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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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The Louie Project
A free, ad-free English-learning site for K–9. The child builds the English prompt to give an AI, and a sentence bank of...
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Le bagage de Saint-Martin — Interactive A1 French Adventure
A free, evolving narrative-game prototype for A1 learners of French. Learners explore a village, understand short spoken...
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1001 French Verbs
1001 French Verbs is an interactive website for conjugating over 1500 French verbs in 16 tenses. Study and self-test for...
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Willkommen: Deutsch für alle
Willkommen: Deutsch für alle is based on insights and findings from research in second language acquisition and language...
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Insieme in Italiano: Elementary Italian 1 & 2
Insieme in italiano is a comprehensive, open-access eBook designed for beginners who want to start their Italian language...
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Text Hyperlinker for Latin and Ancient Greek
A web app that automatically hyperlinks Ancient Greek and Latin texts to Perseus and Logeion for morphological analysis.
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Basic Tibetan
Basic Tibetan is a first-of-its-kind, multimedia interactive online textbook designed for learners of Tibetan in higher...
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Intermediate Persian
This resource is an online, interactive theme-based textbook for intermediate students in the Persian language that...
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Basic Punjabi
Basic Punjabi is an online interactive theme-based textbook for the true beginner of the Punjabi language. It promotes...
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Basic Bangla
This theme based, interactive, open-source online textbook is designed for beginning level learners of Bangla language....
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Basic Telugu
This book is a modest effort to make your learning process in Telugu a practically viable experience. Though it's great...
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Advanced Indonesian
The lessons in this textbook aim to elevate learners’ language skills to an advanced-mid to advanced-high level, aligning...
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Intermediate Arabic I
This is an open textbook on Intermediate Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their third semester....
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Elementary Chinese 2 Workbook
Through the power of H5P interactive activities, this workbook, employing an innovative e-writing approach, is designed...
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Breaking Out of the Culture Box: An Exploration of Critical Approaches to Language Teaching for the Unsure and Hesitant
This short guidebook introduces the reader to critical pedagogy in foreign language education as a logical extension of...
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Free LexInvaders in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free LexInvaders in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
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Free Hangman in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free Hangman in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
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Free Frogger-Phrase in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free Frogger-Phrase in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
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Free Flashcards in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free Flashcards in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
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Free Crossword in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free Crossword in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
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Free Language Courses for the World
aioPop is a completely free language-learning resource with story-based lessons, professional audio, free PDFs, and...
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Het Nederlands - Learn Dutch through immersion 🇳🇱
Het Nederlands is a free online Dutch dictionary built for language learners. Every entry begins with a clear definition...
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Danial in Tehran – Advanced Persian Interactive Story (Arabic Interface)
A five-scene interactive narrative for intermediate Arabic-speaking learners of Persian. Follows Reza, an Arab student of...
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Reza at the University – Intermediate Persian Interactive Story (Arabic Interface)
A five-scene interactive narrative for intermediate Arabic-speaking learners of Persian. Follows Reza, an Arab student of...
New Members
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Cedric FISFrench in Seoul -
Judith FrumkinLeisure World
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Hsiao-Yi YangNihongo to Japan
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Denise HendrickLearning Together, AV
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Donna ReidlingerUniversity of Queensland
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Maria Jesus Funes LermaHunan Normal University
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Anne DelacroixÖkumenisches Domgymnasium Magdeburg
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Satomi HewittHoward Community/Technical College
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Maureen ThumUniversity of Michigan System - Flint
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BLANCA MERCK NAVARROUNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA
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David HervasUniversity of Texas System - Arlington
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Karin LarsonUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Tara GeraciPalomar College
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Nikita ArcherGeorgetown International Academy
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Keith CampbellPalomar College
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Matthew QuinnCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Katrina NaiotiDept of Ed
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Instituto CervantesInstituto Cervantes / Spanish Ministry of Culture
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Jakir HussainFilmmaking
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Kimber HawkeyTalk of the Town Languages & Culture
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punithavalli kumaranUNITAR
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Adrien Meierovitchindependent learner
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Frank FinchCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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- Less Commonly Taught Languages (261)
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Honolulu events mark 160th birthday, Hawaii ties of Chinese revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Sep 06, 2026 01:11 PM PDT
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Education Ministry expands language cooperation with Francophonie partners
Sep 06, 2026 10:35 AM PDT
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AI application boosts Russian language training in Vietnam - VietNamNet
Sep 06, 2026 09:26 AM PDT
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What would an AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt really mean? - DW News
Sep 06, 2026 09:21 AM PDT
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Chinese Humanoids Dazzle with Acrobatics but Fall Short on Practical Tasks
Sep 06, 2026 08:40 AM PDT
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Los Gatos High celebrates 10-year relationship with Japanese sister school
Sep 06, 2026 07:25 AM PDT
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Flashpoint Sept. 6, 2026: AI in education, influx of foreign beef - YouTube
Sep 06, 2026 07:04 AM PDT
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Who leads in digital education? Lessons from PISA, PIAAC and TIMMS - European Commission
Sep 06, 2026 06:45 AM PDT
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BESA Post-Soviet Conflicts Research Digest No. 35 (August 2026)
Sep 06, 2026 03:58 AM PDT
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Ching-Mao Cheng *71 | Princeton Alumni Weekly
Sep 05, 2026 07:14 PM PDT
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AfD Foreign Policy Between Trump and Putin: Germany's Balancing Act
Sep 05, 2026 02:04 PM PDT