World Languages Community Portal
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.
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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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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.
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Cultura e Ensino de Línguas: (Re)visitando Conceitos e Concepções dos Métodos e Abordagens à Condição Pós-método
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language
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Inovações Descritivas para o Predicador: Novas Possibilidades de Análise do Português como Segunda Língua a partir da Exploração de Grandes Corpora
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Identidades Brasileiras no Samba-Exaltação – Uma Contribuição Cultural para o Ensino de Português como Segunda Língua para Estrangeiros
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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M. Amaya - JAPN 3100: Analysis of Japanese Culture through the Study of Film - Faculty e-Portfolio of CSU San Bernardino
This open textbook is being utilized in an asynchronous online Japanese course for undergraduate students by Makiko Amaya...
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Ai que Nojo! - O Léxico Repulsivo na Sala de Aula de PL2E: Por Que Não ?
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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O Grau Diminutivo Sob Perspectiva das Abordagens Lexicalista e Cognitivista
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
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Estratégias de Protesto em Português Brasileiro e sua Relevância no Aprendizado de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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“Sabe com quem está falando?”, “Quem é você?”, “Quem você pensa que é?”: Atos defala submersos na cultura brasileira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Nahuatlahtolli
This self-paced course is based on the Nahuatl variant from the Huasteca of Veracruz that is spoken in Chicontepec,...
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Instant Mandarin: Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Live professional 1-to-1 online Mandarin Chinese lessons at your fingertips. Learn Mandarin with ease. For kids (aged 5+)...
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Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture
This peer-reviewed textbook is designed for the true beginner with U.S. college students in mind. It contains themed...
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Investigando Aspectos Interacionais com Foco no Ensino de Língua Estrangeira: Seria o Jeitinho uma Estratégia de Polidez no Português do Brasil?
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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A Relevância dos Aspectos Não Verbais Relacionados ao Gesto e ao Toque no Ensino-Aprendizagem de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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A Questão da Homossexualidade na Venezuela, Haiti e Brasil e as Implicações nas Relações Interculturais
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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O Comportamento dos Brasileiros em Espaços Coletivos: uma Abordagem para o Ensino de PL2E
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Ensino e Aprendizagem do Português como Língua Estrangeira: Estudo de Caso em um Programa de Ensino Superior dos Estados Unidos
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Criar Vergonha ou Fazer Vergonha? Colocações Verbais no Português como Língua Estrangeira
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Até que Enfim Você Deu as Caras...: Uma Análise de Colocações Verbais em Português Brasileiro
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Que Brasil É Esse? Análise Intercultural das Representações de Brasil e Brasileiros em Novo Avenida Brasil 1
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Viajando em Casa: a Interculturalidade no PL2E como Elemento de Aproximação Entre Estudantes Brasileiros e Internacionais em Nossos Campi
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Práticas Translíngues e Transculturais no Ensino de PLE
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
New Members
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Yuliya G.Hack Chinese
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Tony CellaBenedictine University - Mesa
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Tobias BodineCornell Elementary School / San Jose State University
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Francisca CastilloLee College
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Michael MegliUniversité Paris 8
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Heather HallAsbury College
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Melissa SchultzRochester Community and Technical College
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Angela TavaresMiami Dade College
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Julia D. MeyersUniversity of Pennsylvania
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Makiko AmayaCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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Sonia RodriguezUniversity of Wyoming
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Provvidenza ScadutoMiraCosta College
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Arlene NarvaezCerritos College
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Hugh RodwellUniversity of Cambridge
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Giuseppe CirasoNone
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Kristiina BaumIEGS
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Alina DawsonConfidential
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Cynthia GuerraINEDU
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Elena EspinosaEscola Oficial de Idiomas de Vigo
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Paul AlexanderTrinity College, Port of Spain
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Gabriel PunzalanTennessee State University
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Emily BerarducciSteamboat Springs Middle School
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Maricelle Pinto-TomasUniversity of Iowa
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Cornell edtech startup rapStudy mixes pop songs, educational lyrics to amplify learning
Jan 27, 2021 01:56 AM PST
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Bradley G. Maurer
Jan 26, 2021 03:03 PM PST
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Ky. Arts Council Presents Governor's Awards to Artists, Arts Organizations
Jan 26, 2021 12:26 PM PST
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Political science of the periphery: Part II
Jan 26, 2021 10:28 AM PST
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Scripps appoints Jon Marks as chief research officer for national networks business
Jan 26, 2021 08:52 AM PST
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VSU Ranked Among the Best by US News and World Report
Jan 26, 2021 06:26 AM PST
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The disappearance of half a million young people from Rwanda's stats
Jan 26, 2021 05:18 AM PST
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Colorado grants $27 million to support career training, literacy programs, Indigenous curriculum
Jan 26, 2021 05:18 AM PST
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Best Bets
Jan 26, 2021 01:33 AM PST
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China, New Zealand ink trade deal as Beijing calls for reduced global barriers
Jan 26, 2021 12:15 AM PST
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Estonia's two big parties agree on grand coalition
Jan 25, 2021 11:16 PM PST
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Governor Polis Announces Millions More in Education Grants for Colorado
Jan 25, 2021 06:15 PM PST
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Speaking the Language: Psychotherapy with Students from Mainland China
Jan 25, 2021 05:07 PM PST
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Deacon Hugh Walker Ph.D., 86
Jan 25, 2021 12:48 PM PST
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Paraprofessionals: What Are They, and What is Their Role in Education?
Jan 25, 2021 09:59 AM PST
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New study ties India's genetic diversity to language, not geography
Jan 25, 2021 09:48 AM PST
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Larry King, American broadcasting legend, dies at 87
Jan 23, 2021 05:40 AM PST
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