World Languages Community Portal
Welcome!
Share
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.
Showcase
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
-
START: Introduction to the Sound and Writing Systems of Russian
This web-based resource teaches learners how to recognize and pronounce the letters of the Russian alphabet and how to...
-
Welcome to Italian 101!
This is a 122-page first semester Italian online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
-
Project Gutenberg Support Spanish Literature
Project Gutenberg supports Spanish literature by offering online Spanish books for anyone at no cost. Readers can access...
-
English Language Centre Study Zone
The Study Zone is for students of the English Language Centre (ELC) at the University of Victoria. ELC teachers create...
-
American English Speech
This course will be beneficial if you wish to learn how to communicate with the sounds and music of American English. The...
-
In the Workplace: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook
This is an English language skills textbook to help ELL students acquire communication skills in the workplace...
-
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...
-
ANA, een website over Academisch Nederlands voor Anderstaligen
ANA, een website over Academisch Nederlands voor Anderstaligen
-
Reality Czech
Reality Czech is a next generation openly licensed Czech textbook and curriculum currently under development by Dr....
-
Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispana
Una antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta...
-
Speaking and Writing Punjabi
Speaking and Writing Punjabi, by Ranbir Johal, is an introductory Punjabi textbook/workbook. This textbook is organized...
-
Multimodaling and multilanguaging: charting student (open) access and (communal) success through multiliteracies
Olivier, J.A.K. 2018. Multimodaling and multilanguaging: charting student (open) access and (communal) success through...
-
Preadvanced Japanese
This textbook is designed for students who have intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR (The...
-
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a...
-
Spanish
This Wikibook aims to teach the Spanish language from scratch. It will cover all of the major grammar rules, moving...
-
Spanish Preterite Tense | SpanishDict
Let's review the preterite in Spanish and look at preterite tense forms, preterite conjugations, and preterite endings.
-
Comparisons of Inequality in Spanish: Examples and Practice - SpanishLearningLab
In this lesson, we will explain the rules to make comparisons of inequality in Spanish using MAS QUE + adjectives and...
-
Describing the Weather in Spanish & Forecasting - SpanishLearningLab
This lesson will explain how to use verbs like SER and ESTAR plus weather expressions for describing the weather in...
-
Prepositions of Place in Spanish: List, Examples and Practice - SpanishLearningLab
This lesson will introduce a list of prepositions of place in Spanish through pictures and several examples. It will also...
-
Ser and Estar: Part I - StudySpanish.com
Learn Spanish grammar with our free helpful lessons and fun exercises at StudySpanish.com. Get started on your way to...
-
Los medios de transporte
In this lesson, you will learn means of transportation in Spanish.
-
Ir a + infinitive - StudySpanish.com
Learn Spanish grammar with our free helpful lessons and fun exercises at StudySpanish.com. Get started on your way to...
-
Making Future Plans in Spanish: IR + A + Infinitive - SpanishLearningLab
Learn to use IR + A + Infinitive for making plans in Spanish. Listen to some examples of future plans in Spanish with...
-
Vocabulario de la comida y las bebidas | ProfeDeELE
Aprende el vocabulario de la comida (alimentos y bebidas) con este material visual y actividades online divertidas. Nivel...
New Members
-
Svetlana NussUniversity of Alaska -
Yuliya WalshResearcher
-
Stephanie AgbottahKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
-
Maria Clara Paixão de SousaUniversity of São Paulo
-
ProBa Language CentreProBa Russian Language Centre
-
LUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIEIROLUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIBEIRO
-
Britney ChaunceySouthwest Tennessee Community College
-
Benjamin RifkinHofstra University
-
Scott NelsonPalomar College
-
Maria Nelly GoswitzCalifornia State University, Long Beach
-
Jeanine AleschSalt Lake City Community/Technical College
-
Debra SolomonHollidaysburg Area Senior High School
-
Cheryl BlevensIndiana State University
-
Rachel Faerber-OvaskaYoungstown State University
-
Valerie WeeksDillard University
-
Carmen King RamirezUniversity of Arizona
-
Cynthia JonesWeber State University
-
Adrian Perez-BoludaCalifornia State University, Northridge
-
victoria rojasINACAP Universidad Tecnológica de Chile
-
Stephani Richards-WilsonAlverno College
-
Kelli KennerOxford Preparatory School
-
Javier Fernandez CruzPUCESE
-
Karen Le CornetCypress College
-
Lola SanchezIES Torreón del Alcazar
Materials by Discipline
- Arabic (100)
- Chinese (210)
- ESL or EFL (665)
- French (519)
- German (176)
- Greek (34)
- Hebrew (68)
- Italian (50)
- Japanese (105)
- Korean (21)
- Latin (65)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (170)
- Multilingual Resources (203)
- Portuguese (146)
- Russian (63)
- Spanish (487)
Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
World Langs on Twitter
- The system that manages ACTFL Online Accounts will be down from Sat. Feb 22, 11:00pm ET to Sun. Feb 23, 7:00am ET.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 hours ago | actfl
- One week left to apply for the ACTFL 2019 summer language scholarship!
bit.ly/2SFwrDI https://t.co/gbPBxTu10n, photo: pic.twitter.com/gbPBxTu10n3 hours ago | actfl
- RT @TranslatorRules: @CMBird70 @JNCLInfo @GALA_Global @atanet @actfl I completely agree. I also think that we need to do a better job of ty…6 hours ago | actfl
- Aspects of Open: The evolution of the meaning of open education open.ac.uk/research/event…18 hours ago | lfranklin
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @MARACAS123 @angelagunder @dbeloved #nba #olcinnovate18 hours ago | lfranklin
- Thank you! twitter.com/Giselekhoury18…19 hours ago | actfl
- In the U.S., fewer and fewer language classes are available to students. Budget and interest play a role. "Here in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…23 hours ago | actfl
- Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits' #LMS #MOOC @EdSurge buff.ly/2Ni2nwn https://t.co/LBJnx4643b, photo: pic.twitter.com/LBJnx4643b23 hours ago | MERLOTorg
- Abu Dhabi will now allow the use of Hindi as a third court language, beside Arabic and English, in the Abu Dhabi Ju… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- Succeed in your classroom – participate in the ACTFL mentoring program to gain access to resources, tips, and exper… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl