Language Teachers Create Two New Organizations to Promote Bilingualism: What is Heritage Language? What is Dual Language?
Check them out! The Heritage Language Coop (http://hlc.uic.edu) was established through the initiative of Dr. Kim Potowski, Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Spanish for Heritage Speakers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
MULTILINGUAL LIVING MAGAZINE available online
Film: "Speaking in Tongues"
Speaking in Tongues is a film about bilingualism. The producers have expanded their scope to document the experience not only of children learning Cantonese but also English learners in a Spanish immersion program and African American students in San Francisco's first Mandarin immersion program.
ACTFL is recruiting speakers of specific critical languages
ACTFL has been contracted by the Defense Language Institute to provide proficiency testing support. This project is part of a greater initiative to increase the U.S. government's ability to provide accurate and reliable testing in a number of essential languages for government agencies.
What do businesses say about languages?
Click here for an interesting and lively list of quotes from important individuals in the business world.
What languages are spoken where in the United States?
Ever wonder what languages are spoken in your county or zip code? The Modern Language Assocation can help you find out! Go to http://www.mla.org/map_single
