Advocacy Information
National and Regional Representation
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Your Voice at Regional and National Conferences
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Your voice is heard at the state, regional, and national levels. Throughout the year, FLANC is represented at meetings and conferences in North Carolina and beyond by official delegates, presenters, and attendees. FLANC
is an affiliate of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL), the Southern Conference on Language Teaching
(SCOLT), and the Joint National Committee for Languages and National
Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS).
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American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)
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FLANC
President, Karen Tharrington, along with many members of the FLANC
Board represented FLANC at the annual conference of SCOLT in Orlando, FL, in February 2006.
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Svetlana Yokum, German teacher at Durham Technical Community College and Debbie Crone-Blevins, Spanish teacher at Shelby High School,
received SCOLT Scholarships which enabled them to study abroad and
experience the culture during the summer of 2004 for two weeks.
Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS)
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Cathie
Hodges (Executive Director of the Alliance for Language Learning), A.
Carolyn Wright (FLANC Advocacy Chair and Past President), represented
FLANC at the annual JNCL-NCLIS Legislative Day and Delegates Assembly
in May 2005 in Washington, DC. During the
event, delegates were able to meet with members of the US House of
Representatives and the US Senate to discuss and increase awareness of
various foreign language issues.
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JNCL-NCLIS is your foreign language advocate in Washington, DC.
and serves the profession by monitoring national educational policy and
promoting language learning and international studies at all levels.
Carolyn Wright, Cathie Hodges and Audrey Heining-Boynton (ACTFL President) meet with
Senator Aaron Burr during the JNCL Legislative Day in May 2005.
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Effective Advocacy
Become an Effective Advocate for Foreign Languages
Advocacy begins with you!
**Foreign Language Assistance Program grant at risk of being eliminated**
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Press
release from Representative John Boehner (R-OH), Chairman of the House
Education and the Workforce Committee, regarding legislation he
introduced last week. HR-4018, the Setting
Priorities in Spending Act, would provide "relief" for the victims of
Hurricane Katrina by eliminating fourteen education programs of
"questionable value". Two of the programs, Foreign Language Assistance
Program and Star Schools, are of considerable importance and unquestionable value to foreign languages and international studies.
The
President and the House Leadership have already attempted to eliminate
these valuable education programs by requesting zero funding. HR 4018
would go further to actually eliminate the programs' existence not just
their funding.
Please write, e-mail or call your Representative to express our strong opposition to HR 4018
and its elimination of important education programs. These programs
exist because they have not been supported elsewhere and they do have a
proven and successful track record.
This
is an important opportunity for us to make ourselves heard. Please
take a few minutes to exercise your civic duty to communicate with your
Member of Congress.
The press release may also be accessed at http://johnboehner.house.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=1030 .
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www.languagepolicy.org
Advocacy Resources
Resources
o The Balanced Curriculum: A Guiding Document for Scheduling and Implementation of the North Carolina
o Standard Course of Study at the Elementary Level. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Copyright November 2003. To download, go to http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/downloads/balancedcurriculum.pdf
o “The Complete Curriculum: Ensuring a Place for the Arts and Foreign Languages in America's Schools,” the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), http://www.nasbe.org/Front_Page/Press_Release.html To order, call 1-800-220-5183. The cost is $14.00 plus shipping/handling.
Brochures/Pamphlets/Posters
- A
free parent brochure, "Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a
Second Language?" prepared by ERIC/CLL, may be downloaded from ERIC’s
Web page at: http://www.eric.ed.gov/resources/parent/language.html
- Brochure: “Foreign Language in Elementary Schools: Working Group Recommendations from a Symposium Held on March 3-4, 2002. Sponsored by the SIU Public Policy Institute, Director: Paul Simon, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4429 Phone: (618) 453-4009, Fax: (618) 453-7800, E-mail: siuppi@siu.edu
Brochures may be requested in limited quantities from the Public Policy Institute.
- Brochure:
“Foreign Languages: The Road to Success in a Global World,
Information for School Counselors,” Public Schools of North Carolina; State Board of Education: Jay Robinson, Chairman; Department of Public Instruction: Michael Ward, State Superintendent.
- Brochure: “Why Learn Another Language? Knowing Other Languages Brings Opportunities.” Modern Language Association, 10 Astor Place, New York, New York 10003-6981. Copies
(up to 20) of this brochure may be obtained at no charge by writing the
Office of Foreign Language Programs of the Modern Language Association
(MLA) at flbrochure@mla.org or may be downloaded and printed from the Web site of the Association of the Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) at: www.adfl.org
- Poster: "Uncle Sam Wants You...To Learn a Foreign Language" To obtain information regarding the poster, visit: www.learnlanguage.org Permission
to use the 2002 World Series program's "Uncle Sam Wants You...To Learn
a Foreign Language" is granted if CSM Group, Inc., the poster’s
publisher, is given credit and recipients are not charged for the
re-creation.
Articles
- “Tongues Untied,” Editors, Boston Sunday Globe, Boston, MA, Nov. 11, 2001.
- “American Doesn’t Know What the World Is Saying,” Dennis Baron, Editorial/Op-Ed, The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2001,
- “Beef Up the Country’s Foreign Language Skills,” Former Senator Paul Simon, Washington Post, Oct. 23, 2001, p. A23.
- "Why Language Learning Matters," Myriam Met, Educational Leadership, October 2001, p. 36-40
- “Foreign
Language Teaching: What We Can Learn from Other Countries,”
Ingrid Pufahl, Nancy Rhodes & Donna Christian, Learning Languages, Winter 2001,Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 4-13.
- “What Teachers Need to Know about Language: ERIC/CLL Special Project,” Learning Languages, Winter 2001,Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 3.
- Foreign Language: Education for a Global Tomorrow, NASSP Bulletin, January 2000, Vol. 84, No. 612. This is a publication of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. For copies, write to NASSP, 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191; or phone, (703) 860-0200, to order this single copy of the Bulletin. Single copies are $12.00 each for members and $15.00 each for non-members of NASSP.
- “Advocacy for Early Language Education: A School Board Presentation,” Virginia Gramer, Learning Languages, Spring 1999,Vol. 4, No. 3, p. 4-8.
- “Learning a Second Language: Exposing Your Child to a New World of Words Boosts Her Brainpower, Vocabulary, and Self-esteem,” Lynne S. Dumas, Child, Feb. 1999, pp. 72,74, 76-77
- “Learning a Second Language: What Parents Need to Know,” National PTA Magazine, Aug./Sept. 1998, pp. 32-33
- “Learning a Language,” Jennifer Reid Holman, Better Homes and Gardens, January 1998, pp.41, 43
- NBC Dateline, Friday, November 28, 1997. Program on the brain and the importance of early language learning. Call 800-777-8398, for a complete transcript of the segment or call 800-420-2626 to determine if video copy is available.
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