This guide focuses on OER for languages taught at Brandeis. It is designed to be an evolving resource. We welcome suggestions for additional resources that complement the Brandeis curriculum.
“A multimedia 1st-year German language program based on videos of native speakers and the University of Texas Summer Program in Würzburg, Germany. The online textbook includes recorded vocabulary, phonetics lessons, an online grammar component, online comparative polls and internet writing activities.” (from https://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/german) Deutsch im Blick Textbook, 2nd Edition (Open Textbook Library)
The German Frame-semantic Online Lexicon (G-FOL) is a prototype of a new kind of pedagogical dictionary. The goal is to help students learn how words are used in modern-day German. (from https://coerll.utexas.edu/frames/)
Collection of target language videos done by international students from the Five Colleges of Massachusetts in their home countries. Videos in languages from Arabic to Wolof are included with transcripts, images and realia.
The first Incorporating Corpora modules are available, and more modules are being added. These modules will provide a guide for using corpora to teach German, as well as a selection of corpus-based assignments.
