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Elementary Chinese II

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Short Description: This open textbook is designed for those who are learning Chinese as a second/foreign language in their second semester. It has six chapters, covering topics including describing school life, shopping in stores and online, transportation means, reporting weather and climates, ordering foods, and asking and giving directions. Long Description: Elementary Chinese II is aimed at those who have learned Chinese as a second/foreign language for one semester, using the OER textbook “Elementary Chinese I“. This open textbook contains six main lessons, including topics such as school life, shopping, transportation, weather, eating out, and asking and giving directions. They are organized in a straightforward and well-structured manner that are easy to follow. Within each lesson, there are a set of two dialogues or a set of one dialogue plus one narration. The texts of the dialogues or narrations are created to provide real-life Chinese language to beginning learners. After the texts, vocabulary words are listed for them to study and review. Grammatical points are explained in English and example sentences are provided for students to understand. Each dialogue or narration ends with culture notes where learners can read and better understand the target text. Word Count: 20224 ISBN: 978-1-62610-116-6 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Wenying Zhou

Let's Chat! French

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Conversation Activities | The Pathways Project Short Description: Let’s Chat! French features a collection of nearly 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, food, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, French teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms. Long Description: Let’s Chat! French features a collection of nearly 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, food, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, French teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms. Are you a language instructor using Pathways Project Activities? We would love to hear from you. CLICK HERE to provide your feedback and share back activities you revised with the Pathways Community. The Pathways Project, an initiative from the Department of World Languages at Boise State University, is a collaborative network of open educational resources (OER) including instructional language teaching materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students. Teachers and students participating in the Pathways Project come from different fields of study and schools across Idaho to create open (i.e., free), digital activities that support the teaching and learning of foreign languages and promote intercultural competence. We hope to impact the opportunities learners have to connect to the global world! Visit the Pathways Project Website to learn more. Word Count: 102757 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Alexandre Bourque-labb, Cassy Ponga, Jorge Corea, Josepha Sowanou, Justin Snyder, Lily Nelson, Michael Quiblier, Mimi Fahnstrom, Olivier Roy, Rylie Wieseler, Sharon Westbrook

Fast Food in German-Speaking Countries

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Through providing an overview about food habits and the recent trends in the fast food culture in German-speaking countires, students gain knowledge in that field and become more confident in ordering food as they have to practice real world situations. This activity also contains a brief introduction to influences from other countries and cultures as well as immigration.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Naia Robinson, Luca Heid

German 101

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In writing German 101, I have combined over ten years’ worth of my own classroom activities and lecture notes to save students from high textbook costs. Traditional textbooks often have too few examples or little explanation and require the additional purchase of an expensive, online learning program. As time went on, I found myself using the textbook so little that it seemed silly to require students to purchase it. New words are introduced gradually in colored text boxes next to each concept. Sections can be combined to make the desired chapter length. For example, if you wish to cover the alphabet on day one, simply do that section first. I’ve placed it in the middle of chapter one because I prefer to gradually introduce it along with pronunciation as I go so that students begin to speak quickly and don’t grow disinterested. Every effort has been made to compare similarities and differences between English and German. Students whose native language is English can use that as a helpful resource to make learning German easier. English speakers, especially, tend to have trouble with the concept of cases. Therefore, I’ve taken the approach of focusing on the nominative case and present tense verb conjugations in chapter 1 with the accusative case in chapter 2. Chapter 3 reviews both cases and reinforces the old verbs with the imperative. The dative case will not be presented until German 102, to help prevent the mixing of these cases.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Rebecca Linam

Misaki's Journal

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Misaki's Journal is a Graded Reader for the Novice High/Intermediate Low range of Japanese learners. The Journal follows Misaki Kondo, a high schooler from Tokyo. There are eight entries in total, each has pictures and interactive materials. Please view the Authentic-Like Interactive Materials subfolder for links to those items. The Teacher's Notebook subfolder also includes the guide on how to use the reader for classroom use.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Reading

Authors: Theadora Callahan, Deana Nassans, Grace McGrorty

Lake Washington School District: Japanese 1 Units, Japanese 1.1はじめまして, Japanese 1.1 Unit Goals

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The Unit Goals section outlines the big picture view of the unit. Here you will find details that lay out the unit’s theme and essential questions, what students will be able to do by the end of the unit, and which standards are addressed in the unit. In the metaphor of a journey, use this section to gain an understanding of the destination and where your students will be at the end of the unit.

