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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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O. Mango - ARAB 381: Cultures and Writings of Arab-American Women Faculty e-Portfolio for California State University, San Bernardino
Several open textbooks are being utilized in an Arabic course for undergraduate students majoring or minoring in Arabic...
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Spanish Heritage Language Professional Development Videos from COERLL
These videos from COERLL's annual Heritage Spanish workshop address different topics in heritage teaching such as: ...
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A grammar of Komnzo
Komnzo is a Papuan language of Southern New Guinea spoken by around 250 people in the village of Rouku. Komnzo belongs to...
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A grammar of Moloko
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Moloko, a Chadic language spoken by about 10,000...
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A grammar of Pite Saami
Pite Saami is a highly endangered Western Saami language in the Uralic language family currently spoken by a few...
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A grammar of Yauyos Quechua
This book presents a synchronic grammar of the southern dialects of Yauyos, an extremely endangered Quechuan language...
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A grammar of Yakkha
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Yakkha, a Sino-Tibetan language of the Kiranti...
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A grammar of Papuan Malay
This book presents an in-depth linguistic description of Papuan Malay, a non-standard variety of Malay. The language is...
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A grammar of Palula
This grammar provides a grammatical description of Palula, an Indo-Aryan language of the Shina group. The language is...
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working...
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A grammar of Mauwake
This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about...
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A grammar of Rapa Nui -
This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island....
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In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook
This is an English language skills textbook to help ELL students acquire communication skills in the community...
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Read Faster, Understand More - 2019 OER Edition
This site contains a textbook for students, a textbook for faculty and also slides to use for each chapter. The...
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Medical Spanish - Phrases, Terms, Dialogues, Anatomy, all online
Learn medical Spanish, including anatomy and descriptions of pain.
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Chinese Contract Law
This textbook is for a compulsory five-credit course in the Master of Laws in Chinese Business Law (LLM (Chinese...
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Intermediarios: Introduction to Spanish-English Community and Legal Translation and Interpreting
Intermediarios: Introduction to Spanish-English Community and Legal Translation and Interpreting is intended for students...
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Beginning Chinese
This is a textbook that prepares students to learn the basics of the Chinese language. The electronic textbook has both...
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Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture, Vol. 1
This is volume 1 in a set designed to teach about Japanese language and culture.
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Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture, Vol. 2
This is volume 2 that was created to help teach about the Japanese language and culture.
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Irish Immigration to the US
This text was designed for intermediate-level English language learners (multilinguals) as a background information...
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COERLL's Online OER Hangout
Planning an OER project for language learning? Looking for new materials or culturally relevant media for your class?...
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English for Spanish Speakers - Beginner: Level 1
This book is designed to help learners improve their English by using it in a structured and focused way during natural...
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Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools
To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects...
New Members
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Elena GiletIIS PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA SAN DONATO MILANESE -
Yolanda Burgos-OlingerSinclair Community/Technical College
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Lisken DusBerkshire Community/Technical College
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Talia LoaizaAustin Community/Technical College
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Vanessa ArnaudCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Komi AmaviFair-Deutsch
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Manon Allard-KroppUniversity of Missouri System - St. Louis
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Sylvia NeveuIMEP
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Mairin MoriartyMarymount University
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Jessica ToddEast Georgia College
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Tiffany RosalesOld Dominion University
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Yelani FeldmanDillard University
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cynthia melendrezCalifornia State University, San Marcos
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Gretchen AiyangarUniversity of Pittsburgh
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Helen GómezUNAH
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Adam ClarkUniversity of Edinburgh
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Luigia MaiellaroNortheastern University
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Bajar la PanzaBajar la Panza
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Amina YassineSaddleback College
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Danielle HuttonThe Open University
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Erik PackerCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Flora Madeira RodriguesUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre ( UFCSPA )
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Maggie Gemmell HudsonSouthern Oregon University
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World Languages on the Web
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William & Mary will offer the state's first Japanese degree program
Jul 17, 2019 08:22 PM PDT
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All Indian languages are endangered, says CIIL founder-director
Jul 17, 2019 05:00 PM PDT
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Hindu spiritual leader Amma Sri Karunamayi on the steps we should take to achieve Ananda, inner ...
Jul 17, 2019 01:06 PM PDT
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GED Testing Is Now Available In Park City And Kamas
Jul 17, 2019 11:56 AM PDT
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Vacancy | Scandinavian languages | Market research agent
Jul 17, 2019 09:30 AM PDT
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The 10 private US colleges that pay off the most
Jul 17, 2019 08:45 AM PDT
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Faisal Shafique – Perseverance can lead you to the zenith.
Jul 17, 2019 07:15 AM PDT
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New Framework Law Promotes Multilingual Education in Morocco
Jul 17, 2019 06:41 AM PDT
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Government moves ahead with plans to 'decolonise' South African schools
Jul 17, 2019 06:30 AM PDT
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Migrants In The UK Are Healthier Than The Locals And Speak Excellent English
Jul 17, 2019 05:56 AM PDT
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Pakistani grads from China vital for CPEC success
Jul 17, 2019 05:00 AM PDT
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The Grove Community School plans to begin offering Montessori education in August
Jul 17, 2019 04:26 AM PDT
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Preparing today's teachers for tomorrow's students
Jul 17, 2019 02:56 AM PDT
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Editorial: Dual-language programs benefit students and society
Jul 17, 2019 02:00 AM PDT
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Language Training Market 2019 – Berlitz, EF Education First, Inlingua, Pearson ELT, Rosetta Stone
Jul 17, 2019 01:48 AM PDT
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Ultra-rare disease diagnosis is an uphill battle
Jul 17, 2019 01:37 AM PDT
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Russian envoy tried to persuade UN Security Council that there's education in Ukrainian and ...
Jul 17, 2019 01:02 AM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
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- ACTFL releases new Statement on Diversity and Inclusion in World Language Teaching and Learning: actfl.org/news/press-rel…14 hours ago | actfl
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