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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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LLC Commons: Open Resources for Online Teaching in Slavic
The LLC Commons (which stands for Language, Literature, Culture) is a collection of open materials and information...
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Italian 0101 Elementary Language & Culture 1
This Elementary Italian OER is designed for 14- or 15-week college classes, but can be used at any educational level....
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South African History Online
South African History Online (SAHO), established 1998, is one of the largest and most comprehensive online, open access...
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"5x Favela: Agora por Nós Mesmos": uma Visão Crítica na Seleção dos Materiais Didáticos de PLE2 - como desenvolver a competência intercultural em sala de aula
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language
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"Sorria, Você Sstá Sendo Filmado", o Olhar do Estrangeiro sobre os Brasileiros a Partir das Placas e Cartazes Informativos e de Advertência
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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A Comemoração Brasileira do Aniversário Infantil na Alemanha
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Produzindo Conhecimento na Área do Português para Estrangeiros
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Ensaios em Português como Segunda Língua ou Língua Estrangeira
Ensaios em Português como Segunda Língua ou Língua Estrangeira is a collection of essays that address topics in...
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Open Research Library: Open Access Books
The Open Research Library (ORL) will eventually contain a scholarly collection of 20,000+ Open Access books available to...
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Learn French for Free with Music Videos, Lyrics and Karaoke!
Enjoy learning French like never before playing with the music videos and filling in the lyrics of your favorite songs....
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Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions
This volume brings together papers relating to the pronunciation of Semitic languages and the representation of their...
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Kelas Bahasa Korea FSSH
Pengealan Kepada Bahasa Korea
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Creative Multilingualism: A Manifesto
Multilingualism is integral to the human condition. Hinging on the concept of Creative Multilingualism – the idea that...
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Grenzenlos Deutsch
An open-access curriculum for beginning German. Welcome to Grenzenlos Deutsch, an open online curriculum for beginning...
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The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1
In the last few decades, research of manuscript sources from the medieval Middle East has made it possible to reconstruct...
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Silver Age Poets
This portal is dedicated to engaging the modern English-speaker with the polyphonic richness of Russian poetry and art of...
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Learn Russian for Free - Russian language lessons, texts & more
Collection of free basic Russian Language learning resoures with audio files. Example:...
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A Book of Russian Idioms Illustrated
It's an older book online but incredibly worth having and sharing online. It's very easy to use; it's fun and...
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The 50 Most Difficult Words to Translate into English
Languages are unique. Every language has unique words that are hard to find in other languages, which makes translation...
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Ingles para la ESO 4o
This is an interactive textbook for learning English as a second language. The textbook includes twelve Units, each of...
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Ingles para la ESO 3o
This is an interactive textbook for learning English as a second language. The textbook includes twelve Units, each of...
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Lengua Castellana y Literatura 4o ESO
This is a textbook designed for a Spanish literature course. The chapters are: 1.- The language and the speakers....
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Lengua Castellana y Literatura 3o ESO
This is a free interactive textbook that covers Spanish literature. Chapters include: 1.- Language and society. 2.-The...
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Lengua Castellana y Literatura 2o ESO
Around five thousand languages and only about one hundred sixty-four countries are counted in the world; so, in good...
