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Bonjour! Buenos Dias! Guten Tag! Ni Hao! Marhaba! MERLOT welcomes all language educators and students of World Languages to access the many OER available in the ever-expanding World Languages Collection. This pioneer community contains thousands of OER, many of them peer-reviewed by distinguished scholars in the field. Please peruse our collection and correspond with us if you are interested in knowing more about the World Languages community peer review process. Contact Laura Franklin (lfranklin@nvcc.edu) for more information.
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World Language Assessment: Get in the Mode! supports and empowers world language educators to improve student proficiency through a variety of assessment strategies. Focusing on the three modes of communication (interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal), this resource provides a framework of formative, interim, and summative assessments for use at any grade level.
New Materials
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Ai que Nojo! - O Léxico Repulsivo na Sala de Aula de PL2E: Por Que Não ?
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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O Grau Diminutivo Sob Perspectiva das Abordagens Lexicalista e Cognitivista
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
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Estratégias de Protesto em Português Brasileiro e sua Relevância no Aprendizado de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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“Sabe com quem está falando?”, “Quem é você?”, “Quem você pensa que é?”: Atos defala submersos na cultura brasileira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Nahuatlahtolli
This self-paced course is based on the Nahuatl variant from the Huasteca of Veracruz that is spoken in Chicontepec,...
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Instant Mandarin: Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Live professional 1-to-1 online Mandarin Chinese lessons at your fingertips. Learn Mandarin with ease. For kids (aged 5+)...
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Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture
This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains themed...
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Investigando Aspectos Interacionais com Foco no Ensino de Língua Estrangeira: Seria o Jeitinho uma Estratégia de Polidez no Português do Brasil?
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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A Relevância dos Aspectos Não Verbais Relacionados ao Gesto e ao Toque no Ensino-Aprendizagem de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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A Questão da Homossexualidade na Venezuela, Haiti e Brasil e as Implicações nas Relações Interculturais
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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O Comportamento dos Brasileiros em Espaços Coletivos: uma Abordagem para o Ensino de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Ensino e Aprendizagem do Português como Língua Estrangeira: Estudo de Caso em um Programa de Ensino Superior dos Estados Unidos
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Criar Vergonha ou Fazer Vergonha? Colocações Verbais no Português como Língua Estrangeira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Até que Enfim Você Deu as Caras...: Uma Análise de Colocações Verbais em Português Brasileiro
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Que Brasil É Esse? Análise Intercultural das Representações de Brasil e Brasileiros em Novo Avenida Brasil 1
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Viajando em Casa: a Interculturalidade no PL2E como Elemento de Aproximação Entre Estudantes Brasileiros e Internacionais em Nossos Campi
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Práticas Translíngues e Transculturais no Ensino de PLE
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Um Formato de Unidade Didática para a Sistematização Gramatical no Ensino de Português Língua Estrangeira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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“O Brasil que eu Quero”: A Campanha da Mídia que Antecedeu as Eleições de 2018 como Reveladora de Aspectos da Cultura Brasileira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Nem Tudo que Reluz é Ouro: Problemas Interacionais Causados por Heterossemânticos para Aprendizes Hispanofalantes de PLE
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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World Around You
Free digital stories in written and sign language in 20 languages around the world. Enables communities to create content...
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Open Scholarship Knowledge Base
The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base contains resources created, curated, and contributed by the Open Scholarship...
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Open at the Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education
Open At The Margins: Critical Perspectives on Open Education is a pertinent book on Open Education, "containing 38...
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Français 102
This is a 244-page second semester French online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
New Members
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Provvidenza ScadutoMiraCosta College -
Arlene NarvaezCerritos College
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Hugh RodwellUniversity of Cambridge
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Giuseppe CirasoNone
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Kristiina BaumIEGS
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Alina DawsonConfidential
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Cynthia GuerraINEDU
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Elena EspinosaEscola Oficial de Idiomas de Vigo
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Paul AlexanderTrinity College, Port of Spain
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Gabriel PunzalanTennessee State University
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Emily BerarducciSteamboat Springs Middle School
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Maricelle Pinto-TomasUniversity of Iowa
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Elena Sistiother
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Robert FollmerNone
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Myrna Miranda-O'NeillSpaulding High School
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Mikki BelangerNorthwest Area High School
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CLELIA SALLABERRYMiracosta Community College
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Shelley MashburnNone
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Iman HashemCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Josefa Báez-RamosNone
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Fabrice LandraginCommand & General Staff College
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Claire McCourtPittsburgh Public Schools
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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5 ways Australia can get ahead in attracting and retaining Chinese international students
Nov 26, 2020 10:56 AM PST
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Tajikistan: Emomali's Russia visit signals his emerging role
Nov 26, 2020 10:11 AM PST
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Changes to education policy 'endanger' linguistic diversity in Inner Mongolia
Nov 26, 2020 08:30 AM PST
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Council of Europe Issues Report on Conflict in Georgia
Nov 26, 2020 07:11 AM PST
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This One Thing Makes You Twice as Likely to Die from Coronavirus
Nov 26, 2020 06:37 AM PST
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Ariston Foundation and NHSA Name 2020 Scholarship Recipients
Nov 26, 2020 04:56 AM PST
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Global Film Subtitling Market Size, Comprehensive Analysis 2020 by Vendors: PoliLingua, JBI ...
Nov 25, 2020 06:08 PM PST
World Langs on Twitter
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- Happy Thanksgiving!
To spread a little positivity, we've been sharing the things we're grateful for on the ACTFL C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 hours ago | actfl
- "Teachers planning lessons on Native Americans can paint a fuller and more accurate picture with carefully curated… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- ‘Your election is a sham’: Giuliani tells Pennsylvania ‘I know crooks really well’ as he appears in Gettysburg independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…1 day ago | lfranklin
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- Have a restful break and enjoy! We hope attendees can gain lots from all the on-demand sessions! #ACTFL20 twitter.com/LaProfeRossi/s…1 day ago | actfl
- International student enrollment in US universities has plummeted by 43%, the largest drop since the @IIEglobal sta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl