Los acentos del español is a fun quiz to learn to distinguish some of the varieties of Spanish around the world created by the Spanish newspaper El País.
Teacher-authored materials from the COERLL Collaborators program
Author(s):
Josie Jessier & Alex Zunterstein
Teacher-authored materials from the COERLL Collaborators program are a product of a school year’s worth of work. Teachers attended COERLL’s summer 2017 Spanish heritage language workshop, submitted lesson proposals, wrote their lessons, and edited and finalized their work based on feedback from the heritage Spanish project team.
- Videos for Elementary and Middle School Learners of Spanish [CC] by Josie Jesser (The Girls School of Austin)
- La Imaginación [CC] by Josie Jesser (a lesson plan to accompany one of the videos listed above)
- Spanglish en los medios de comunicación [CC] by Alex Zunterstein (University of Oregon)
Resource Type: Lesson Units / ActivitiesCatálogo de voces hispánicas
Author(s):
Centro Virtual Cervantes
Catálogo de voces hispánicas is a video corpus of speakers of Spanish from around the world.
Resource Type: MultimediaSpanish Proficiency Exercises
Author(s):
Orlando Kelm
Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks.
Resource Type: AssessmentsOral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio
Author(s):
Elena Foulis
Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio is a statewide initiative to collect, catalog, and preserve oral narratives of Latinos/as in Ohio in collaboration with the Ohio Hispanic Heritage Project and the Center for Folklore Studies, directed by Elena Foulis. You can also download her free book Latin@ Stories Across Ohio from iTunes. In addition, Ohio Habla is a podcast born out of the oral history project about Latin@s in Ohio, Oral Narratives of Latin@s in Ohio (ONLO). It seeks to amplify the Latin@ experience with interviews in Spanish, English, and Spanglish
Resource Type: MultimediaSpanish Heritage Course Oral History Project
Author(s):
Emily Bernate
A semester-long project where students collaborated between the university and their local high school to produce a collection of oral histories. The students engaged in archival and interview training to engage with the elders in the community to highlight the importance of Spanish. The project concluded with a gala night where students presented their final product to the community. Here is a video where Dr. Emily Bernate explains in more detail her project. Below you will find a list of the resources she developed to carry out this project.
Resource Type: MultimediaEspañol para hablantes de herencia: Recursos OER
Author(s):
Margarita Casas
Los siguientes materiales han sido escritos para usarlos en cursos de hablantes de herencia del español. La filosofía detrás de estos materiales es:
- Fortalecer la capacidad de los estudiantes de usar registros formales y distinguirlos de los coloquiales.
- Fortalecer la identidad cultural.
- Entender las diferencias entre el “espanglish” y el español normativo y aprender a “traducirlo” para alguien que no hable inglés.
- Aprender sobre la diversidad lingüística y cultural de los países hispanos.
- Mejorar el conocimiento metalingüístico de los estudiantes.
- Ampliar su vocabulario y, en general, su dominio del idioma para discutir y analizar temas más allá de la vida diaria.
Resource Type: Textbooks / Course MaterialsEspañol en los Estados Unidos: Una aproximación histórica y comparativa del español estadounidense
Author(s):
Elena Foulis & Alexandra Rodríguez Sabogal
This book embraces multilingual and translanguaging strategies for learning Spanish. It focuses on the study of Spanish use in the United States, as unique and richly diverse. It is meant to be an introductory level textbook for a mixed audience: those who are heritage and bilingual learners and those who study Spanish as a second language.
Resource Type: Textbooks / Course MaterialsReflexiones sobre nuestra lengua
Author(s):
Yanina Hernández & José Esteban Hernández
An open-access textbook for speakers of Spanish as a heritage language, centered closely on HL student’s particular grammatical needs. It utilizes a compelling multi-modal approach that foregrounds students’ experiences and existing capabilities to leverage their skills toward more effective, personal language learning. Reflexiones focuses on writing as a process, emphasizing critical sociolinguistic consciousness and the empowerment of U.S. Spanish speakers.
Resource Type: Textbooks / Course MaterialsMi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües
Author(s):
Elena Foulis & Stacey Alex
An open-access textbook for Heritage Language Leaners of Spanish that centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, it promotes interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.
Resource Type: Textbooks / Course Materials