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Calendar of FL Events for CLTA and affiliated organizations.
Foreign Language Teachers and English Learner Authorization
Must foreign language teachers get English learner authorization? Find the answer here.
President Bush Brings Languages Front and Center
The Bush Administration has made a significant commitment to bolstering language education initiatives in the United States. For a description of the President's speech, click here to go to the ACTFL website.
Governor Schwarzenegger Highlights the Importance of Investing in Children's After-School Safety and Education
Governor unveils plans to provide academic support in mathematics, science, language arts, social science, history and computer science, in addition to fine arts and physical fitness activities. CLTA wonders why world languages aren't included.
Articles on
Foreign Language Policy
The National Council for Languages and International Studies (NCLIS) endorses the study of world languages. See article, "Languages
in the National Interest."
From the Asia Society
"Expanding
Chinese-Language Capacity in the United States." What
would it take to have 5% of high school students learning Chinese
by 2015? (downloadable PDF file)
"Amid
Growing Interest U. S. Schools Unprepared to Meet National Demand
for Chinese Language Instruction." (downloadable PDF file)
From the Teachers of English
to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) "Position
Statement for Visa Issues for International Students and Educators."
(Downloadable PDF file)
Foreign Languages Are
NCLB Core Subjects.
The No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (Reauthorization
of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1994) states,
in Title IX General Provisions, Part A, Definitions, Number 11:
"CORE ACADEMIC SUBJECTS-
The term core academic subjects means English, reading or language
arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages [emphasis
added], civics and government, economics, arts, history, and
geography." See the U. S. Department of Education's Web
site http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html
for the complete
text of NCLB.
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