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A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL book cover

A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL

CC BY (Attribution)  131 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): Eric Dodson, Davida Jordan, Timothy Krause

Subject(s): Language teaching and learning material and coursework, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, English

Publisher: Portland Community College

Last updated: 13/09/2021

This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The grammar section includes a select set of YouTube videos, and the three original readers include short picture or chapter stories. Each lesson is accompanied by self-correcting exercises.

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Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Athanasios Michaels

Editor(s): Kaitlin Hakanson

Subject(s): History of other geographical groupings and regions

Last updated: 15/03/2021

This “open textbook” is a social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. It is a story of the diverse array of immigrants who helped build the state and strengthen it. The title is a recollection of the racial fantasies that European-American settlers created in their expansionist vision of the West and the state of Oregon. Initially the Oregon Territory was built on intolerance and racial exclusivity, but eventually Oregon embraces its diversity, but not without struggle and heartache. Our journey through the past starts with an essential question, “Who are the people of Oregon?”

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Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Susan, Jen, Kit

Last updated: 05/03/2021

Welcome to Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner. This English grammar textbook was designed for a class of Clackamas Community College (CCC) ESOL students who need only a review of the BE verb and are ready to learn the simple present and present progressive tenses. This textbook has four chapters. Each chapter covers a grammatical point/component/element. Chapter 1 is a review of the BE verb. The BE is special and has its own rules (different from other verbs). Chapter 2 is the Present Progressive tense. This is the tense we use when we are talking about things happening now or near now. Chapter 3 is the Simple Present Tense. We use the Simple Present Tense to talk about facts, routines, and habitual activities. Chapter 4 is a comparison of chapter 3 and 4.

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About Writing: A Guide

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Robin Jeffrey

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 01/02/2021

This writer’s reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student should need to successfully compose college-level work. The book covers the basics of composition and revising, including how to build a strong thesis, how to peer review a fellow student’s work, and a handy checklist for revision, before moving on to a broad overview of academic writing. Included for those students who need writing help at the most basic level are comprehensive sections on sentence style and grammar, verbs, nouns and other tenets of basic grammar. Finally, the sections on research and citation should help any student find solid evidence for their school work and cite it correctly, as well as encouraging an understanding of why citation is so important in the first place. This is a guide that is useful to writing students of all levels, either as a direct teaching tool or a simple reference.

This revised edition incorporates new sections on revision, citation, and rhetorical concepts. More example text has been provided and the contents have been reorganized to optimize flow and student comprehension. The first edition remains available at About Writing.

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Beginning Excel, First Edition

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Barbara Lave, Diane Shingledecker, Julie Romey, Noreen Brown, Mary Schatz

Subject(s): Spreadsheet software

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 06/01/2021

Second edition available: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/

This Beginning Excel textbook is intended for use in a one-term introductory spreadsheet course for all majors taught at two-year colleges. The basics of Excel, as they apply to the professional workplace, are introduced, including spreadsheet design, data entry, formulas, functions, charts, tables, and multi-sheet use.

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A Different Road To College

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Alise Lamoreaux

Subject(s): Study and learning skills: general

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 13/11/2020

A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning Non-Traditional Students is designed to introduce students to the contextual issues of college. Non-traditional students have an ever-growing presence on college campuses, especially community colleges. This open educational resource is designed to engage students in seeing themselves as college students and understanding the complexity of what that means to their lives.

Non-traditional students face critical issues surrounding participation and success in college. These critical issues include, but are not limited to, the following

  • Strategies for managing competing needs on their time
  • Difficulty navigating institutional environments
  • Understanding the culture of college
  • Transitional services not in place to the same degree as for “traditional” students
  • Knowledgeable support systems
  • Personal barriers
  • Unpredictable influences on their schedules
  • Work first, study second priorities
  • Paying for college
  • Underprepared foundation skills (Reading, Writing, Math, Computer Literacy, Human Relations, Oral Communication).

Most textbooks available on the topic of college transition/success today focus on the traditional 18-year old student and the needs of someone living away from home for the first time.The goal of the book is to help students understand how to select the right college for them and then become acquainted with the inner workings and language of college. The book is designed to be a practical guide for first-generation college students as they navigate potentially unfamiliar topics such as understanding the costs of college beyond tuition, navigating college websites, and defining critical language needed to understand communication regarding the context and culture of the college.

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Writing Instruction Tips For Automated Essay Graders: How To Design an Essay for a Non-human Reader

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Alise Lamoreaux

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 13/11/2020

My goal for this book is to create an understanding of what AEG can assess and provide tips for the best practices and skills to develop when facing AEG systems. There are many arguments regarding teaching to a test, and that Robo-grading is harming writing instruction, but regardless of those opinions, students are being evaluated on the basis of artificial intelligence and their transition to college or the workplace is being impacted. The testing industry is the clear winner in the standardized testing movement. Rather than making software recognize “good” writing, they will redefine “good” writing according to what the software can recognize. Considering the resources being put into perfecting Robo-grading, it’s likely that we will see rapid expansion in the use of artificial intelligence as an evaluation tool. It’s important to give students a chance to learn to “think” like a Robo-grader.

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SPN215: Español para hablantes nativos

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   Spanish

Author(s): Amalia Carter, Joe Romero, Cecelia Monto

Subject(s): Guías gramaticales y de uso

Publisher: Chemeketa Press and Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 13/11/2020

Este libro fue elaborado teniendo en cuenta las necesidades del estudiante de habla hispana. El contenido combina elementos gramaticales con diversos y relevantes temas del mundo de hoy.  Al utilizar este libro de texto, el estudiante logrará mayores posibilidades en obtener el sello de bi-alfabetización.  También desarrollará el idioma español y se sentirá motivado y seguro para tomar cursos más avanzados en la lengua. Finalmente, estará más preparado para incorporarse al entorno laboral teniendo más probabilidades de conseguir el éxito en cualquiera de las carreras donde el idioma español ya no es una opción, sino una necesidad.

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Interpretation of Metal Fab Drawings

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): Cameren Moran

Subject(s): Engineering graphics and draughting / technical drawing

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 13/11/2020

Interpreting metal fab drawings is a course that introduces the principles of interpretation and application of industrial fabrication drawings. Basic principles and techniques of metal fabrication are introduced by planning and construction of fixtures used in fabrication from drawings. Basic tools and equipment for layout fitting of welded fabrications are utilized. Covers the use and application of the AWS welding symbols. This course will utilize blueprints and welding symbols and will apply them in classroom and in shop as practical assignments.

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Conventions 101

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Chauna Ramsey

Subject(s): Usage and grammar guides

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

Last updated: 13/11/2020

This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It’s flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal “there/they’re/their” struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.