New Members
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Lorraine DenmanUniversity of Pittsburgh -
Luisa CanutoUniversity of British Columbia
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Eliza Upton-GreenNone
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Isabelle RouanetTec de Monterrey Campus Sinaloa
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Earlene HopkinsWashington County Schools
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Marta SilvaOlathe School District 233
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diana ruggieroUniversity of Memphis
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Maria Isabel LylesLos Rios Community/Technical College District
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Stefanie BorntregerEmerson College
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Tara MurphyFullerton College
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Laura LeekSacramento City College
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Anna OgunnaikeUniversity of Delaware
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Emily SmithAACPS
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Vallarie SevillaGrafton High School
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Sarah PhoenixCSULB
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Francesca AttorriFATTORRI
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Daniela MeirelesCollege of Charleston
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Cathy PinkleyFranklin County Public Schools
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Davida GavioliBowdoin College
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Traci EshelmanLiberty University
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Maria Luisa PachecoTexas Southmost College (University of Texas-Brownsville)
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Mónica Meléndez ÁlvarezBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
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ELVIA QUIJANOSaint Mary's University of San Antonio
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Joshua ArmstrongUniversity of Wisconsin System - Madison
Materials by Discipline
- Arabic (101)
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- ESL or EFL (648)
- French (508)
- German (177)
- Greek (34)
- Hebrew (63)
- Italian (51)
- Japanese (108)
- Korean (22)
- Latin (62)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (210)
- Multilingual Resources (203)
- Portuguese (149)
- Russian (67)
- Spanish (485)
Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Fairfax Co. Schools give guidance to Spanish-speaking families, outline return to school
Jul 08, 2020 08:22 PM PDT
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Berkshire Students' Dog Park Praised in Belgium
Jul 08, 2020 07:15 PM PDT
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KU, SNU and CLEC sign MoU to start split-degree programme
Jul 08, 2020 05:56 PM PDT
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KU, Sichuan varsity to start joint bachelor programme
Jul 08, 2020 04:48 PM PDT
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State Board of Education Adopts New Guidance for Arts, World Languages Instruction
Jul 08, 2020 04:15 PM PDT
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HC: Oz-born child with Indian grandparents not off customs
Jul 08, 2020 03:44 PM PDT
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Dyslexic Learners Inform Instruction
Jul 08, 2020 03:41 PM PDT
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Opposition questions education minister on school bus plan for the fall
Jul 08, 2020 02:56 PM PDT
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How Nebraska Businesses Support the Seal of Biliteracy | Nebraska Department of Education
Jul 08, 2020 02:00 PM PDT
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OTELFO Bill Submitted to Queen's Park - New mandate for Groupe Média TFO
Jul 08, 2020 12:41 PM PDT
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The historic boycott of "multi-racial" schools that united Latinos and Blacks
Jul 08, 2020 11:37 AM PDT
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Ontario Starting Down the Path to Growth, Renewal and Economic Recovery
Jul 08, 2020 11:11 AM PDT
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Supreme Court orders new French-language school for Abbotsford, improved one for Chilliwack
Jul 08, 2020 10:03 AM PDT
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EU – China Dialogue on Inexperienced Deal and Inexperienced Financial Restoration
Jul 08, 2020 09:41 AM PDT
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China's Confucius Institutes Attempt to Rebrand Following Backlash
Jul 08, 2020 09:36 AM PDT
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Global and Regional Digital English Language Learning Market Research 2020 Report | Growth ...
Jul 08, 2020 09:07 AM PDT
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Greensboro Student Hopes Presidential Candidates Pay Attention to Education
Jul 08, 2020 08:56 AM PDT
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St. Jude Church Honors Graduate
Jul 08, 2020 08:54 AM PDT
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Itelbpo taps into Canada's bilingual workforce
Jul 08, 2020 08:33 AM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
- Leicester mayor accuses Matt Hancock of not sharing Covid-19 data theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/j…5 hours ago | lfranklin
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- RT @LeaGK: Great Day 2 of Learn, Explore, Apply with #actflsls! We've explored how to select #authres for units & embed them in lessons pla…9 hours ago | actfl
- According to a recent survey, 87% of K-12 schools expect to use more technology in instruction, 61% anticipate they… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…11 hours ago | actfl
- RT @MmeBlouwolff: Day 1 of @actfl Summer Learning Series aka #actflsls, all about authentic resources. Bravo @grahnforlang, @psandrock, @ac…14 hours ago | actfl
- In response to Presidential Proclamation 10014 and the suspension of H-1B and J-1 visa programs, @JNCLInfo has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16 hours ago | actfl
- “I truly believe in the power of education to transform the world that we live in,” says Martinez, a former… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…17 hours ago | actfl
- Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus theguardian.com/world/2020/jul…1 day ago | lfranklin
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… #coronavirus #covid191 day ago | lfranklin
- We apologize for the confusion. Thank you for your patience and we hope to see you online at #ACTFL20 Virtual! 2/21 day ago | actfl