11 Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams (Portland State University)
2017
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web.
Formats: Online, PDF, and Word
Includes:
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ESL 1112 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Elementary Level II
ESL 2111 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level I
In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook
Bow Valley College and NorQuest College
2016
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
The textbook:
- helps learners notice, learn, and practice English that will be helpful in your community
- gives learners practice in the four main language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing
- helps learners learn about intercultural skills
- helps learners develop some important essential skills
- can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook
The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmarks levels 5/6 and has been designed to be facilitated by an instructor.
Format: Online and PDF
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Suggested for:
ESL 2111 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level I
ESL 2112 Oral and Written Communication in English as a Second Language: Intermediate Level II
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success
Barbara Hall and Elizabeth Wallace (Georgia State University)
2018
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
College ESL Writers: Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing etext for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments. Following that, we provide instruction in paragraph and essay writing with several opportunities to both review the fundamentals as well as to demonstrate mastery and move on to more challenging assignments.
We have structured the etext into three basic parts. Part I, Composing Strategies and Techniques, includes a sequenced discussion from composing effective sentences through paragraph and essay writing. This includes the prewriting and planning stages of writing as well as the revising and editing stage in the first five chapters. Part II, Language Use, Grammar, and Mechanics, is meant to be used as a grammar and mechanics handbook as well as the practice and review of idiomatic wording. Part III, All About Writing: Samples, Topics, and Rubrics, has chapters with additional writing topics for practice, sample student papers, and rubrics for evaluating writing.
Formats: PDF and Word
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Suggested for:
ESL 2113 English Grammar for Second Language Learners: Intermediate Level
ESL 3361 Write to Be Read: Writing Academic Texts
French as a Second Language (FLS)
See other suggestions in the French version of the guide under Français langue seconde (FLS).
Français interactif
Karen Kelton, Nancy Guilloteau and Carl Blyth (University of Texas)
Last updated: 2011
Licence: CC BY 4.0
This open textbook accompanies course content that explores the French language and culture by following the lives of students participating in intensive French-language programming.
Formats: Online and PDF
Includes: Videos, audio vocabulary recordings, phonetics lessons, and online activities
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FLS 1511 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner
FLS 1512 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner II
Introduction to French
Rita Palacios (Conestoga College)
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Introduction to French is a basic French-language textbook designed to develop reading, writing, and speaking skills of college students in classrooms across Canada.
Formats: Pressbooks WebBook, PDF, EPUB, and more
Includes: Audio files
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FLS 1511 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner
FLS 1512 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner II
Gretchen Angelo (California State University)
2012
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Liberté is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach. Each chapter is built around communicative strategies. Clearly defined objectives in communication, culture, and grammar are given at the start of each chapter, and summary exercises at the end allow students to measure their mastery of these objectives. It has been adopted by instructors at over twenty-five colleges and high schools.
Formats: PDF
Includes: Instructor and student volumes, end-of-chapter exercises, and audio files (by request)
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FLS 1511 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner
FLS 1512 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner II
Chapeau! First-Year French
David A. Dinneen (University of Kansas) and Madeleine Kernen (Missouri State University)
1989
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Chapeau! is a first-year college text. Although it may appear, at first glance, to move very fast and introduce a large amount of material early, the vocabulary and grammatical structures that we expect students to control actively by the end of the year are limited in accord with our notion of a reasonable application of the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. As a result, while some instructors may be surprised at such things as the absence of the possessive pronoun, no insistence on the use of optional subjunctives, and no active treatment of the relative dont, others may be disturbed by what we still include in a first-year text. What we do expect students to acquire (which is quantitatively less than what we present in the text for them to know about), we believe they will acquire well, providing a sound basis for further study (formal or informal) and permitting us to say to them, both during and at the end of the course, “Chapeau!”
Formats: PDF and MP3
Includes: Audio exercises, vocabulary lists at the end of chapters with translations
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FLS 1511 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner
FLS 1512 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner II
Au boulot! First-Year French
David A. Dinneen (University of Kansas), Hope Christiansen (University of Arkansas), Madeleine Kernen (Missouri State University) and Herve Pensec (St. Olaf College)
1995
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Au boulot! is a two-year college French program consisting of: a textbook, workbook and 21 accompanying audio exercises; as well as a reference grammar, to be used the entire two years.
Formats: PDF and MP3
Includes: Audio exercises, vocabulary lists at the ends of chapter with translations
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Suggested for:
FLS 1511 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner
FLS 1512 Oral and Written Communication in French – Beginner II
FLS 1611 Oral and Written Communication in French as a Second Language: Elementary Levels I and II
Sons & Lettres: A pronunciation method for intermediate-level French
Stephen Walton (Portland State University)
2018
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
This textbook provides a set of classroom materials to train students to hear and produce the sounds of French and to recognize the regular spellings used to represent those sounds in print.
Formats: Online flipbook and PDF
Includes: exercises, audio on supplementary website.
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FLS 2511 Communication orale et écrite en français – Intermédiaire I
FLS 2512 Communication orale et écrite en français – Intermédiaire II
FLS 2611 Communication orale et écrite en français langue seconde : Niveaux intermédiaires I et II
Tout un monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French
Alicia L. Soueid (University of Texas Arlington)
2019
Licence: CC BY 4.0
This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, agriculture, and relationships.
Formats: PDF
Includes: Exercises
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Suggested for:
FLS 2511 Communication orale et écrite en français – Intermédiaire I
FLS 2512 Communication orale et écrite en français – Intermédiaire II
FLS 2611 Communication orale et écrite en français langue seconde : Niveaux intermédiaires I et II
Le Littéraire dans le quotidien
Joanna Gay Luks (Cornell University)
2015
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Le Littéraire dans le quotidien is an open textbook for use in French courses. The Literary in the Everyday represents a new pedagogical approach to reading and writing at the lower levels and is applicable to all languages. Teachers of foreign languages besides French can read about the approach in the Teacher’s Guide. Go to Google Drive for individual chapters.
Formats: PDF and online
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FLS 2521 Lire pour écrire en français
FLS 2741 Mieux lire en français