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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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Ethnopoetics Wiki
Site that shares informative, scholarly materials related to Ethnopoetics:writing that reflects a heightened awareness of...
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Reflexões sobre Avaliação do Português como Língua Estrangeira em Três Contextos de Ensino
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner
Welcome to Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner. This English grammar textbook was designed for a class...
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¡Que viva la música!: Repaso de conversación en español
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open...
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Elementary Arabic
This is an open textbook on Elementary Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their second semester....
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Basic Hindi
Basic Hindi I is an online, interactive, theme-based textbook for the true beginner of Hindi language. It promotes...
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ESL Grammar The Way You Like It, Levels 1-5
These books were created by Don Bissonnette for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). I taught ESL...
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¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open...
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The Iliad - Simple Book Publishing
A new, 21st century verse translation of Homer's epic work, translated by Michael Heumann.
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Lecture Rapide: test en ligne
Bilingual Reading Test Are you an efficient reader? What kind of reader are you? You will know in a few minutes after you...
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Légendes canadiennes | Enseigner le français avec TV5MONDE
"Canadian Legends" produced by TV5, the French-language international television network that reaches the largest number...
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Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching
Compared with STEM fields, foreign language (FL) education and second language acquisition have only slowly embraced open...
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New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew
Most of the papers in this volume originated as presentations at the conference Biblical Hebrew and Rabbinic Hebrew: New...
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IntensIve englIsh as a second language: student handbook
To provide rigorous English language instruction that prepares conditionally and provisionally admitted international...
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Intensive English Language Program Guide
The Intensive English Language Program (IELP) Guide has been developed by the International Education Division (IED), to...
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¡Bienvenidos!
A team of University of West Georgia professors has teamed up to create a Spanish-language resource that replaces a...
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Her Şey bir Merhaba ile Başlar! (Everything Begins with a Hello!)
Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar is a multimedia textbook with supplementary materials for intermediate Turkish language...
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American English Sounds
American English Sounds is a web resource that allows English as a Second Language (ESL) students to practice perceiving...
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It’s All Greek to Me! Using Authentic Readings to Improve Knowledge of the English Language and Western Culture
“It’s All Greek to Me!” has everything—entertaining stories, academic articles in a variety of disciplines, vocabulary...
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Italian 0102 Elementary Language & Culture 2
This second-semester Elementary Italian OER is designed for 14- or 15-week college classes, but can be used at any...
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Kratylos
Kratylos is a facility to let researchers upload lexical and corpus datasets from fieldwork in endangered languages from...
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Hack Chinese - Professional software to grow your Chinese language ability
Hack Chinese is a web-based platform that helps users learn and retain Chinese characters. The platform is based on a...
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Campanhas Contra o Assédio no Carnaval Brasileiro: Uma Reflexão Sobre Aspectos Culturais e as Aulas de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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“É Isso aí, Você Não Pode Parar. Esperar o Tempo Ruim Vir te Abraçar”: A Cultura Brasileira nas Letras de Rap Nacional
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
New Members
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Christopher PintoCitrus College -
Roxana BarleaAix-Marseille Université
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Eleisha MorenoReading Area Community/Technical College
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Andres AmadorCity University of New York System - Borough of Manhattan Community/Technical College
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Antonio GarciaUNED
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Gregory ClemonsMars Hill University
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GILLIAN MAE SAPINOSaint Louis University
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Durezza De Jesus-BasilUniversity of the Cordilleras
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Ngan NguyenVietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh
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Sandra RasquinhaSandra's French Classes
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Laura HaleySpringfield College
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Graciela Arriaga-SosaCrafton Hills College
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Amy YoungCentral College
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Mihika SharmaNone
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Myshell Huertasfundación universitaria del área andina
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Stephanie KachkorianNone
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Esteban CordobaCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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Suzie RoanePortland State University
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Monica LamelasBooneville High School
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Tilsik HaganUniversity of Central Florida
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Steven KromanTexas International Education Consortium
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rosemarie kuhnCalifornia State University, Fresno
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Dan LuoUniversity of South Carolina System - Columbia
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Megan FerryUnion College
Materials by Discipline
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- French (510)
- German (178)
- Greek (34)
- Hebrew (63)
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- Korean (22)
- Latin (62)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (212)
- Multilingual Resources (202)
- Portuguese (182)
- Russian (66)
- Spanish (490)
Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Gov't considering language exam exemption extension
Jun 24, 2021 01:15 AM PDT
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Meet the top 10 students in Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School's Class of 2021
Jun 24, 2021 12:52 AM PDT
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Digital Spanish Language Learning Market 2021 – Industry Scenario, Strategies, Growth Factors ...
Jun 24, 2021 12:07 AM PDT
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Why you should study English in Europe
Jun 23, 2021 11:00 PM PDT
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Bridging the North-South chasm
Jun 23, 2021 10:48 PM PDT
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In 1991, we dreamed about 'The Year 2020'
Jun 23, 2021 09:52 PM PDT
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Why are Hong Kong academics quitting newspaper columns, and what's the fear over new 'red ...
Jun 23, 2021 09:30 PM PDT
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Global Online Language Learning Market 2021 Industry Growth, Key Vendors, Regional Outlook ...
Jun 23, 2021 09:18 PM PDT
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China treats all ethnic groups equally: white paper
Jun 23, 2021 08:33 PM PDT
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Online Language Learning Market Boosting the Growth, Dynamics Trends, Efficiencies Forecast to ...
Jun 23, 2021 07:29 PM PDT
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Footage of Bats Kept in Wuhan Lab Fuels Scrutiny Over Its Research
Jun 23, 2021 07:24 PM PDT
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Funding awarded to support language learning
Jun 23, 2021 06:18 PM PDT
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We're Hiring: New Mexico Deputy Director
Jun 23, 2021 02:45 PM PDT
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First Haida language children's book published by Baby Raven Reads
Jun 23, 2021 02:33 PM PDT
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Making Bilingual Speech Language Therapy More Accessible
Jun 23, 2021 02:00 PM PDT
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K'taka govt unveils ₹195 cr digi-learning initiative
Jun 23, 2021 12:52 PM PDT
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Senator Stamas honored with Farm Bureau Silver Plow Award
Jun 23, 2021 12:18 PM PDT
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9 noteworthy educational institutions and centres of learning in the Ottawa area
Jun 23, 2021 11:22 AM PDT
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