocabulary glossed in comprehensible Spanish appears in the margin opposite challenging words. Cultural references and proverbs from the work facilitate a deeper understanding. Each chapter contains checks for understanding and ends with activities to build vocabulary. It includes required chapters 1-8, 10, 17 and 74 for AP classrooms.
Formats: PDF
Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture
Matthew Dean (Humboldt State University)
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This peer-reviewed textbook contains themed chapters, which are divided into 8 sections. Each section has its own set of learning objectives, and is further separated into three types of assignments, Para estudiar en casa (with detailed explanations), Para practicar en casa (homework exercises), and Para practicar en clase (paired and group classwork activities). The individual exercises are geared towards acquisition of form and function, and the communicative classwork exercises promote interpersonal exchanges between students.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 200
Spanish Grammar in Context
The University of Texas at Austin
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Spanish Grammar in Context is a unique website that provides detailed grammar explanations and examples of the Spanish language with accompanying practice questions. Unlike traditional reference grammars, each topic is explained using authentic video examples. These examples come from the Spanish in Texas project, which profiles Spanish as it is spoken throughout Texas today. Online practice quizzes are included for each grammar section.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 200
Spanish in Texas
The University of Texas at Austin
Licence: CC BY
The purpose of the Spanish in Texas project is to profile Spanish as it is spoken throughout Texas today and to provide open learning tools that allow students, teachers, and the general public to explore Spanish language variation. A central goal of the project is to encourage users to view local varieties of Spanish and their speakers as important resources for learning about language and culture.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: SPAN 200
¡Voy en camino!
Constanza Rojas-Primus and Ana Robles (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)
2023
Licence: CC BY-NC
¡Voy en camino! means “I’m on my way” in Spanish. Since learning an additional language and the culture is a journey in itself, ¡Voy en camino! captures the voyage to get there. ¡Voy en camino! has been created to serve the first two introductory Spanish language courses at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and to solidify our commitment to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). All units of study are designed to be interactive with embedded audio, videos and links for learners to practice the material along the way. Learners can self-pace and self-test their knowledge both individually and with the assistance of an instructor. ¡Voy en camino! has plenty of opportunities to practice writing and speaking with downloadable capabilities becoming a Spanish teaching and learning tool that promotes and supports sustainable renewable learning. With its digital format and open publication ¡Voy en camino! is also meant to join the Spanish teaching open education community and provide access to learning to interested users along the way.
Formats: Online, PDF, eBook
Suggested for: SPAN 200/201
Yo puedo: para empezar
Elizabeth Silvaggio-Adams and Rocío Vallejo-Alegre (SUNY Geneseo)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC
This text is designed for beginning Spanish students and incorporates a flipped-classroom approach.
Formats: Online, PDF
Suggested for: SPAN 200
Yo puedo: segundos pasos
Elizabeth Silvaggio-Adams and Rocío Vallejo-Alegre (SUNY Geneseo)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC
Following on from the previous entry, this Spanish textbook is designed for those who have some basic knowledge of Spanish.
Formats: Online, PDF