Material Type: Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: Barrie Silva, Washington OSPI OER Project, Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District: Japanese 1 Units, Japanese 1.1はじめまして, Japanese 1.1 Assessments

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The Assessments section provides descriptions for the unit’s assessments, which are each tied to a mode of communication: Interpretive (listening and reading), Presentational (speaking or writing), and Interpersonal (impromptu oral or written back-and-forth conversation). In the metaphor of a journey, the assessments are strategic milestones on the journey for students to show what skills they’ve gained.

Material Type: Assessment, Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barrie Silva, Washington OSPI OER Project, Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District: Japanese 1 Units, Japanese 1.1はじめまして, Japanese 1.1 Teacher Toolbox

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The Teacher Toolbox section contains communicative can-do statements, a vocabulary list, and language functions and supporting structures/patterns. This section takes the bigger chunks of the Unit Goals and Assessments and breaks them down into smaller bits for daily and weekly lessons. In the metaphor of a journey, use this section to inform goals for daily and weekly lessons. These are the tools in your backpack that will help students and teachers successfully reach the milestones.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Module, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: Barrie Silva, Washington OSPI OER Project, Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District: Japanese 1 Units, Japanese 1.1はじめまして, Japanese 1.1 Core Authentic Resources

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The Core Authentic Resources section contains essential resources and experiences that are critical comprehensible input that all students should encounter throughout the unit and help prepare students for unit performance assessments. If you teach nothing else from the unit, use these. In the metaphor of a journey, this section is like the essential fuel that propels students to the next milestone.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Barrie Silva, Washington OSPI OER Project, Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District: Japanese 1 Units, Japanese 1.1はじめまして, Japanese 1.1 Additional Resources

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The Additional Resources section contains extra resources, not included anywhere else in the unit, that support the learning of unit goals. They’re extra activities teachers can pull from to supplement lessons. In the metaphor of a journey, this section contains the extra snacks and music playlists that aren’t essential for the journey but can make it even better.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson

Authors: Barrie Silva, Washington OSPI OER Project, Lake Washington School District

Reality Czech

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Reality Czech is an openly licensed online curriculum for beginning to intermediate-level Czech students. The course aims to be a highly communicative introduction to Czech language and culture and includes over 240 interview compilation videos shot in the style of a reality TV show on a variety of everyday topics such as daily schedule, hobbies, food and drink, studies, holidays, health, weather, and more. The name Reality Czech reflects not only the centrality of these interviews to the curriculum, but also the textbook’s focus on the vocabulary and constructions Czechs frequently use to talk about everyday topics. The entire course has been shaped by the language used in the interview videos as well as openly licensed content sourced from the internet. Each of the 10 units follows a sequence of pre-class, in-class, and post-class activities ideal for a flipped classroom: - Pre-class activities such as Quizlet vocabulary activities, video and audio with comprehension questions, culture notes, and grammar exercises introduce students to new language. - An activity book for in-class use provides all of the resources an instructor needs to create a communicative classroom experience focused around task-based learning, such as games and activities. - Post-class activities use both exercises and authentic multimedia texts as a catalyst for students to create language. The materials all exist natively online in flexible formats such as Google Docs, and are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, allowing the curriculum to be easily adapted to 100% online delivery.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Christian Hilchey

Mezhdu nami: An Interactive Introduction to Russian

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A complete curriculum for introductory Russian organized around the experiences of four American students spending an academic year in the Russian Federation. Web-based textbook and paper-based classroom activities and homework (available as downloadable pdf and print-on-demand). Teacher materials also available on request. Winner of the 2016 Access to Language Education Award from the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium and the 2017 Best Book in Pedgogy from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. Reviews Russian Language Journal 67 (2017): 77-80. Slavic and East European Journal 61.4 (Winter 2017): 938-940. Language Learning and Technology 21.1 (February 2017): 46-51. Canadian Slavonic Papers 58.4 (2016): 448-449.

Material Type: Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Textbook

Authors: Alla Smyslova, Jonathan Perkins, Lynne deBenedette, William J. Comer

Basic Khmer

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Short Description: This online interactive theme-based open textbook is for beginner learners of the Khmer language. This book aims to provide a practical introduction to speaking, listening, and reading. By the end of this course, students will be at the B1 level of the Common Framework for Language and at the low intermediate level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scales. Basic Khmer is funded by the Open Educational Resources Program at Michigan State University. Long Description: This book contains eight chapters. In the first five chapters, each chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is based on the conversation and presents the grammar and vocabulary necessary to deal with everyday situations. The Cambodian script and sound system are introduced in the second part of each chapter. Each chapter has clear learning outcome, a review of the previous chapter, the review of the vocabulary, grammar points and cultural notes. The layout of each chapter is followed by three modes of communication (interpretative, interpersonal and presentation mode) across the four skills. Each chapter also has a listening, speaking, reading and grammar section, followed by interactive activities. Cultural notes and a few online available materials related to the theme of the chapter is also introduced. Each chapter ends with key vocabulary/expression and Grammar summary. Vocabulary in reading and listening is built in the conversation with the English translation so that learners can infer the meaning in the given context. Learning activities have been developed by using h5p so that learners can get immediate constructive feedback. Word Count: 14583 ISBN: 978-1-62610-118-0 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Vathanak Sok

Basic Urdu

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Short Description: Basic Urdu is a theme-based, interactive open-source online textbook for the true novice learners of the Urdu language. The book uses mixed pedagogical approaches to language teaching to match diverse teaching and learning styles. It aims to help learners achieve intermediate low to mid-proficiency levels set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Long Description: Basic Urdu is a theme-based, interactive open-source online textbook for the true novice learners of the Urdu language. The book aims to help true novice learners of the Urdu language to achieve intermediate low to mid-level American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency level. The book has eight chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on the Urdu script. Chapters 2 to 8 follow a similar pattern. They all begin with stated goals followed by three to four readings and listening, followed by grammar points. Reading and listening sections have the vocabulary, pre- and post-activities which follow a combination of pedagogical approaches to language teaching. It also has grammatical points so that users can build overall language proficiency inductively or deductively. Each chapter ends with cultural notes and extra online resources. The book has several interactive activities with in-built feedback for independent learners. Word Count: 35406 ISBN: 978-1-62610-119-7 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Rajiv Ranjan

Basic Hindi

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Short Description: Basic Hindi is an online, interactive, theme-based textbook for the true beginner of Hindi language. It promotes communicative, linguistic, and cultural competence. It has mixture of pedagogical approaches to fit all types of learning and teaching philosophies/styles to achieve intermediate low to mid ACTFL proficiency level within a semester. Long Description: Basic Hindi is an online, interactive, and tech-enhanced textbook that promotes speaking, listening, reading, writing, and cultural skills. Each Chapter in this book has clear stated learning outcomes, a review of previous chapters, reading/listening sections, study abroad section, relevant grammatical items, and cultural notes. The pedagogical approach in the book is mixed and informed by the socio-cultural approaches and the generative approaches of the Second Language Acquisition theory. The mixed theoretical backgrounds match diverse learning and teaching philosophies and styles. Following the learning outcomes guided by American Council of Teaching Foreign Language (ACTFL), this textbook aims for the novice learners to attain intermediate low to mid-level proficiency level. The textbook incorporates pictures, audio-visual materials, and activities developed on the H5P platform to keep learners engaged. Word Count: 40301 ISBN: 978-1-62610-105-0 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Rajiv Ranjan

Let's Chat! Korean

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Conversation Activities | The Pathways Project Short Description: Let’s Chat! Korean features a collection of over 55 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as greetings, travel, daily routines, health, and so much more, Korean teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms. Long Description: Let’s Chat! Korean features a collection of over 55 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as greetings, travel, daily routines, health, and so much more, Korean teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms. Are you a language instructor using Pathways Project Activities? We would love to hear from you. CLICK HERE to provide your feedback and share back activities you revised with the Pathways Community. The Pathways Project, an initiative from the Department of World Languages at Boise State University, is a collaborative network of open educational resources (OER) including instructional language teaching materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students. Teachers and students participating in the Pathways Project come from different fields of study and schools across Idaho to create open (i.e., free), digital activities that support the teaching and learning of foreign languages and promote intercultural competence. We hope to impact the opportunities learners have to connect to the global world! Visit the Pathways Project Website to learn more. Word Count: 39136 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Abby Daniels, Danielle Ali, Daum Jung, Miseon Choi, Soyeon Park, Yurim Lee

Yorùbá Yé Mi

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Yoruba‡ YŽ Mi is an interactive, communicative, introductory, multimedia program intended to provide college/university students with basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills of language learning in Yoruba‡. It exposes the learner not only to Yoruba‡ language in meaningful situations but also to the culture of the Yorb‡-speaking people of South-western Nigeria. It contains effective techniques for teaching and learning Yorb‡ including tones, and is user-friendly in its approach.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture, Textbook

Authors: Fehintola, Mosadomi

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