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American Sign Language I (ASL 121)

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American Sign Language I (ASL 121)

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ASL I is an introduction to the naturally existing language widely used by Deaf people in North America. Since ASL is a visual-gestural language, students will need to develop unique communication skills. These consist of using the hands, body, face, eyes and space. In order to achieve progress in this class, it is important to become comfortable communicating with your whole body and listening with your eyes.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

American Sign Language II (ASL 122)

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American Sign Language II (ASL 122)

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ASL II is a sequential course following ASL I, which continues to build knowledge of the naturally existing language widely used by Deaf people in North America. Since ASL is a visual-gestural language, students will need to continue to develop unique communication skills. These consist of using the hands, body, face, eyes and space. In order to achieve progress in this class, it is important to become comfortable communicating with your whole body and listening with your eyes.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

American Sign Language III (ASL 123)

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American Sign Language III (ASL 123)

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ASL III is the third quarter of the first year study of American Sign Language (ASL) and the people who use it. ASL III will enhance the use of ASL grammar and consist of concentrated efforts to develop the studentęs expressive and receptive skills. The course will continue to provide insights into Deaf Cultural values, attitudes and the Deaf community. Now learning more abstract concepts of the language, ASL III students will be able to: narrate events that occurred in the past, ask for solutions to everyday problems, tell about life events, and describe objects. Students will also be able to: demonstrate intermediate finger spelling competency, generate complex ASL structures with intermediate vocabulary knowledge, execute a wide variety of grammatical principles, including classifiers and inflections, adapt to different sign language registers, dialects and accents, and create opportunities to interact with members of the Deaf community.

Subject:: Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

The Bilingual Language Profile

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There is great need to understand individuals' functional language abilities, not only in education but in commerce and public policy discussion. The aim is to quantify language use patterns, proficiency, and dominance in the two languages of bilinguals. The Bilingual Language Profile (BLP) is an instrument for assessing language dominance through self-reports that is concise, quick, and easy to use. The BLP is intended to produce a continuous dominance score and a general bilingual profile taking into account a variety of linguistic variables. The BLP is an open and free assessment tool for researchers, educators, and anyone with an interest in assessing language dominance.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Assessment
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Birdsong, D., Gertken, L.M., & Amengual, M.
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

Chinese Take-In

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Chinese Take-In

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Chinese Take-In provides an interactive environment where first-year Chinese learners can practice listening outside the classroom according to individual needs and paces while receiving immediate feedback.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Teng; Wen-Hua
Date Added:: 06/09/2020

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ClicaBrasil

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The Portuguese language lessons of ClicaBrasil highlight aspects of Brazilian culture. They are designed for intermediate to advanced students, but are accessible to everyone. Each lesson includes videos of Brazilians from all walks of life speaking naturally about their lives and their country. All lessons integrate reading, writing, listening and comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, oral communication and cultural activities with the videos. This is also available as a free PDF textbook and as print on demand.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Full Course; Homework/Assignment; Syllabus; Textbook
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Flanzer, Vivian
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

Conversational Phrases and Terms

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Conversational Phrases and Terms

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This webpage provides over 20 basic conversational phrases and terms, all of which are used in most everyday discussions across the Arabic-speaking world. The terms and phrases are presented in transliterated form with English translation; no Arabic script is used.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Provider:: Wikibooks
Date Added:: 06/15/2019

Deutsch im Blick

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Deutsch im Blick

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A multimedia 1st-year German language program based on videos of native speakers and the UT Summer Program in Wurzburg, Germany. The online textbook includes recorded vocabulary, phonetics lessons, an online grammar component, online comparative polls, and internet writing activities.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Full Course; Homework/Assignment; Syllabus; Textbook
Author:: Zsuzsanna Abrams
Date Added:: 05/10/2020

Foreign Language Teaching Methods

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Foreign Language Teaching Methods

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An online, video-based methods course focusing on best practices for foreign language instruction at the high-school and college levels. It features 12 interactive media-rich modules taught by different professors from the University of Texas at Austin. Modules include Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, Pragmatics, Culture, The Language Learner, Technology, Classroom Management, and Assessment.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment; Syllabus
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Carl Blyth
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

Français interactif

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Français interactif

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Français interactif is a unique, award-winning 1st-year French curriculum used by learners all over the world. Students explore French language and culture by following the lives of real students who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France. The online curriculum includes over 320 videos, vocabulary and phonetics audio, online grammar reference with self-correcting exercises and audio dialogues, verb conjugation and practice tools, internet activities, and a textbook of classroom exercises. Franais interactif was awarded the 2009 CALICO Esperanto Access to Language Education Award and the National Endowment for the Humanities EDSITEment Best of Humanities on the Web award (2005)

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Full Course; Homework/Assignment; Syllabus
Author:: Blyth, Carl; Guilloteau, Nancy; Kelton, Karen
Date Added:: 05/10/2020

French I (FRCH 121)

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French I (FRCH 121)

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In this course, you will learn the basics of French, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. At the end of the quarter, you will know how to introduce yourself and volunteer basic information, and how to ask questions of others. You will also have some knowledge of French and Francophone cultures and protocols. This class is divided into four modules, which follow the chapters in the textbook. In each module, you will be asked to read, write, speak, and listen in French. The class also includes a quarter-long cultural immersion project, in which you will be asked to conduct research on specific aspects of a non-European Francophone country and report your findings to the rest of the class.

This course has been designed to meet the specific needs of community college students in the state of Washington. Nevertheless, it can be adapted for any class.

French 121 is designed to be used in a face-to-face setting, but it could easily be adapted for use in a hybrid course. If you wish to use it to teach online, you will need to make significant modifications.

Subject:: Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus; Textbook
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

French II (FRCH 122)

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French II (FRCH 122)

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As in French I, in this course, you will learn the basics of French, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. At the end of the quarter, you will know how to introduce yourself and volunteer basic information, and how to ask questions of others. You will also have some knowledge of French and Francophone cultures and protocols. This class is divided into four modules, which follow the chapters in the textbook. In each module, you will be asked to read, write, speak, and listen in French. You will have daily homework assignments to complete. The class also includes a quarter-long cultural immersion project, in which you will be asked to conduct research on specific aspects of a non-European Francophone country and report your findings to the rest of the class.

This course has been designed to meet the specific needs of community college students in the state of Washington. Nevertheless, it can be adapted for any class.

French 122 is designed to be used in a face-to-face setting, but it could easily be adapted for use in a hybrid course. If you wish to use it to teach online, you will need to make significant modifications.

Subject:: Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus; Textbook
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

French III (FRCH 123)

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French III (FRCH 123)

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As in French I and II, in this course, you will learn the basics of French, including reading, writing, listening, and speaking. At the end of the quarter, you will know how to introduce yourself and volunteer basic information, and how to ask questions of others. You will also have some knowledge of French and Francophone cultures and protocols. This class is divided into four modules, which follow the chapters in the textbook. In each module,student you will be asked to read, write, speak, and listen in French. You will have daily homework assignments to complete. The class also includes a quarter-long cultural immersion project, in which you will be asked to conduct research on specific aspects of a non-European Francophone country and report your findings to the rest of the class.

This course has been designed to meet the specific needs of community college students in the state of Washington. Nevertheless, it can be adapted for any class.

French 123 is designed to be used in a face-to-face setting, but it could easily be adapted for use in a hybrid course. If you wish to use it to teach online, you will need to make significant modifications.

Subject:: Languages; World Cultures
Material Type:: Assessment; Diagram/Illustration; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus; Textbook
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019

Gateway to Chinese

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Gateway to Chinese

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This site offers a collection of free interactive language learning resources for beginning Mandarin Chinese. Students now have the option to practice pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, listening, and reading skills at their own convenience.

Gateway to Chinese resources are designed to give students the valuable feedback they need to improve language skills in the critical early stages of learning. An extensive number of interactive exercises allow students to practice what they learn. With these tools, instructors can utilize valuable classroom time to do what they do best: teach!

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Date Added:: 06/09/2020

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Grimm Grammar

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An online German grammar reference, featuring zany post-modern Grimm's fairy tale characters, authoritative grammar explanations, self-correcting exercises, online audio and cartoon images.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Zsuzsanna Abrams
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

Intermediate Conversational Phrases and Terms

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Intermediate Conversational Phrases and Terms

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This webpage lists intermediate-level conversational phrases and terms. The terms are listed in Arabic, transliteration, and English translation. The more difficult terms are presented with brief commentary to supply context. The listed terms and phrases include words conducive to beginning and sustaining fairly complex and wide-ranging conversations.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Provider:: Wikibooks
Date Added:: 06/15/2019

Polite Conversational Phrases

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Polite Conversational Phrases

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This webpage lists several, commonly used Arabic phrases to express greetings and emotions in ways considered polite and proper in many Arabic-speaking settings and contexts. The words include Arabic script, English translation, and English transliteration. Brief commentary is adduced when necessary in order to explain context.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Reading
Provider:: Wikibooks
Date Added:: 06/15/2019

Radio Arlecchino

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Radio Arlecchino

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Selection of aural Italian grammar lessons (podcasts). Grammar examples and dialogs are built upon the escapades of Arlecchino, Pulcinella, and other masks of the Italian Commedia dell'arte. Lessons feature topical grammar discussions, dramatic readings, pdf grammar notes ... and general audio zaniness.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Lecture; Reading
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Antonella Del Fattore-Olson; Eric Edwards
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

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Rockin Russian

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Rockin Russian is designed to give students exposure to the Russian language and culture through the medium of Russian music videos. Students are able to perfect their grammar while rocking out to music videos from Russia's pop stars. Based on Russian music videos from MTV Russia, Rockin' Russian is supplemented with exercise materials focusing on pronunciation, vocabulary development, grammar and cultural features. Parts of the videos are embedded into exercises in each category that students can revisit, strengthening their language skills.

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Homework/Assignment; Syllabus
Provider:: University of Texas at Austin
Provider Set:: COERLL
Author:: Garza, Thomas J.
Date Added:: 06/10/2020

Spanish III (SPAN 123)

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Spanish III (SPAN 123)

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Students will learn vocabulary related to celebrations and the stages of life, personal relationships, health and medical conditions and parts of the body, the car and its accessories, computers and electronic products, the parts of the house and household chores and table settings. Students will learn grammatical structures that support sentence formation such as irregular preterits, verbs that change meaning in the preterit, relative pronouns, čqu_? and čcul?, the imperfect tense, constructions with se, adverbs, distinguishing between the preterit and the imperfect tenses, por and para, stressed possessive adjectives and pronouns, formal commands, the present subjunctive tense and the subjunctive with verbs of will and influence.Creative Commons License

Subject:: Languages
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:: Open Course Library
Date Added:: 12/10/2019