World Languages Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
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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Russian Aspect in Conversation
Russian aspect is complex in all of its dimensions—verbs are marked for aspect by an array of prefixes and suffixes, and...
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Hujambo! A Standards-Based Approach to Introductory Kiswahili
Hujambo! provides a complete curriculum for introductory Kiswahili that chronicles the adventures of two American...
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Beginning French
By the end of the course, students should be able to : Express themselves, orally and in writing, in simple phrases and...
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Advanced Spanish Composition
Welcome to SPN 117 Advanced Spanish Composition, also listed as “Writing intensive”. In this page you will find...
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Let's Chat! Arabic
Let’s Chat! Arabic features a collection of over 28 interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate...
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Let's Chat! Korean
Let’s Chat! Korean features a collection of over 55 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and...
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Essa Língua é uma Fera: uma Investigação sobre o Uso de Metáforas Animais no Português Brasileiro e sua Relevância para o Ensino de Português como Segunda Língua para Estrangeiros
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Study Materials for Arabic Students by an Arabic Student
Table of Contents: I. Food and Daily Routine II. Education and Careers III. Travel and Tourism IV. Celebrations,...
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Français inclusif: An Interactive Textbook for French 101
This textbook provides a remixed version of Français interactif exercises, adding interactivity and new exercises. It...
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Scar Literature
This video tells the story of “Scar Literature,” a gut-wrenching literary movement that bravely confronted the wounds of...
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ELL novice practices
This book is a collection of handouts designed for adult beginning English language learners. These second language...
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Spunti: Italiano elementare 1
Welcome to Spunti: Italiano elementare 1 – a unique program authored by the Italian faculty of Muhlenberg College that...
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Spunti: Italiano elementare 2
Welcome to Spunti: Italiano elementare 2 – a unique program authored by the Italian faculty of Muhlenberg College that...
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Elementary Arabic I
This is an open textbook on Beginner Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their first semester. It...
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Building Academic Writing Skills
Shaped by learners’ needs and goals for accurate and fluent expressions in their academic study, this book provides...
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Effective English for Teachers
Teaching in schools requires a decent understanding and use of sentence structures and vocabulary, particularly in...
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Sign with Robert GIFs on GIPHY
This is a resource that provides GIFs on a variety of topics, for instance, Days of the week Common questions Sports The...
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Integrated and Open Interpreter Education
This Open Educational Resource (OER) on interpreting offers authors and readers free and open access to current,...
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Fingerspelling - A Mindful Approach
Fingerspelling: A Mindful Approach will show us how to build a foundation of mindfulness and then ways of consciously and...
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Book: Speaking, Listening and Pronunciation Projects for ELLs - Intermediate Level
This textbook was designed to support a pronunciation class; however, it could be used in any intermediate-level speaking...
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People and Places - An Intermediate Integrated-Skills Module for English Learners
This module has materials to learn and practice all of the necessary language skills at the intermediate level in college...
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Becoming an Expert: Learn how to Adopt & Adapt Interpersonal Speaking Activities
n this recording, we invite you participate in this hands-on workshop, where you’ll get to practice locating, editing,...
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Digital Humanities & Authentic Resources Webinar | The Pathways Project
Would you like to incorporate interactive sites, commercials, artwork, menus, social media posts, and more into your...
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Your Turn! Customize Pathways Interpersonal Speaking Activities with Authentic Materials
In this one hour webinar, you’ll watch two demonstrations (one for Higher Ed and one for K-12) where we locate Pathways...
New Members
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David GrunwaldGTS Translation Services
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Karina Davletbayevaax, x
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Leticia VICENTE RASOAMALALAThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Jun ChenBancroft School
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Karen HébertMorris College
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Mariola PerezWestern Michigan University
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Mélanie ParhamAsheville-Buncombe Technical Community/Technical College
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Amanda LanierMichigan State University
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Reed HEPLERCollege of Southern Idaho
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Douglas Alexander Luna MendozaAutonomo
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Erick Carrióncolegio bachillerato huaquillas
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Darcy MarshCell Mart USA
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Pauline Le BotYork University
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Livia Sales-GenovesEducation
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Crystal DuCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
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Zoe ParisCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Edita WilsonWeber State University
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Kenise LyonsCatholic University of America
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Lawrence RichRetired Professor of Spanish
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Silvia ByerPark University
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Alexis AdamCarnegie Mellon University
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Noriko WatanabeCity University of New York System - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Gianna MaccarinoAlbany
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Mary Anne OrinGloversville High School
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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China: UN experts alarmed by separation of 1 million Tibetan children from families and ...
