Canada-wide, Spanish language programs have courses dedicated specifically to developing polished writing skills. Traditionally, the courses relied on print textbooks that focused on a literary approach to reading focusing on canonical literature as exemplars for good writing. Over the last few decades, the typical learning in these courses has changed dramatically. The Spanish major is now replaced by multidisciplinary students who are looking to supplement their degree with a second language at a level that will function in their career. These materials leverage the skills and interests of the students to drive the content.

In the contemporary Canadian post-secondary context, the learner profile is extremely diverse, providing excellent opportunities for peer-to-peer cross-education. While these materials are targeted at 2nd-3rd-year majors and minors in Spanish, language students arrive from all disciplines of study and at all ages, so the flexible content reflects our classroom population.

Course Length
The course materials are designed for one semester. However, depending on the pace of delivery and due to the expansive nature of the content, this framework could easily be adapted to multiple courses or multiple semesters.

The General Goals and Specific Objectives
The course is created around four overlapping pillars:
• Spanish grammar mastery and vocabulary acquisition. • Cooperation and collaboration rather than competition.
• Social awareness through the backdrop of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.
• Critical Thinking in developed in reviewing own work, polishing peer work, and in debates and discussions examining local, national and international initiatives to meet the 2030 targets.

The Course Outcomes
The students will have demonstrated an ability to write original texts in Spanish for various audiences and in various formats using vocabulary from a broad range of academic disciplines. They will deepen their understanding of grammatical structures in the target language and will activate this knowledge in evaluating and editing peer generated texts in Spanish. In addition to these fundamental disciplinary skills, the students will develop a teamwork approach towards learning while working in collaborative editorial teams curating critical and literary multidisciplinary texts for future reuse by their peers. Additionally, they will expand their awareness of the challenges facing the world in the 21st century through the lens of the 17 sustainable development goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations.

The Copyright Framework
These learning materials are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license unless the reuse of the materials necessitates another Creative Commons license. These licenses are attached to individual pages as well for clear attribution and reuse permissions.

How the Materials Are Used
These materials are used as a textbook, replacing the traditional print version and reducing the learning material cost to zero for all students. The power of the materials, of course, is that they are constantly being revised, edited, and reshared as progressive class iterations cycle through the materials.