[lg policy] US: New documents for World Language educators

[Harold Schiffman]

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The URL is:   http://www.nflc.org/pubcatalog



The publications listed there are:

The Teachers We Need
Transforming World Language Education in the United States

Ingold, C. W., & Wang, S. C. (2010). College Park, MD:
National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland.
http://www.nflc.org/sites/default/files/publications/the_teachers_we_need.pdf

The Teachers We Need
Resource Guide to Developing Linguistic and Cultural Competency in the
United States

This Resource Guide to Developing Linguistic and Cultural Competency
in the United States is a companion to the White Paper, The Teachers
We Need: Transforming World Language Education in the United States.
The guide includes a variety of resources to support American
educators in implementing effective World Language education and
transforming the World Language teacher supply system to meet 21st
century needs. Among the resources that the guide brings together are
summaries of research studies demonstrating the benefits of world
language study, survey results, examples of best practices, and
established standards and assessment tools specific to the field of
world language education. Also included are tools for advocacy and
information regarding examples of support for language students,
teachers, and program heads.
http://www.nflc.org/publications/the_teachers_we_need_Resource_Guide.pdf

Building the Foreign Language Capacity We Need:
Toward a Comprehensive Strategy for a National Language Framework

Frederick 
H.
 Jackson, 
National
 Foreign 
Language
 Center,
University 
of
 Maryland
Margaret 
E.
 Malone,
 Center
 for
 Applied 
Linguistics
http://www.nflc.org/publications/Building_The_Foreign_Language_Capacity_We_Need










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