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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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CVC. Antologias de textos de didactica del espanol
Este proyecto ofrece una recopilación de textos (artículos y fragmentos de libros y manuales para la formación de...
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GermanZone.org: An Online Workbook for German Learners
For both teachers and independent learners, GermanZone.org is a collection of interactive web-based activities for...
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Language Mentor
Language Mentor is a) a mobile app, and b) a free and open platform for publishing language lessons. The Humanities app...
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Research Organization Registry
The Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a community-led project to develop an open, sustainable, usable, and unique...
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The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya
Although this book was written for a specialist audience of advanced scholars and doctoral students, the authors...
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Tajik Persian: Readings in History, Culture and Society
Tajik Persian: Readings in History, Culture and Society seeks to help students develop reading proficiency in Tajik at...
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Academic ESL Grammar Books - ESL Grammar The Way You Like It, Levels 1-5
At this site you can download five different books that help teach ESL classes. Each book is a different level and each...
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Lake Tahoe Community College - World Languages Department - Spanish 102
This webpage offers reference material such as vocabulary list, and examples of project in spanish to help students...
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Lake Tahoe Community College - World Languages Department - Spanish 101
Lake Tahoe Community College developed a collection of videos to aid students learning Spanish.
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CLICABRASIL!
The Portuguese language lessons of ClicaBrasil highlight aspects of Brazilian culture. They are designed for intermediate...
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Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter
Le manuel Résumer, synthétiser, argumenter s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e...
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O. Mango - ARAB 381: Cultures and Writings of Arab-American Women Faculty e-Portfolio for California State University, San Bernardino
Several open textbooks are being utilized in an Arabic course for undergraduate students majoring or minoring in Arabic...
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Spanish Heritage Language Professional Development Videos from COERLL
These videos from COERLL's annual Heritage Spanish workshop address different topics in heritage teaching such as:...
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A grammar of Komnzo
Komnzo is a Papuan language of Southern New Guinea spoken by around 250 people in the village of Rouku. Komnzo belongs to...
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A grammar of Moloko
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Moloko, a Chadic language spoken by about 10,000...
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A grammar of Pite Saami
Pite Saami is a highly endangered Western Saami language in the Uralic language family currently spoken by a few...
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A grammar of Yauyos Quechua
This book presents a synchronic grammar of the southern dialects of Yauyos, an extremely endangered Quechuan language...
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A grammar of Yakkha
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Yakkha, a Sino-Tibetan language of the Kiranti...
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A grammar of Papuan Malay
This book presents an in-depth linguistic description of Papuan Malay, a non-standard variety of Malay. The language is...
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A grammar of Palula
This grammar provides a grammatical description of Palula, an Indo-Aryan language of the Shina group. The language is...
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3
This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working...
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A grammar of Mauwake
This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about...
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A grammar of Rapa Nui -
This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island....
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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...
New Members
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Zahida ChebchoubUAE University -
Chelsea WoodwardRoswell ISD
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Masako DouglasCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Lonnette KellyMetropolitan Family Service
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Ashley WalshStrategic Education, Inc.
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Mayra MorenoERUSD
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Christine GouldingCalifornia State University, Chico
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Peter RudilossoState University of New York System - Stony Brook
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Deidre KellNorth Hall Middle School
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Ana PeñaUniversity of Texas System - Brownsville
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Elena GiletIIS PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA SAN DONATO MILANESE
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Yolanda Burgos-OlingerSinclair Community/Technical College
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Lisken DusBerkshire Community/Technical College
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Talia LoaizaAustin Community/Technical College
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Vanessa ArnaudCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Komi AmaviFair-Deutsch
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Manon Allard-KroppUniversity of Missouri System - St. Louis
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Sylvia NeveuIMEP
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Mairin MoriartyMarymount University
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Jessica ToddEast Georgia College
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Tiffany RosalesOld Dominion University
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Yelani FeldmanDillard University
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cynthia melendrezCalifornia State University, San Marcos
Materials by Discipline
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- ESL or EFL (670)
- French (517)
- German (178)
- Greek (34)
- Hebrew (62)
- Italian (50)
- Japanese (108)
- Korean (21)
- Latin (65)
- Less Commonly Taught Languages (177)
- Multilingual Resources (203)
- Portuguese (146)
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Journals & Publications
World Languages on the Web
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China Focus: Russian students in China witness vibrant people-to-people exchanges
Oct 19, 2019 07:03 PM PDT
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Global Instructor-led Language Training Market 2019 – Berlitz Languages , Commercial Language ...
