Kansas World Language Association
To promote and improve the teaching of world languages and cultures, to provide continuing professional development, and to encourage the spirit of cooperation among world language educators in Kansas.

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National Associations

  • AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics)

  • ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

  • NNELL (National Network of Early Language Learning)

  • MLA (Modern Language Association of America)

  • NCLIS (National Council for Languages and International Studies)

  • LCTL (Less Commonly Taught Languages Project--University of Minnesota)

  • CASLT (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers)

  • CIEE (Council on International Cultural Exchange)

  • ADFL (Association of Departments of Foreign Languages)

    • NADSFL (National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages)

  • NCBE (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education)

  • NCSSFL (National Council of State Supervisors For Languages

    • Alpha Mu Gamma (National Collegiate Honor Society, organizer of National Foreign Language Week)

  • TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
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    National Foreign Language Resource Centers

    LRC Language Resource Centers group page

    CAL Center for Applied Linguistics (non-profit private organization based in Washington, D.C.)

    CALPER Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (Pennsylvania State University)

    CARLA Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (University of Minnesota) to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign language effectively

    CASLS Center for Applied Second Language Studies (University of Oregon, Eugene) in the forefront of developing on-line assessments

    CeLCAR Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (Indiana University) teaching Azeri, Pashto, Uzbeck, etc.

    CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Research (Michigan State University )

    LARC (Language Acquisition Resource Center (San Diego State University)

    Linguist's Network Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

    NCLRC National Capitol Language Resource Center (Georgetown University, Center of Applied Linguistics, and George Washington University) to improve the teaching and learning of languages

    NEALRC National East Asian Language Resource Center (Ohio State University)

    NFLRC National Foreign Language Resource Center (University of Hawaii - Manoa) teaching and learning of the less commonly-taught languages of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, drawing on institutional strengths in the teaching of these languages at the University of Hawaii as well as in the disciplines of applied linguistics, ESL, and second language acquisition.

    NALRC National African Language Resource Center (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

    National K-12 Language Resource Center (at Iowa State) teacher action research, effective teaching strategies, performance assessments, and new technologies

    NMELRC National Middle East Language Resource Center (Brigham Young University)

    SALRC South Asia Language Resource Center (University of Chicago)

    SEELRC Slavic and East European Language Resource Center (at Duke)

     

    Regional Associations

    CSC (Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

    MIDTESOL (Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages)

    NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)

    PNCFL (Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages)

    SCOLT (Southern Conference on Language Teaching)

    SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association)

    SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association)

    SWCOLT (Southwest Conference on Language Teaching)


    State Associations

    Language-specific Associations

    African Languages

    ALTA(African Languages Teachers Association)

    NALRC (National African Language Resource Center)

    Arabic

    AATA (American Association of Teachers of Arabic)

    Cantonese/
    Chinese


    CLA     (Cantonese Language Association)

    NEALRC (National East Asian Language Resource Center)

    Classical Languages

    ACL (American Classical League)

    (Greek, Latin)

    CAC (Classical Association of Canada)

    French

    AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)

    AQEFLS (L'Association des enseignantes et des enseignants de français langue seconde in Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Women in French/Le Foyer WIF (discussion group on gender issues in French associated with MLA)

    German

    AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

    Italian

    		 AATI (American Association Teachers of Italian)

    Japanese

    ATJ (American Teachers of Japanese)
    NCJLT(National Council of Japanese Language Teachers)

    Russian and Slavic Languages

    AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages)

    SEELRC (Slavic and East European Language Resource Center)

    Russian Language and Literature Organizations

    ACTR (American Council on the Teaching of Russian--collaborative site)

    Spanish

    		 AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese)

    Less commonly taught

    NFLRC languages of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific

    CeLCAR languages of Central Asia

    SALRC languages of South Asia

    Technical Associations

    CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium)

    IALL (International Association for Language Learning Technologies)

    ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)

     

     

     

     

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    This page last updated on August 21, 2007 .
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