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Welcome to Elementary Spanish!

This textbook was designed in cooperation with the Louisiana Board of Regents Open Educational Textbook Pilot program. Designed by Spanish Instructors as a cooperative effort across Louisiana, this textbook will introduce you to the basic elements of the Spanish language through the use of self directed and active learning.

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.

This adaptation, LIBRO LIBRE: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH I, is published under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Contributing Authors:

Handy Acosta Cuellar, Louisiana State University

Carolina Delgado, Southern University

Giti Farudi, Xavier University of Louisiana

Yelani Feldman, Dillard University

Jerry L. Parker, Southeastern Louisiana University

Isabel Matus, Louisiana State University

Contributing Editors:

Handy Acosta Cuellar, Louisiana State University

Carolina Delgado, Southern University

Giti Farudi, Xavier University of New Orleans

Yelani Feldman, Dillard University

Jessica Hawkes, Louisiana State University Shreveport

Jerry L. Parker, Southeastern Louisiana University

Isabel Matus, Louisiana State University

Tariana Smith, Howard University