PDXOpen is a collection of open access textbooks and open educational resources (OER) created by PSU faculty. Many of the resources in this collection were created as part of the PDXOpen Grant Program. The PDXOpen Grant Program provides faculty with the funding and resources they need to redesign their courses using OER to help make education more affordable for students.
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Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study
Michele Miller and Anne Greenhoe
This Open Access Textbook will guide students through their English language to academic degree studies.
Part one of this textbook is a guide for moving from ESL study to academic study at Portland State University*. It includes the resources students will use to understand policies and processes governing their degree study and their transition to academic coursework.
Part two focuses on how academic skills are used across various disciplines and ... Read More
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Sons et lettres: A Pronunciation Method for Intermediate-level French
Stephen Walton
Sons et lettres 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. The materials are inspired by a desire to help students feel more confident about their French pronunciation and more at home saying the many French words, familiar and unfamiliar, which they encounter in their studies, in French ... Read More
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Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams
This textbook is designed for advanced beginning-intermediate English language learners in an academic English program. 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 also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary and reviews basic grammar points. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of ... Read More
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Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide
Cliff Breedlove
This text explores verb time, tense, aspect, and mood through comparison of Arabic and English sentence patterns. It includes examples of the Arabic patterns from classical and popular sources so Arabic students can learn by explanation and example how to formulate cohesive and grammatically correct sentence structure.
While this guide is intended mainly for English-speaking students studying Arabic, the charts also provide a quick reference of English sentence patterns for ... Read More
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Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé
Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon
Histoires d’Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s’adresse à un public d’apprenants étrangers (de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé) mais aussi à un public natif voulant approfondir ses connaissances de la science-fiction moderne - après un chapitre préliminaire qui rappelle les bases historiques du genre. Le manuel propose une approche holistique (stylistique, linguistique, et interculturelle) et sollicite une pensée critique au travers d’activités de ... Read More
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2
Emiko Konomi
This is the second book in a three book series and includes Lessons 5 - 8. Book 1 and Book 3 are also available for download.
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses ... Read More
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Leyendas y Arquetipos del Romanticismo Español, Segunda Edición
Robert Sanders
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social ... Read More
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How to be a Successful Organic Chemist
Alexander H. Sandtorv
How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.
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Korean Through Folktales
KyungAh Yoon
Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture. Using folktales in the curriculum will provide an engaging way to expose students to a slice of the target culture that native Koreans are naturally exposed to at an early age. Through the selected folktales and ... Read More
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PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students
Amber Bliss Calderón
Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The following chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment. ... Read More
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Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - 2nd Edition
Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Mau Nam Nguyen
Video lectures explaining problem solving strategies are available
Our goal in this set of lecture notes is to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematical analysis. Such a foundation is crucial for future study of deeper topics of analysis. Students should be familiar with most of the concepts presented here after completing the calculus sequence. However, these concepts will be reinforced through rigorous proofs.
The lecture ... Read More
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Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español
Robert Sanders
This edition has been superseded. The 2nd edition is available here: https://doi.org/10.15760/pdxopen-10
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From MSA to CA: A Beginner's Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic
Lina Gomaa
This book is for students who have studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for one year or more and would like to learn colloquial Arabic basics using their knowledge of MSA. It aims at transitioning learners from Novice Mid level to Intermediate Low through presenting situations useful for living in an Arab country. The book has several features including hyperlinks, practice dialogues with open answers, cultural tips, and more.
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1
Emiko Konomi
This is the first book in a three book series and includes Lessons 0 - 4. Book 2 and Book 3 are also available for download.
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses ... Read More
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Introduction to Mathematical Analysis (First Edition)
Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam
This edition has been superseded. The 2nd edition is available here: https://doi.org/10.15760/pdxopen-9
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Comprehensive Individualized Curriculum and Instructional Design
Samuel Sennott, Sheldon Loman, Kristy Lee Park, Luis F. Pérez, Michael J. Kennedy, John Romig, and Wendy J. Rodgers
This online textbook addresses the population of individuals with disabilities that experience complex lifelong needs across multiple areas in their lives. Drs. Sennott and Loman drafted this book (along with the help from some friends) with the hope of providing pertinent, practical, and current resources to future special educators who plan to serve individuals with complex disabilities.
Chapter 1: Guiding Principles for Developing Comprehensive and Meaningful Instruction for Individuals with ... Read More
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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS
Yiping Fang, Vivek Shandas, and Eugenio Arriaga Cordero
The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate ... Read More
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Preadvanced Japanese
Emiko Konomi
This textbook is designed for students who have intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR (The Interagency Language Roundtable) proficiency scale, and are working on reaching Level 3.
This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of online course, and in a traditional classroom setting. It is comprised of four chapters, intended to be covered in one term of a quarter system.
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