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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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Free Vocabulary Games for the Classroom
No student logins, no ads — bring your own word lists and run whole-class word games in 6 languages. LexiClash is a free...
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Active Dictionary
Active Dictionary is a web-based language learning resource for adult learners at B1 level and above. Learners can work...
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Fundamentals of Chinese
The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational...
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HSKExam.net: Free HSK Practice Tests Online
HSKExam.net provides a level-organized collection of online Chinese proficiency practice tests for learners preparing for...
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HSKExam.net: Chinese Vocabulary Lists with Pinyin and English Meanings
HSKExam.net provides a level-organized collection of Chinese vocabulary resources for learners of Mandarin as a second or...
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Ana de las Tejas Verdes: A Graded Reader in Spanish (A2 readers)
“Anne of Green Gables” (in Spanish: “Ana de la Tejas Verdes”, orig. Anne of Green Gables) by Lucy Maud Montgomery – is a...
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ILMHUB.org - Quranic Arabic in Plain English
ILMHUB.org is a free, English-medium library for learning the Arabic of the Quran. It is built on one idea: Arabic is not...
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SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish
This open textbook is being adapted for use in SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish, taught by Melinda Jackson at California State...
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The Louie Project
A free, ad-free English-learning site for K–9. The child builds the English prompt to give an AI, and a sentence bank of...
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Le bagage de Saint-Martin — Interactive A1 French Adventure
A free, evolving narrative-game prototype for A1 learners of French. Learners explore a village, understand short spoken...
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1001 French Verbs
1001 French Verbs is an interactive website for conjugating over 1500 French verbs in 16 tenses. Study and self-test for...
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Willkommen: Deutsch für alle
Willkommen: Deutsch für alle is based on insights and findings from research in second language acquisition and language...
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Insieme in Italiano: Elementary Italian 1 & 2
Insieme in italiano is a comprehensive, open-access eBook designed for beginners who want to start their Italian language...
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Text Hyperlinker for Latin and Ancient Greek
A web app that automatically hyperlinks Ancient Greek and Latin texts to Perseus and Logeion for morphological analysis.
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Basic Tibetan
Basic Tibetan is a first-of-its-kind, multimedia interactive online textbook designed for learners of Tibetan in higher...
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Intermediate Persian
This resource is an online, interactive theme-based textbook for intermediate students in the Persian language that...
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Basic Punjabi
Basic Punjabi is an online interactive theme-based textbook for the true beginner of the Punjabi language. It promotes...
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Basic Bangla
This theme based, interactive, open-source online textbook is designed for beginning level learners of Bangla language....
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Basic Telugu
This book is a modest effort to make your learning process in Telugu a practically viable experience. Though it's great...
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Advanced Indonesian
The lessons in this textbook aim to elevate learners’ language skills to an advanced-mid to advanced-high level, aligning...
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Intermediate Arabic I
This is an open textbook on Intermediate Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their third semester....
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Elementary Chinese 2 Workbook
Through the power of H5P interactive activities, this workbook, employing an innovative e-writing approach, is designed...
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Breaking Out of the Culture Box: An Exploration of Critical Approaches to Language Teaching for the Unsure and Hesitant
This short guidebook introduces the reader to critical pedagogy in foreign language education as a logical extension of...
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Free LexInvaders in Afrikaans - Play Online
Play free LexInvaders in Afrikaans online. Learn Afrikaans vocabulary, no signup. Works on every device.
New Members
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Paul UtrPawel Utr -
Tegan FordUniversity of Florida
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Pochi LinSoochow university
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Dmitry YurkinActive Dictionary Company Limited
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Stephen YeHSKEXAM.NET
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Arjan Aliilmhub.org
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Cedric FISFrench in Seoul
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Judith FrumkinLeisure World
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Hsiao-Yi YangNihongo to Japan
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Denise HendrickLearning Together, AV
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Donna ReidlingerUniversity of Queensland
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Maria Jesus Funes LermaHunan Normal University
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Anne DelacroixÖkumenisches Domgymnasium Magdeburg
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Satomi HewittHoward Community/Technical College
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Maureen ThumUniversity of Michigan System - Flint
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BLANCA MERCK NAVARROUNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA
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David HervasUniversity of Texas System - Arlington
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Karin LarsonUniversity of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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Tara GeraciPalomar College
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Nikita ArcherGeorgetown International Academy
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Keith CampbellPalomar College
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Matthew QuinnCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Katrina NaiotiDept of Ed
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Instituto CervantesInstituto Cervantes / Spanish Ministry of Culture
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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Rubio says U.S. closely monitoring death of worker at Siberian plague institute
Oct 05, 2026 05:00 PM PDT
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Left–Right Political Scales: Some 'Expert' Judgments | European Journal of Political Research
Oct 05, 2026 04:29 PM PDT
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Now Market Research in YourLanguage! - YouTube
Oct 05, 2026 03:44 PM PDT
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In pics: Chinese teachers of Confucius Institutes in Africa - Xinhua
Oct 05, 2026 01:28 PM PDT
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Getting to Know SDCOE: Ricardo “Rick” Lopez | post - San Diego County Office of Education
Oct 05, 2026 12:44 PM PDT
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Local evidence changes policy: Research highlights how Senegal accomplished ...
Oct 05, 2026 12:36 PM PDT
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Russia denies lab worker died of plague as quarantine in Siberia stays in place | Euronews
Oct 05, 2026 12:04 PM PDT
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An Update on Open Japanese Language Learning Model Development: Data Rewriting ...
Oct 05, 2026 11:51 AM PDT
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Linguistic and Cultural Development Policy updated to better reflect today's realities - gnb.ca
Oct 05, 2026 11:31 AM PDT
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A Matter of Quantity: A Universal Target for CAR-T Cells Against Cancer
Oct 05, 2026 10:44 AM PDT
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'Concerning' death of Russian 'plague' laboratory employee being monitored - ABC News
Oct 05, 2026 10:38 AM PDT
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Higher Ed Groups Ask Congress to Reverse Rescissions Targeting International Education
Oct 05, 2026 10:26 AM PDT
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Building resilience in Arts through interdisciplinary collaborations - University Affairs
Oct 05, 2026 10:25 AM PDT
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Now Market Research in Your Language! AI-powered research and market insights are ... - Facebook
Oct 05, 2026 09:54 AM PDT
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Indigenous/tribal/native community leadership, improvement, safety and language ...
Oct 05, 2026 09:30 AM PDT
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Ocean Career: ZMT Scientific Director - environment coastal & offshore - ECO Magazine
Oct 05, 2026 09:28 AM PDT
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Researcher at Russian plague research institute dies after suspected lab incident - YouTube
Oct 05, 2026 09:12 AM PDT
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English Caption for Languages Now Market Research in Your Language! AI-powered ... - Facebook
Oct 05, 2026 09:10 AM PDT
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Death of researcher at Russian plague laboratory 'particularly concerning': Birx - The Hill
Oct 05, 2026 08:17 AM PDT
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More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned
Oct 05, 2026 08:08 AM PDT