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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.
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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...
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Prepositions of Place in Spanish: List, Examples and Practice - SpanishLearningLab
This lesson will introduce a list of prepositions of place in Spanish through pictures and several examples. It will also...
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Ser and Estar: Part I - StudySpanish.com
Learn Spanish grammar with our free helpful lessons and fun exercises at StudySpanish.com. Get started on your way to...
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Los medios de transporte
In this lesson, you will learn means of transportation in Spanish.
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Ir a + infinitive - StudySpanish.com
Learn Spanish grammar with our free helpful lessons and fun exercises at StudySpanish.com. Get started on your way to...
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Making Future Plans in Spanish: IR + A + Infinitive - SpanishLearningLab
Learn to use IR + A + Infinitive for making plans in Spanish. Listen to some examples of future plans in Spanish with...
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Vocabulario de la comida y las bebidas | ProfeDeELE
Aprende el vocabulario de la comida (alimentos y bebidas) con este material visual y actividades online divertidas. Nivel...
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Vocabulario en español: tiempo libre, aficiones y espectáculos
Revisión del vocabulario en español sobre aficiones, actividades de tiempo libre y espectáculos.
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2
This is the second book in a three book series. This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic...
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 1
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working...
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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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PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students
Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and...
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Korean Through Folktales
Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values...
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Convivencia: Activities for Beginning Spanish Learners
Convivencia can be found in two versions. A PDF is available free to download. A printed version is available for...
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Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé
Histoires d’Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s’adresse à un public...
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Christian HilcheyUniversity of Texas System - Austin -
Kelly McClendonWashburn University
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Kasi IvesUniversity System of Georgia - University of North Georgia
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Bonnie RoseUniversity of Alaska
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valentina aravenaINACAP Universidad Tecnológica de Chile
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Stephanie SchechnerWidener University
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Allie SayeDunkirk Sr High School
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michel gasquyGranada High School
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Claire LeathamHigh School
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Janaina LopezBethune-Cookman University
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Jackeline BucioB@UNAM
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Chris Anama-GreenHarlan County Schools
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Tamara MarieSpanish Con Salsa
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Kazuko YasutakeFoothill-De Anza Community/Technical College District
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Christian RocheMetropolitan State College of Denver
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obiyaa frimpongnorth liverpool academy
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Amie WilsonHamilton County Schools
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Gwendolyn GroeneveldLive Lingua
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Liz WadeGuilford College
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Tim AndersonKishwaukee College
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Sandra AlfordSouthern University System - Baton Rouge
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Meg GrahamMukwonago High School
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Ebony MitchellMinneapolis Community and Technical College
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Candace Burrell-TomsMassey University
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World Languages on the Web
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SCHOOL REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATION - Minority language education - Finances and ...
Sep 18, 2018 05:33 AM PDT
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Kaplan Acquires Barron's-Branded Test Prep, Study Aids and Foreign Language Assets from ...
Sep 18, 2018 03:41 AM PDT
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Free language lessons for children of low income families
Sep 18, 2018 02:33 AM PDT
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Five learners excel in the Foreign Language Competition 2018 – rewarded with four-week ...
Sep 18, 2018 02:22 AM PDT
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South Africa to offer Kiswahili in schools
Sep 18, 2018 12:52 AM PDT
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One Stop Language Solutions ensures smooth running at China-UK Global Education Summit
Sep 17, 2018 11:22 PM PDT
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S/African pupils set to learn Kiswahili – Minister
Sep 17, 2018 11:11 PM PDT
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Global and Chinese Foreign Language Learning Software Market Analysis by Business Volumes ...
Sep 17, 2018 10:52 PM PDT
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Proud to be Kiwi, but I don't know much about my country
Sep 17, 2018 08:33 PM PDT
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On This Date
Sep 17, 2018 08:11 PM PDT
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Allison Hanes: Legault extends a hand, but will anglos take it?
Sep 17, 2018 07:17 PM PDT
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South African schools to teach Kiswahili
Sep 17, 2018 06:52 PM PDT
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Quebec debate: transcripts of opening and closing statements
Sep 17, 2018 05:33 PM PDT
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The language of the indigenous, traversing the Americas
Sep 17, 2018 04:37 PM PDT
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Editorial: Troops to Teachers promising program
Sep 17, 2018 04:14 PM PDT
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Province struggles to recruit teachers as core French classes disappear from schools
Sep 17, 2018 03:41 PM PDT
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The Harley School welcomes new faculty members
Sep 17, 2018 03:07 PM PDT
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Quebec election: Party leaders face off in historic English-language debate
Sep 17, 2018 02:23 PM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
- ❗ ❗ ❗ A mechanism in the brain makes it easier for bilingual people to focus and to switch between activities. ❗ ❗… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 hour ago | actfl
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @drdavidwicks @mssociety @dbeloved #wizards #ewopinion15 hours ago | lfranklin
- Nice piece on the importance of language education from second-year @cwru student, Jackson Rudoff: observer.case.edu/rudoff-steppin…19 hours ago | actfl
- While demand for Chinese language education is on the up, stricter rules on immigration may make it harder for scho… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…22 hours ago | actfl
- Dearborn Public Schools’ Arabic classes focus on culture as well as language. arabamericannews.com/2018/09/16/dea…1 day ago | actfl
- We're 19 followers away from 19,000! https://t.co/M19X7gHb7M, photo: pic.twitter.com/M19X7gHb7M1 day ago | actfl
- RT @LeadWLanguages: The next big challenge for #AI? Learning the nuance of #language: bit.ly/2QraWWQ1 day ago | actfl
- Dual-Language Learning: 6 Key Insights for Schools edweek.org/ew/articles/20…1 day ago | actfl
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… #sundayread #indvswas1 day ago | lfranklin