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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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Advanced Academic Grammar for ESL Students
This textbook was created for an advanced academic grammar course for ESL students. By the end of the course, students...
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CITOYEN.NE.S: Conversation en Français
CITOYEN.NE.S is a French language method for the conversation class at the intermediate/ advanced level. Content and...
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Tutt* a tavola! Volume 1
This new open educational resource is for Elementary Italian. Our goal is for this book to be comprehensive,...
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Tutt* a tavola! Volume 2
This book has all of the same features as the first volume: an opening song for each chapter (Ascoltiamo!); vocabulary...
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Ancient Greek I: A 21st Century Approach
In this elementary textbook, Philip S. Peek draws on his twenty-five years of teaching experience to present the ancient...
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Ancient Greek for Everyone : Essential Morphology and Syntax for Beginning Greek
AGE is a digital resource for students of the 21st century who know English and want to learn Greek. Every explanation...
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Arabic and English Sentence Patterns : A Comparative Guide
This text explores verb time, tense, aspect, and mood through comparison of Arabic and English sentence patterns. It...
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Vous traduisez pour le Canada?
Devez-vous traduire pour un public canadien? Nous avons ce qu’il vous faut! Ce livre numérique aborde brièvement les...
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Transition with Purpose : Pathways from English Language to Academic Study
This Open Access Textbook will guide students through their English language to academic degree studies. Part one of this...
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From MSA to CA : A Beginner's Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic
This book is for students who have studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) for one year or more and would like to learn...
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Communication Beginnings : An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
This textbook is designed for advanced beginning-intermediate English language learners in an academic English program....
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals, Book 1
This is the first book in a three book series and includes Lessons 0 - 4. Book 2 and Book 3 are also available for...
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals, Book 2
This is the second book in a three book series and includes Lessons 5 - 8. Book 1 and Book 3 are also available for...
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Translating for Canada, eh?
Do you need to translate for a Canadian audience? We’ve got you covered! This ebook briefly introduces the concepts of...
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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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Tutt* a tavola! Volume 2
This book has all of the same features as the first volume: an opening song for each chapter (Ascoltiamo!); vocabulary...
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Tutt* a tavola! Volume 1
Tutt* a tavola! is a two-volume textbook for Elementary Italian (Italian 110 and 120, over two semesters). The book is...
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Advanced Academic Grammar for ESL Students
This textbook was created for an advanced academic grammar course for ESL students. By the end of the course, students...
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A Handbook and Reader of Ottoman Arabic
Written forms of Arabic composed during the era of the Ottoman Empire present an immensely fruitful linguistic topic....
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Acceso - Spanish 490
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Français interactif
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English
This digital book is meant to serve an instructional tool for both learners and teachers in the field of pronunciation....
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English as a Foreign Language
ESL educators are dedicated to the facilitation of the acquisition of English as a second or other language, which...
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Haitian Creole-English English-Haitian Creole Medical Dictionary
The present bilingual medical dictionary is intended for the many English- speaking physicians, dentists, nurses, and...
New Members
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Matthew PettitLittle Rock School District -
Amy FuglestadMayville State University
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Richabelle Abriol SantosUniversity of Santo Tomas
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Elizabeth SchniedewindIdaho State University
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Aliya HeadleyHanover County Public Schools
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Carol SmolenBucks County Community/Technical College
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Tom ClarkeNLSC
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Kristen MichelsonTexas Tech University
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Kayley BartlettWCPSS
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Amy StrobelFresno City College
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Guadalupe LorenzoISPA
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Kevin ParisBrookhaven College
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Myriam StantonSUNY Broome
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Julianne BazydloNone
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Elaine BerardCoastal Carolina University
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Elana MasseyRavenswood
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Alex IdavoyBrookdale Community/Technical College
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Susan StoberPortland Community/Technical College
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Weasley WelchCreation
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Anke GoebelNone
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Ivette GalarzaAmerican River College
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Christopher PintoCitrus College
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Roxana BarleaAix-Marseille Université
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Eleisha MorenoReading Area Community/Technical College
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- French (513)
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- Greek (36)
- Hebrew (63)
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- Latin (62)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (217)
- Multilingual Resources (204)
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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All regional languages kept in minor subjects category for 1st term exams for class 10, 12
Oct 22, 2021 10:22 AM PDT
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Education funding on ballots in New Mexico cities' elections - Youth Today
Oct 22, 2021 07:54 AM PDT
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First Nations decry impact on their languages as public talks begin on Quebec bill to protect ...
Oct 22, 2021 07:15 AM PDT
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Indian Migrant's Skill And Grit Emerges As Australia's Largest Skill Development Company
Oct 22, 2021 04:45 AM PDT
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Learn Spanish in Barcelona - Ohio News Time
Oct 22, 2021 04:24 AM PDT
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Sparks fly in fiery French-language Montreal mayoral debate - Global News
Oct 22, 2021 04:21 AM PDT
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Vietnam, Russia eye stronger ties in education, training | Politics | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
Oct 22, 2021 03:26 AM PDT
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CBSE issues clarification on keeping all regional languages under minor subjects category ...
Oct 22, 2021 02:53 AM PDT
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White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11 - Youth Today
Oct 22, 2021 02:36 AM PDT
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General Assembly keeps foreign languages, home economics in Ohio schools - Newsbug.info
Oct 22, 2021 01:15 AM PDT
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Chinese institutions to receive 2nd batch of lunar samples for research - China.org
Oct 22, 2021 12:05 AM PDT
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Cleveland community, education, environment, culture and family support grants - Youth Today
Oct 21, 2021 11:18 PM PDT
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The European Union contributes vital EUR 90 million to UNRWA - ReliefWeb
Oct 21, 2021 11:04 PM PDT
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IIT-M, Japanese firm in pact to offer VR course - The Hindu
Oct 21, 2021 10:19 PM PDT
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Inspur AI Research Presents Yuan 1.0 — One of the World's Largest Language ... - Yahoo Finance
Oct 21, 2021 06:14 PM PDT
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HENN selected to design German Language Forum in Mannheim - World Architecture Community
Oct 21, 2021 05:14 PM PDT
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Walmart and Walmart.org Increase Access to Educational Opportunities for Black ... - Business Wire
Oct 21, 2021 04:29 PM PDT
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The European Qualifications Passport for Refugees holds its 8th Project Co-ordination ...
Oct 21, 2021 04:06 PM PDT
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Join in on a roller-coaster ride with Spanish musical comedy 'Casi Diwas' - Telangana Today
Oct 21, 2021 03:45 PM PDT
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If you go down to the woods: Joining the dots in EU forestry research | Science|Business
Oct 21, 2021 07:39 AM PDT
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