Oct 19, 2019 05:10 PM PDT
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How inclusive is the Indian work environment for Persons with Disabilities
Oct 19, 2019 03:30 PM PDT
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RSS does not believe in caste system: ABVP's Sunil Ambekar
Oct 19, 2019 02:56 PM PDT
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Hailiang Education Group (NASDAQ:HLG) Lowered to “Hold” at BidaskClub
Oct 19, 2019 01:17 PM PDT
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NWU Mahikeng confers first Setswana PhD
Oct 19, 2019 12:41 PM PDT
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Zacks Investment Research Downgrades Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) to Hold
Oct 19, 2019 12:30 PM PDT
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Uzo Aduba Says 'Miss Virginia' Character Shows the Power We All Have to Make A Difference
Oct 19, 2019 12:18 PM PDT
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New legal Education Policy
Oct 19, 2019 11:33 AM PDT
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NWU Mahikeng confers first Setswana PhD
Oct 19, 2019 11:22 AM PDT
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Stillwater Area school board looks at expanding Spanish immersion
Oct 19, 2019 10:48 AM PDT
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Carleton University student wins writing award
Oct 19, 2019 09:41 AM PDT
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Online education can be defensive component: Ko
Oct 19, 2019 08:56 AM PDT
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Keeler: When Larry Scott, Pac-12 say CU Buffs' China trip is about education, it's really about the ...
Oct 19, 2019 07:28 AM PDT
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Court moves beyond the past in favouring English
Oct 19, 2019 07:03 AM PDT
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Board of Education looks into Native ways of learning
Oct 19, 2019 05:56 AM PDT
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YouTube Gets 265 Mn Users Per Month in India Due To Growth In Vernacular Content
Oct 19, 2019 05:22 AM PDT
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Popularity of world languages grows at Bozeman High
Oct 19, 2019 03:52 AM PDT
World Langs on Twitter
- SAMR Modell / 4K / MiFd - 3 Modelle zur Erklärung von Digitalisierung in der Schule - Digitalisierung / iPad in der… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 hours ago | lfranklin
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @NBCSWizards @NBCSWashington #rwc2019 #nationalperiodday3 hours ago | lfranklin
- When it comes to migrant integration, language class requirements are shown to be more effective than test requirem… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…8 hours ago | actfl
- Launchpad is returning to #ACTFL19! The fast-paced, Shark Tank-style competition will feature innovative technology… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…10 hours ago | actfl
- What is the value of storytelling in a #worldlanguage class?
Share your story with your #language students by join… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…13 hours ago | actfl
- “I want my kids to be proud of our roots and see it as an asset. It’s not only the cultural pride — it’s a life ski… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…14 hours ago | actfl
- Hammond voices concern PM may be trying to dupe MPs into backing no deal theguardian.com/politics/2019/…1 day ago | lfranklin
- The latest The Laura Franklin Daily! paper.li/lfranklin/1311… Thanks to @purecharts #rwc2019 #alcs1 day ago | lfranklin
- What lessons can be learned from the pedagogical changes in one institution's language program?
Watch Marc Pinheiro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | actfl
- A shout out to @calstate for record graduation rates! #gradinitiative2025 buff.ly/2MsQmFK1 day ago | MERLOTorg