Professional Organizations and Listservs

Web site for the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL)  Advocacy packet, member information, and more. www.nnell.org

OMLTA, (Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association) has links to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish sites.

The ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, has a very useful page, including links to other professional organizations. You can find the online ACTFL Revised Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking and Writing

NECTFL, The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages assists language teachers at all academic levels and enhances the status of languages and language teaching in the eyes of the American public

www.NYSAFLT.org - New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers

CARLA, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition: a new email  list, www.carla.umn.edu

A new Web site, Google Educator,  http://www.google.com/educators/index.html 

 provides links to 11 different technology tools that can supplement classroom instruction. Google Educator offers links to Google Search, Earth, Book Search, Maps, Docs and Spreadsheets, Blogger, Sketch Up, Calendar, Picasa, Personalized Homepage, and Google Apps for Education. These applications rely heavily on visuals and can be incorporated into content instruction for ELLs. Within each of these applications, Google provides lesson plan ideas.

 

Central States Conference For additional information, please contact: Patrick Raven Email: csctfl@aol.com

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Pacific Northwest Council on Languages (PNCFL)

Southern Conference on Language Teaching

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching