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Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)

CAL is a private nonprofit organization: a group of scholars and educators who use the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying and addressing language-related problems. CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.

Concordia Language Villages

An internationally recognized and respected world language and culture education program, it has an annual enrollment in weekend and summer programs reaching 9,000. Concordia Language Villages draws young people from every state and several countries. Villagers may choose from 12 world language summer camps, all located in northern Minnesota: Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, or Swedish. It offers teacher-training programs on weekends and in the summer.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World

Ethnologue is a comprehensive catalog of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Index organizes languages according to language families.

Foreign Language Teaching Forum (FLTEACH)

The forum is an integrated service for foreign language teachers including this site, the email listserv Academic Discussion List, and the FLTEACH Gopher at the State University of New York College at Cortland. Topics include foreign language teaching methods, school/college articulation, training of student teachers, classroom activities, curriculum, and syllabus design.

Language Links

The University of Wisconsin Language Links Web site is organized by over 14 language groups including African languages, French, German, Spanish, Asian languages, Italian, Portuguese, and many more.

National Council for Languages and International Studies
4646 40th Street NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20016-1859, (202) 966-8477; fax, (202) 966-8310; email: info@languagepolicy.org

This advocacy organization is a membership group supported by a large and impressive number of precollege and collegiate language and education groups. Their site updates members on current congressional action and legislation and suggests ways to influence policy makers to expand and improve language and international opportunities for U.S. students.

National Foreign Language Resource Centers

Funded through the United States Department of Education (USDE), National Foreign Language Resource Centers are established at nine campuses around the United States. They support a number of coordinated programs of research; training; development; and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning, and assessment. The role of the centers is to improve the nation’s capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively.

For questions about this information, contact Gerhard Fischer (608) 267-9265

Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:42:44 PM