Feb 07, 2023 03:34 PM PST
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Maine Preserves French Heritage Via Newspapers - Language Magazine
Feb 07, 2023 03:04 PM PST
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European Defense Fund Supports Project for AI-based Language Solutions - Slator
Feb 07, 2023 02:49 PM PST
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Verbatim: Feb. 7 | Politics | thestatehousefile.com
Feb 07, 2023 02:43 PM PST
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Webinar helps Spanish speakers understand the Cottage Food Act - Record-Journal
Feb 07, 2023 02:14 PM PST
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A Few Reflections on the AP African American History Clash - Education Next
Feb 07, 2023 02:09 PM PST
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UArizona researcher will showcase Native American sign language in Super Bowl performance
Feb 07, 2023 01:42 PM PST
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So much for DEI: Fairfax activists oppose historic nomination of Indian immigrant Dutta to ...
Feb 07, 2023 01:27 PM PST
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China: Tibetan children forced to assimilate, independent rights experts fear - UN News
Feb 07, 2023 12:49 PM PST
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Why Chinese Immigrant Pastors Avoid Preaching on the News - Christianity Today
Feb 07, 2023 12:48 PM PST
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Africa CDC, Institut Pasteur de Dakar and the South African Medical Research Council take ...
Feb 07, 2023 12:27 PM PST
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European Union launches a new project to promote basic education in six states of Sudan
Feb 07, 2023 12:06 PM PST
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Rosmarie Morewedge leaves a lasting impact in German Studies and beyond | Binghamton News
Feb 07, 2023 11:39 AM PST
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Native Americans left out of 'deaths of despair' research - Alaska Public Media
Feb 07, 2023 11:36 AM PST
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Board of Education to discuss 'challenges and concerns' with french program - Merritt Herald
Feb 07, 2023 10:37 AM PST
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La Petite Ecole remains a fixture in Columbia dual-language education since start in 2005
Feb 07, 2023 10:01 AM PST
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Early childhood education bill passes through first committee - Source New Mexico
Feb 07, 2023 06:00 AM PST
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Oklahoma City Indian Clinic offers self-defense education | Services | cherokeephoenix.org
Feb 07, 2023 02:41 AM PST
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'I just want to be able to inspire': Navajo man will perform at Super Bowl pregame show
Feb 07, 2023 02:15 AM PST
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A Right to Research in Africa | infojustice
Feb 06, 2023 09:04 PM PST
World Langs on Twitter
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @wagjuer10 hours ago | lfranklin
- The latest issue of TLE is hot off the press, available in print, online, and on your TLE app! Read it online at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…11 hours ago | actfl
- “Bilingualism is a strength and asset to our district and community,” says Jessica Crampton of @GodfreyLeePS #DLI bit.ly/3lcB0Jl16 hours ago | actfl
- ACTFL sends our condolences to everyone affected by the horrific earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Our hearts are wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…20 hours ago | actfl
- “We need to keep our traditions and language close. Without this, we wouldn’t have the connection to our culture.” bit.ly/3HY544e1 day ago | actfl
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @wagjuer #learnenglish #vocab1 day ago | lfranklin
- Join Critical and Social Justice Approaches' SIG Webinar this Wednesday (2/8) at 4:00 p.m. ET! Register at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- 🚨 DEADLINE ALERT 🚨 The ACTFL Workshop Facilitator Self-Nomination application closes TODAY (2/6)! To learn more and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- Celebrating Fisk Univ during #BlackHistoryMonth! Fisk is building culturally relevant OER collections!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | MERLOTorg