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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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Yo puedo: para empezar
You have learned two words in a second language just by reading the title of the book. Think about that for a moment and...
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Yo puedo: segundos pasos
Perhaps you remembered what the title of your book means from your previous experiences with Spanish. That is a great...
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Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English
Welcome to Oral Communication for Non-native Speakers of English! This digital book is meant to serve an instructional...
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Palabras propias
The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the...
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Malayalam: A University Course and Reference Grammar . - Fourth Edition
This textbook was developed to meet two distinct yet related needs. The more basic goal was to respond to the paucity of...
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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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Elementary Mandarin
This course is designed for learners with no background in Chinese. It introduces basic structures of the Mandarin...
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Italiano 201
This is an 85-page first semester Italian online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
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Français 202
This is a 195-page fourth semester French online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
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Français 201
This is a 320-page third semester French online textbook that provides grammar explanations and activities, cultural...
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Mil puertas: lecturas literarias y culturales
Mil puertas is designed for students with Spanish proficiency of intermediate mid and above. It introduces tools and...
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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...
New Members
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Susmitha UdayanCentre College -
Valerie GoudarziShoreline Community/Technical College
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Monica SansoneMonica Sansone
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Provvidenza ScadutoPalomar College
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Gena ChattinWest Virginia Library Commission
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Matthew PettitLittle Rock School District
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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
Materials by Discipline
- Arabic (106)
- Chinese (220)
- ESL or EFL (658)
- French (515)
- German (185)
- Greek (37)
- Hebrew (63)
- Italian (56)
- Japanese (119)
- Korean (25)
- Latin (62)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (218)
- Multilingual Resources (204)
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- Spanish (506)
Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Central African Republic introduces mandatory Russian for university students | World | The Times
Nov 30, 2021 01:37 PM PST
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Japanese professor's love for teaching lasts beyond retirement | News | bgfalconmedia.com
Nov 30, 2021 01:28 PM PST
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Researchers develop first standardized Russian-language test for aphasia-related disorders
Nov 30, 2021 01:15 PM PST
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Full immersion trilingual Montessori School to open - St. Pete Catalyst
Nov 30, 2021 10:43 AM PST
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Hungary approves referendum on limiting LGBTQ in education | News | DW | 30.11.2021
Nov 30, 2021 09:43 AM PST
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East Islip Students Raise $600 For Girls' Education - Patch
Nov 30, 2021 07:37 AM PST
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Indian School of Hospitality with Sommet Education Kick-off Development Plans for India Region
Nov 30, 2021 06:34 AM PST
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GMES and Africa eStations: Space for Research and Environment
Nov 30, 2021 03:59 AM PST
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Eindhoven University of Technology: Eindhoven students reveal smart sleeve that lets you ...
Nov 30, 2021 03:08 AM PST
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Research Assistant, UCD School of Irish,Celtic Studies&Folklore - Times Higher Education (THE)
Nov 30, 2021 02:58 AM PST
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Trades apprentices to test their skills in Vancouver competition - constructconnect.com
Nov 30, 2021 02:15 AM PST
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Cancellation screening of Cho Min's admission to university to take more time - The Korea Herald
Nov 29, 2021 11:12 PM PST
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Sonya Atalay: cultivating partnerships with local Native communities and exploring ...
Nov 29, 2021 10:25 PM PST
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Native American and Indigenous Studies Program Expands With Addition of Two New Scholars
Nov 29, 2021 08:26 PM PST
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Language student gains insights into boosting ties - Ecns.cn
Nov 29, 2021 06:43 PM PST
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One Minute China: Cats in Beijing's hutong - Chinadaily.com.cn
Nov 29, 2021 06:14 PM PST
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Buoni amici seal a deal to support Italian languages in SA schools | Premier of South Australia
Nov 29, 2021 06:07 PM PST
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Engagement, Research And Policy: Integrating Indigenous Voices Into Economic Inclusion ...
Nov 29, 2021 02:37 PM PST
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Italian-founded Talent Garden acquires Sweden-based Hyper Island with goal to become ...
Nov 29, 2021 01:15 PM PST
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Special report: Native-American education, past, present and future | CSU-Pueblo Today
Nov 29, 2021 12:06 PM PST
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