Attribution Statement
This book is an adaptation of the open textbook “¡LIBRO LIBRE!: A free textbook for introductory Spanish” and was written by Erin Huebener, M.A. and published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
We have adapted ¡LIBRO LIBRE!: A free textbook for introductory Spanish, originally released in 2018, to better fit a traditional 16-week semester schedule. We would like to wholeheartedly thank Erin Huebener for their tremendous work in this area of open educational resources.
The following changes were made to this book as a whole:
- Minor changes in grammar, punctuation, and formatting were made.
- Minor edits for clarity to student activities and instructions.
- Minor edits to chapter introductions and student learning objectives.
- Minor changes for accessibility.
- Minor changes to content to include more comprehensive cultural elements.
- Additions of multimedia elements such as a variety of videos and H5P activities.
- Omission of select existing images with new graphics.
- Inclusion of select images for new and existing content.
- Expansion of topics with existing OER resource.
- Rearrangement of content for flow and clarity
The following changes were made to specific chapters:
Chapter 1:
The following activities were added: Actividad 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34. Original and existing OER content was added to the following: “Los hispanos en los Estados Unidos”, “Las presentaciones” and “El Alfabeto”. The following readings were added: “¿Quiénes somos los latinos o hispanos?” and “La Sagrada Familia”. The following content was added: “Sección 7: Cultura: México”, “Respond to the following questions or phrases.” and “¡A comunicar! ¡A escribir! y ¡A leer“. Videos were added to the following: “El Alfabeto and to “Nouns and Gender”. The following activities were modified “La ortografía”, The following activities were omitted: “La geografía”, “¿Qué hay?”, ¿Qué compraste para las clases?”, “¿Qué necesitas para las clases?, and “El espionaje.”
Chapter 2:
The following activities were added: 2, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, and 19. Original and existing OER content were added to the following: “Meses y Ano” and “El tiempo.”. The following reading were added: “El español en el mundo” The following content was added: “Adjetivos Descriptivos” and “Sección 9: Cultura: Las fiestas en la cultura hispana” . The following content was modified: “ Las fiestas “. The following activities were omitted: “Las personas famosas”, “Los opuestos”, “¿Quién es?” , “¿En qué estación …?” , “Las fiestas hispanas”, “El clima de otras ciudades” and “El pronóstico del tiempo”.
Chapter 3:
The following activities were added: Actividad 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11,13, 14, 15 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25 and 30.. Original and existing OER content were added to the following: “ER and IR Verbs” and “Me Gusta, No me Gusta”. The following content was moved from Chapter 4 to Chapter 3: “The Verb Gustan:. The following readings were added:“La siesta” and “Mexico”. The following activities were omitted: “Rellenar el Espacio”, “Challenge”, “Que tienen que hacer los estudiantes”, “Submarino”, “Mis Preferencias”, “Hacer, salir, y ver”, and “Tu arbol genealogico”.
Chapter 4:
The following activities were added: 1, 3, 4, 5, 17, 34, 37, and 38. Original and existing OER content were added to the following: “Spanish Last Names” . The following readings were added: . The following content was added:” Seccion 7 Cultural Republica Dominican”. The following activities were omitted: “ ‘a’, ‘al’, ‘o’, ‘a la’”, “A donde vas”, “Las invitaciones”, “A traducir”, “La Lectura”, “A conjugar”, “Que Ves”, “Que Dices”, and “Puedes o no puedes”. The following content was moved to another chapter: “El Verbo Gustar”.
