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Pedagogical Foundations and Features:<\/h2>\r\nWaymaker Spanish 1 and 2 offer a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. Each grammar section is introduced by a short reading passage to highlight new structures and patterns within their linguistic context. Within each lesson, self-grading practice activities with targeted feedback allow students to learn by doing and track their level of mastery. The text is accompanied by engaging images and videos throughout, and all vocabulary and reading passages include audio files to practice pronunciation and listening comprehension.\r\n

About Our Team:<\/h2>\r\n\"SUNYSpanish 1 was designed and developed by the Spanish department at SUNY Oneonta in cooperation with Lumen Learning. This project was supported by SUNY OER Services with funds from New York State\u2019s 2018-2019 budget allocation for Open Educational Resources.\r\n

Senior Contributors and Pedagogical Design:<\/h3>\r\n\"SUNYErica Brown, SUNY Oneonta\r\nAlejandra Escudero, SUNY Oneonta\r\nMar\u00eda Cristina Montoya, SUNY Oneonta\r\nElizabeth Small, SUNY Oneonta\r\n

Faculty Contributors:<\/h3>\r\nDeborah Edson, Tidewater Community College\r\nDiamond Wilson, Spokane Community College\r\nViridiana Garcia Choy, SUNY Oneonta\r\nLiz Rangel Arriola, Pima Community College\r\nMayra Cortes-Torres, Pima Community College\r\nElena Grajeda, Pima Community College\r\n

Other Contributors:<\/h3>\r\nFreedom Learning Group, Colton Klein,\u00a0Latisha Nelson, Tasha West,\u00a0Fabiola Weiss-Cortes, Jesse Douglas, Sandi Norman, Samuel Bennett,\u00a0Hailey Moehlmann\r\n

Special Thanks To:<\/h3>\r\nEd Beck, SUNY Oneonta\r\nSpencer de Vries, Lumen Learning\r\nSUNY OER Services\r\n

Acknowledgments<\/h2>\r\nThis book has benefited from the contributions of many people, including Mya Joi and Margarita Garcia-Notario.\r\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\r\nLumen Learning\u2019s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.\r\n\r\nWe do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention.","rendered":"

Pedagogical Foundations and Features:<\/h2>\n

Waymaker Spanish 1 and 2 offer a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each module includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world. Each grammar section is introduced by a short reading passage to highlight new structures and patterns within their linguistic context. Within each lesson, self-grading practice activities with targeted feedback allow students to learn by doing and track their level of mastery. The text is accompanied by engaging images and videos throughout, and all vocabulary and reading passages include audio files to practice pronunciation and listening comprehension.<\/p>\n

About Our Team:<\/h2>\n

\"SUNYSpanish 1 was designed and developed by the Spanish department at SUNY Oneonta in cooperation with Lumen Learning. This project was supported by SUNY OER Services with funds from New York State\u2019s 2018-2019 budget allocation for Open Educational Resources.<\/p>\n

Senior Contributors and Pedagogical Design:<\/h3>\n

\"SUNYErica Brown, SUNY Oneonta
\nAlejandra Escudero, SUNY Oneonta
\nMar\u00eda Cristina Montoya, SUNY Oneonta
\nElizabeth Small, SUNY Oneonta<\/p>\n

Faculty Contributors:<\/h3>\n

Deborah Edson, Tidewater Community College
\nDiamond Wilson, Spokane Community College
\nViridiana Garcia Choy, SUNY Oneonta
\nLiz Rangel Arriola, Pima Community College
\nMayra Cortes-Torres, Pima Community College
\nElena Grajeda, Pima Community College<\/p>\n

Other Contributors:<\/h3>\n

Freedom Learning Group, Colton Klein,\u00a0Latisha Nelson, Tasha West,\u00a0Fabiola Weiss-Cortes, Jesse Douglas, Sandi Norman, Samuel Bennett,\u00a0Hailey Moehlmann<\/p>\n

Special Thanks To:<\/h3>\n

Ed Beck, SUNY Oneonta
\nSpencer de Vries, Lumen Learning
\nSUNY OER Services<\/p>\n

Acknowledgments<\/h2>\n

This book has benefited from the contributions of many people, including Mya Joi and Margarita Garcia-Notario.<\/p>\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\n

Lumen Learning\u2019s mission is to make great learning opportunities available to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background.<\/p>\n

We do this by using open educational resources (OER) to create well-designed and low-cost course materials that replace expensive textbooks. Because learning is about more than affordability and access, we also apply learning science insights and efficacy research to develop learning activities that are engineered to improve subject mastery, course completion and retention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85404,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-470","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/470\/revisions\/471"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/470\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}