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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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Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture, Vol. 1
This is volume 1 in a set designed to teach about Japanese language and culture.
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Musubi: A New Approach to Japanese Language and Culture, Vol. 2
This is volume 2 that was created to help teach about the Japanese language and culture.
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Irish Immigration to the US
This text was designed for intermediate-level English language learners (multilinguals) as a background information...
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COERLL's Online OER Hangout
Planning an OER project for language learning? Looking for new materials or culturally relevant media for your class?...
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English for Spanish Speakers - Beginner: Level 1
This book is designed to help learners improve their English by using it in a structured and focused way during natural...
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Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools
To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects...
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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...
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Welcome to Italian 101!
This is a 122-page first semester Italian online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
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Project Gutenberg Support Spanish Literature
Project Gutenberg supports Spanish literature by offering online Spanish books for anyone at no cost. Readers can access...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ANA, een website over Academisch Nederlands voor Anderstaligen
ANA, een website over Academisch Nederlands voor Anderstaligen
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Reality Czech
Reality Czech is a next generation openly licensed Czech textbook and curriculum currently under development by Dr....
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Antología Abierta de Literatura Hispana
Una antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta...
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Speaking and Writing Punjabi
Speaking and Writing Punjabi, by Ranbir Johal, is an introductory Punjabi textbook/workbook. This textbook is organized...
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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...
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Preadvanced Japanese
This textbook is designed for students who have intermediate competency in Japanese, roughly at Level 2 on the ILR (The...
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Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a...
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Spanish
This Wikibook aims to teach the Spanish language from scratch. It will cover all of the major grammar rules, moving...
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Spanish Preterite Tense | SpanishDict
Let's review the preterite in Spanish and look at preterite tense forms, preterite conjugations, and preterite endings.
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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...
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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...
New Members
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Luigia MaiellaroNortheastern University -
Bajar la PanzaBajar la Panza
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Amina YassineSaddleback College
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Danielle HuttonThe Open University
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Erik PackerCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Flora Madeira RodriguesUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre ( UFCSPA )
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Maggie Gemmell HudsonSouthern Oregon University
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Miguel BotaCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Elena GrajinskayaUniversity of Utah
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Lizbeth SanchezMount San Antonio College
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Annette GillumAngelina College
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Svetlana NussUniversity of Alaska
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Yuliya WalshResearcher
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Stephanie AgbottahKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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Maria Clara Paixão de SousaUniversity of São Paulo
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ProBa Language CentreProBa Russian Language Centre
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LUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIEIROLUIZ FELIPE DIAS RIBEIRO
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Britney ChaunceySouthwest Tennessee Community College
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Benjamin RifkinHofstra University
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Scott NelsonPalomar College
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Maria Nelly GoswitzCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Jeanine AleschSalt Lake City Community/Technical College
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Debra SolomonHollidaysburg Area Senior High School
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Cheryl BlevensIndiana State University
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Which schools will children attend come autumn? This weekend is the decider
May 18, 2019 10:15 PM PDT
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OneSmart International Edun Gr Ltd – (ONE) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold ...
May 18, 2019 06:30 PM PDT
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Local Author Spotlight: Tony Houck
May 18, 2019 05:56 PM PDT
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Jefferson Parish public schools expanding programs for non-English speakers
May 18, 2019 04:37 PM PDT
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Rwandan students showcase Chinese language skills
May 18, 2019 02:33 PM PDT
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5 VC students conquer language barrier together
May 18, 2019 01:03 PM PDT
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Indonesia for 'sister city' agreement with Vijayawada
May 18, 2019 11:17 AM PDT
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Bulgaria's first Jewish school in decades opens in Sofia in September 2019
May 18, 2019 09:07 AM PDT
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The Analyzing ChineseInvestors.com (CIIX) & Bright Scholar Education Holdngs (BEDU)
May 18, 2019 08:33 AM PDT
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Student mentors help pupils say 'si' to GCSE languages
May 18, 2019 08:00 AM PDT
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New book: Multilingualism in European Language Education
May 18, 2019 07:52 AM PDT
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Bernie Sanders unveils plan to reform public education system
May 18, 2019 07:34 AM PDT
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School budget vote: Why school officials keep coming back to voters for more money
May 18, 2019 07:26 AM PDT
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What Foreign Languages Does Kate Middleton Speak?
May 18, 2019 06:59 AM PDT
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Lewiston-Porter budget, BOE vote is Tuesday
May 18, 2019 04:03 AM PDT
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Natural Language Processing(NLP) Market: Business Decision Support Strategies & Forecast to ...
May 18, 2019 02:01 AM PDT
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Bodo-medium day observed in Assam
May 18, 2019 01:37 AM PDT
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Huge Opportunities in Corporate Online Language Learning Market with Top Key Players like EF ...
May 18, 2019 12:29 AM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
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