Welcome to FLANC!

It is the mission of the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina to promote opportunities for all students from kindergarten through post graduate studies to develop a high level of competence in at least one language in addition to their own; to provide leadership, support and service to those committed to language learning; and to coordinate the efforts of all those involved in education to make language learning in programs of excellence a reality for all.

June 8, 2009
FLANC Conference Registration now open
Register now for the fall conference, September 24-26th at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel.  

May 6, 2009
Congratulations Jessica Garner - North Carolina Teacher of the Year!
Spanish teacher and FLANC Assistant Treasurer named Teacher of the Year!  Read more about it here. 

April 6, 2009
Proposals now being accepted for the 43rd Annual FLANC Conference
"Preparing 21st Century Citizens".  Submit your workshop or session proposal by May 1, 2009. 

January 29, 2009
No plans for Springtime in Paris?  Join us in New Bern for our first Spring Conference!
"Engaging All Students" -  Professional Development, Collegiality and Fun on Saturday, March 21st at the Sheraton in New Bern.  Register here.

January 26, 2009
FLANC Awards
The deadline for nominations is March 15th.  Please consider nominating an outstanding teacher, organization, or College student.  See awards page for details.

November 30, 2008
ACTFL Conference in Orlando
Congratulations Carmen Scoggins for representing North Carolina as one of five finalists for ACTFL Teacher of the Year.  We love you!

November 28, 2008
NCLRC Call for papers
For more information or to submit a proposal, please visit http://nclrc.org/lte2009

October 11, 2008
FLANC 08 - Taking Flight, Languages for Life
The FLANC conference was a great success - special thanks to Program Chair, Peter Floyd, and the board for a weekend full of professional development, raffle, food and fun!  Please be sure to fill out an evaluation form when you receive the email as it helps us plan for future conferences.  Winners of the postcard contest are now on display online.

August 6, 2008
In Memoriam: Diane Fagin Adler  
On May 9, 2008, Past President Diane Adler passed away after a fight against lung cancer.  Diane had a well-deserved reputation as a master teacher, with students flocking to study the French language with her before continuing on as majors and minors. Diane served as President of FLANC (2001-2003) and was an integral part in the creation of Project C.A.F.E.  Diane’s highly successful career was widely recognized and honored. She was named ‘Teacher of the Year’ by both the AATF-NC Chapter in 2005 and by FLANC in 1999.  Diane shared her love of all things French with the students she took to Lille, France as part of our summer study abroad program. In fact, one of her greatest pleasures was seeing what an impact travel or study abroad in France had on her students' lives. In her honor, her family has created the Diane Fagin Adler Francophile Scholarship, which will be used to support one outstanding French student each year for a study abroad experience in France*.

*Donation information on the Diane Fagin Adler Francophile Scholarship can be found here: http://sa.ncsu.edu/fl/giving.htm

History
Founded in 1967, the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina has developed into one of the largest and most active state language associations in the country. With over 700 members, FLANC represents the professional interest of educators and administrators from the elementary grades through the university level.

Goals
In order to accomplish the mission, FLANC’s has set the following goals:

• Improve public awareness and support of foreign language learning.
• Facilitate cooperation among organizations directly concerned with language learning.
• Facilitate communication among teachers, educators, parents, program administrators and policy makers.
• Disseminate information and guidelines to assist in achieving programs of a high standard of excellence.
• Advocate language learning experiences for all students regardless of race, ethnic origin, socio-economic status, home language and future economic goals.
• Encourage the development of programs that allow children to begin language learning in kindergarten and continue the language in a long, well-articulated sequence of carefully developed curriculum that provides a multicultural, multilingual perspective for every student.

Other Information
Additionally, in past years FLANC has co-sponsored the International Conference on Second Language Acquisition by Children and the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (http://www.scolt.net/). It has provided funding and support for the Alliance for Language Learning (http://www.allianceforlanguagelearning.org), the Invitational Institute on National Standards (http://www.actfl.org/) sponsored by the National Network for Early Language Learning (http://nnell.org/) and Project CAFÉ (jgarrison@wcpss.net) Calling All Future Educators.

FLANC strives to provide a beneficial annual fall conference dealing with national and state second language issues as well as practical classroom topics.  In the spring, educators have the opportunity to participate in FLANC's regional workshops.