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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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SPAN 115A - Basic Principles of Translation
These open textbooks are being utilized in a translation course for undergraduate students by Juan Berríos at California...
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Qan - La ville virtuelle pour écrire et lire - The virtual city for reading and writing
Vous vous promenez dans la ville virtuelle de Qan. Vous y laissez vos textes, courts ou longs en choisissant une rue qui...
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Semillas: Elementary Spanish II
Semillas: Elementary Spanish II is an intermediate Spanish open-access textbook with reading, listening, speaking, and...
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Estamos aquí! Comunidades bilingües e identidades regionales de los Estados Unidos
Estamos aquí! is an Open Educational Resource (OER) developed collaboratively by five Spanish as a Heritage Language...
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Giornate italiane - An Italian Textbook for Beginning and Intermediate Learners
Giornate Italiane is an open educational resource designed to support beginning and intermediate learners of Italian...
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Open Language Resource Center
This site showcases a range of open, freely accessible language‑learning materials created at the University of Kansas,...
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Multi-Literacies Lesson Plan - Changing Traditions: The Modern Italian Family
This material includes a four day lesson plan and all learning activities to adopt a multi-literacies approach to Italian...
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Piacere! Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa
Piacere! Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa is an open-access textbook that introduces students to the Italian...
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Intermediate Italian: Discovering Italy through Authentic Texts
This is the first unit in an intermediate‑level Italian course designed as a bridge to advanced study by engaging...
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Exploring Italian Film: A Viewing Experience for Beginning Learners
This assignment invites beginning Italian learners to watch an Italian film and engage with it through structured...
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Language Program Direction Interactive Modules | CARLA
The CARLA Language Program Direction (LPD) Interactive Modules are a set of openly licensed training resources designed...
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French A1–A2 Role-Play Cards: Introducing yourself and asking personal questions
This learning resource is a task-based French language activity designed to develop communicative competence through...
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English Guided Conversations: Introducing yourself and talking about others ( High A2 - low B1)
This learning resource is a structured language lesson designed to develop communicative competence through guided...
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French A1 Guided conversations: Asking and describing locations using basic sentencestructures
This learning resource is a structured beginner-level (A1) language lesson designed to develop communicative competence...
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Deutsch-Lesen.com
Deutsch Lesen helps you learn German through reading. It publishes authentic articles across topics like science,...
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Vocabulary Cube Puzzle
A fun and challenging puzzle to match up English/Spanish vocabulary words and phrases.
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Cuentos paralelos español inglés : Proyecto Sherezade y autores : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Cuentos bilingües en texto paralelo en español y en inglés de Proyecto SherezadeBilingual short stories in parallel text...
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Décollage - méthode de français pour débutants (version originale 10.02.2025) - Google Drive
Décollage - méthode de français langue étrangère pour débutants The Décollage project was designed by a South African...
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Entre o De Nada e o que Isso: Respostas a Agradecimentos no Português Brasileiro e o Ensino de PLE em Contexto DigitalDIGITAL
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Japanese Introductory 1
Japanese Introductory 1 is a comprehensive and interactive textbook for beginners eager to learn Japanese. Tailored to...
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Spanish 4210/Spanish 6210 - Sociolinguistics
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Mastering Mandarin Sounds: An interactive H5P Pressbook
Mastering Mandarin Sounds: An Interactive H5P Pressbook is an open educational resource (OER) designed to help learners...
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Integrating Immersive Technologies into Foreign Language Instruction: Case of Ukrainian Language and Culture
This e-book offers a discussion of immersive technologies in the context of intercultural competence and language...
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Multiliteracies at the Museum: A Resource Book for Language Teachers
The educational potential of museum galleries as spaces that are both carefully curated (read: designed) and also afford...
New Members
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BLANCA MERCK NAVARROUNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA -
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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Ariana AnleuLong Beach Unified School District
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Heather NolenLynchburg City
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Penny WheelerUniversity of Technology, Sydney
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David CoyleSt. Francis Xavier University
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ELIANA BISTREANULiceul Tehnologic General Ioan Culcer
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Nicoleta GrigoreColegiul National Ecaterina Teodoroiu
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Katherine KerschenWashington University,Saint Louis
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Suleiman HalimatAdekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state
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Monica Del ValleUnitedHealth Group
Materials by Discipline
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- ESL or EFL (682)
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- Greek (41)
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- Italian (66)
- Japanese (123)
- Korean (28)
- Latin (64)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (250)
- Multilingual Resources (221)
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Boys are 'biggest victims' of Quebec's three-tiered school system, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says
Apr 07, 2026 05:21 PM PDT
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Irwin Weil, 'legendary' professor of Russian literature at Northwestern University, dies at 97
Apr 07, 2026 04:32 PM PDT
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Middlebury Institute professor explores AI's role in language learning at WashU talk
Apr 07, 2026 02:26 PM PDT
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Durham researchers win European recognition for robotics projects
Apr 07, 2026 01:30 PM PDT
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EUniWell Abroad Fellowship for Short Stays in Europe - Universität zu Köln
Apr 07, 2026 12:23 PM PDT
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Featherstone Elementary School Teacher Honored as Virginia Dual Language Immersion ...
Apr 07, 2026 11:53 AM PDT
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Lawmakers hear conflicting views on Alaska Native Language Center - UAF Sun Star
Apr 07, 2026 11:16 AM PDT
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Spanish-Language Meeting to Explain SCE Wildfire Compensation Program Set for April 8
Apr 07, 2026 11:07 AM PDT
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Fourth Annual German History Hike on Wild West Arkansas
Apr 07, 2026 10:28 AM PDT
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Amarillo ISD offers new hybrid, virtual learning for student choice
Apr 07, 2026 08:50 AM PDT
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A study on the linguistic landscape of international public spaces in Shanghai - Nature
Apr 07, 2026 07:54 AM PDT
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Addressing academia's pretendian problem - University Affairs
Apr 07, 2026 07:19 AM PDT
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Native Hawaiian nonprofit secures grant to develop Hawaiian language program
Apr 07, 2026 06:45 AM PDT
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Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Emily Wright '28 is finding where she belongs ...
Apr 07, 2026 06:24 AM PDT
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Tlingit and Haida, university start working toward School of Indigenous Studies
Apr 07, 2026 05:05 AM PDT
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Seoul to expand specialized language support for multicultural students - The Korea Times
Apr 06, 2026 07:55 PM PDT
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Russian language classes expand integration opportunities for students from mountain communities
Apr 06, 2026 06:43 PM PDT
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New Building 52 Completed on the Science and Engineering Campus – Waseda University
Apr 06, 2026 06:09 PM PDT