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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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O Universo Temático do Carnaval na Criação de uma Unidade Gramatical: Indo Além do Ficar com Alguém
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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ASP Spanish Course 201 and 202
This open textbook is being utilized in a Spanish course for intermediate level students by The open textbook provides...
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American Sign Language 102 OER
This American Sign Language 102 OER is a Google Doc containing instructional videos of original design. The document also...
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American Sign Language 101 OER
This American Sign Language 101 OER is a Google Doc containing instructional videos of original design. The document also...
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Ethnopoetics Wiki
Site that shares informative, scholarly materials related to Ethnopoetics:writing that reflects a heightened awareness of...
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Reflexões sobre Avaliação do Português como Língua Estrangeira em Três Contextos de Ensino
This essay addresses a topic in teaching/learning of Portuguese as a second or foreign language.
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Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner
Welcome to Explorations 1: Grammar for the Experienced Beginner. This English grammar textbook was designed for a class...
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¡Que viva la música!: Repaso de conversación en español
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open...
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Elementary Arabic
This is an open textbook on Elementary Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their second semester....
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Basic Hindi
Basic Hindi I is an online, interactive, theme-based textbook for the true beginner of Hindi language. It promotes...
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ESL Grammar The Way You Like It, Levels 1-5
These books were created by Don Bissonnette for students and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). I taught ESL...
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¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español
¡Qué viva la música! Repaso de conversación en español, or Long Live Music! Spanish Conversational Review is an open...
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The Iliad - Simple Book Publishing
A new, 21st century verse translation of Homer's epic work, translated by Michael Heumann.
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Lecture Rapide: test en ligne
Bilingual Reading Test Are you an efficient reader? What kind of reader are you? You will know in a few minutes after you...
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Légendes canadiennes | Enseigner le français avec TV5MONDE
"Canadian Legends" produced by TV5, the French-language international television network that reaches the largest number...
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Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching
Compared with STEM fields, foreign language (FL) education and second language acquisition have only slowly embraced open...
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New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew
Most of the papers in this volume originated as presentations at the conference Biblical Hebrew and Rabbinic Hebrew: New...
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IntensIve englIsh as a second language: student handbook
To provide rigorous English language instruction that prepares conditionally and provisionally admitted international...
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Intensive English Language Program Guide
The Intensive English Language Program (IELP) Guide has been developed by the International Education Division (IED), to...
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¡Bienvenidos!
A team of University of West Georgia professors has teamed up to create a Spanish-language resource that replaces a...
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Her Şey bir Merhaba ile Başlar! (Everything Begins with a Hello!)
Her Şey Bir Merhaba ile Başlar is a multimedia textbook with supplementary materials for intermediate Turkish language...
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American English Sounds
American English Sounds is a web resource that allows English as a Second Language (ESL) students to practice perceiving...
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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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Italian 0102 Elementary Language & Culture 2
This second-semester Elementary Italian OER is designed for 14- or 15-week college classes, but can be used at any...
New Members
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Kayley BartlettWCPSS -
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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Andres AmadorCity University of New York System - Borough of Manhattan Community/Technical College
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Antonio GarciaUNED
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Gregory ClemonsMars Hill University
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GILLIAN MAE SAPINOSaint Louis University
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Durezza De Jesus-BasilUniversity of the Cordilleras
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Ngan NguyenVietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh
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Sandra RasquinhaSandra's French Classes
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Laura HaleySpringfield College
Materials by Discipline
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- ESL or EFL (649)
- French (510)
- German (178)
- Greek (34)
- Hebrew (63)
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- Latin (62)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (214)
- Multilingual Resources (202)
- Portuguese (183)
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Interview with Wang Gungwu
Aug 04, 2021 04:26 PM PDT
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WFISD is looking for qualified individuals for various positions
Aug 04, 2021 01:58 PM PDT
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Korean Language, a passport to employment - Education Minister
Aug 04, 2021 01:15 PM PDT
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RTE entitlements to be paid through cash transfer
Aug 04, 2021 09:30 AM PDT
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Learning music changes how our brains process language, and vice-versa
Aug 04, 2021 08:10 AM PDT
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University Students Receive Awards
Aug 04, 2021 08:00 AM PDT
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Make a Profit in Any Language
Aug 04, 2021 06:18 AM PDT
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Filipino teachers join intl webinar for educational technology upskilling
Aug 04, 2021 05:22 AM PDT
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Creative options: Education at home
Aug 04, 2021 05:00 AM PDT
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Will foreign university education for Indian students regain momentum in 2021?
Aug 03, 2021 11:28 PM PDT
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Time for a home-grown English language test, Indian agents say
Aug 03, 2021 09:41 PM PDT
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Federal government and degree in education for teachers
Aug 03, 2021 08:56 PM PDT
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New UND program will help support Indigenous teachers
Aug 03, 2021 11:56 AM PDT
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Thousands more students to learn ancient and modern languages
Jul 30, 2021 04:15 PM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
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- Irshad Manji of @MoralCourage shares tips to help students communicate across differences, encouraging them to hear… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 hours ago | actfl
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- RT @HowieBermanCAE: Thanks, @AvantAssessment for sharing this graphic from the @LeadWLanguages and @actfl Making Languages our Business Rep…10 hours ago | actfl
- How can we apply lessons learned from a year of virtual teaching to in-person learning? Join @NicoleNaditz for her… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | actfl
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @wagjuer #brasilien #bolsonaro1 day ago | lfranklin
- Medical #language education represents a largely untapped opportunity to improve health equity. Here are just a few… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- RT @ColumbiaLRC: Are you looking for images or infographics to support #language #teaching and #learning? Check out @ACTFL’s @Pinterest for…1 day ago | actfl
- The pandemic has cut into the number of #Arabic-language students traveling to the Middle East. Here's why Jordan h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- How can colleges and universities leverage the Seal of Biliteracy? In her focus topic article, @KJDavin describes h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl