The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the United States Department of State and arranges direct one-to-one classroom exchanges to over thirty countries for teachers at the elementary, secondary, two-year, and four-year college levels. Administrators can participate in six-week shadowing experiences in nine different countries.

The U.S. Department of State sponsors the National Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program for American high school students ages 15-18 to study critical languages overseas for a summer (6 weeks) or an academic year (9 - 11 months). Languages include Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Persian, Korean, Turkish, and Russian. NSLI-Y provides full, merit-based scholarships for language study. Formal language classes are complemented by cultural activities which immerse participants in the local language and culture. Most programs include homestays. No previous language proficiency required.

For additional information, please contact: Carol Radomski
Email: radomskica@state.gov

A listing of Spanish language schools in the U.S and abroad. Programs include early childhood learning and continuing education.

TIRF, The International Research Foundation for English Language Education, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to generate new knowledge about English language teaching and learning. TIRF plans to apply research findings to practical language problems by working collaboratively with teachers, researchers, authors, publishers, philanthropic foundations, government agencies, and major companies.

TIRF’s vision is that in the 21st century, personal and social value accrues to individuals who are proficient in English and in some additional language. Therefore, TIRF’s mission embodies four major goals:

-To implement a research and development program that will generate new knowledge and inform and improve the quality of English language teaching and learning; -To promote the application of research to practical language problems; -To collect, organize, and disseminate information and research on the teaching and learning of language; and -To influence the formation and implementation of appropriate language education policies, recognizing the importance of indigenous languages and cultures worldwide, and of English as an international language.

For additional information, please contact: Ryan Damerow
Email: tirfonline@gmail.com

This is the main organization for all less commonly taught languages

For additional information, please contact: Antonia Schleicher
Email: ayschlei@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-7903

Resource for teachers and students of Russian. Includes an extensive series of free, online language learning modules!

For additional information, please contact: Ken Petersen
Email: kpeter@actr.org
Phone: 202-833-7522 ext. 230.

For additional information, please contact: Leslie Conery
Email: lconery@iste.org
Phone: 800-302-5191

Foreign Language Teaching Forum -- discussion list w/more than 4200 members in over 60 countries, discussing issues dealing w/FL learning and instruction.

For additional information, please contact: Jean LeLoup
Email: leloupj@cortland.edu
Phone: 607-753-2022

For additional information, please contact: Janice Siegel
Email: jfsiege@ilstu.edu
Phone: 309-438-3583

LATINTEACH is an online e-mail discussion forum for Latin teachers. The discussion list is sponsored by the American Classical League. The goal of Latinteach is to provide a meeting place for Latin teachers to share ideas about pedagogy, teaching methodology, techniques and strategies. Participants may also feel free to share news and links of interest to Latin teachers. Brief messages about potential job postings and available candidates are also considered relevant to the list.

Latinteach is a place for teachers to come and get positive ideas so that we can all be better teachers!

For additional information, please contact: Sharon Kazmierski
Email: latinteach@latinteach.com

Ñandutí is your resource on foreign language learning in grades K-8. Ñandu, a listserv for school district personnel, superintendents, teachers, college and university teacher educators, and parents, is sponsored by the Improving Foreign Language Instruction project of the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory At Brown University (LAB) and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

For additional information, please contact: Ingrid Pufahl
Email: ingrid@cal.org

For additional information, please contact: BJ Bryant
Email: office@aaee.org
Phone: 614.485.1111

Mutlilingual Phrase dictionaries are very useful to (especially multilingual) language students, but very rare.

Input a keyword(s) and see typical related phrases translated simultaneously into French, Spanish, Italian and German.

Our page is not only unique, but contains over 50,000 phrases covering a vast range of topics, translated simultaneously into English, French, Italian, Spanish & Italian. This is our own proprietary database and FREE TO USE by ACTFL's visitors.

For additional information, please contact: Johl Garling
Email: jgarling@eurocosm.com

Free resouces for students, teachers, and lovers of French, including lessons, quizzes, sound files, cultural information, dictionaries, and linguistics.

This site provides conjugations, translations and online testing of over 4000 french and english verbs could be of use to students of both languages.

A website to help promote language learning: Reasons to learn a foreign language, Tips for learning foreign language, Careers in foreign languages, How to find local language resources, Information about language learning in the United States, Studying abroad, and more. The site is valuable for instructors and students alike. Information and materials for individual languages are also available.

For additional information, please contact:
Email: feedback@vistawide.com

Everything needed for MELAB, MELICET, MTELP and ECPE (Michigan Proficiency) success. Practice tests, free e-book and vacabulary exercises.

For additional information, please contact: Todd Pekel
Email: toddpekel@gmail.com
Phone: 302310200474

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is launching a new initiative, the Language Learner Registry (LLR), an on-line registry of language learners - all languages - all levels of proficiency. This registry will be part of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Tester Training program.

The benefits for the language learner registered in the database are:

Registry members are paid $25 each time they are interviewed for a practice test by a Tester Trainee during a Tester Training Workshop.

Registry members have the opportunity to request a milestone test for themselves twice a year as a means of monitoring their own language learning progress. (There is no $25 payment for registry member requested tests.)

Interested individuals will register themselves into the Language Learner Registry this LLR website, will be responsible for updating their contact information if that changes, and will be communicated with directly when practice tests need to be scheduled in their language.

Hedayet Institute is a language institute teaching Arabic as a foreign language as well as related subjects. Established in 1995 it is situated in the green Maadi area in Cairo-Egypt. It has total immersion and study abroad programmes. It also small group non -intensive language classes and tutorials. Most of our instructors have their MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) and are experienced in this field. Language instruction is combined with rigorous cultural activities that togethr enhance Arabic proficiency of HIAS students. Short and long terms of study are offered all the year round. The director of HIAS is one of the first certified OPI tester in Arabic by ACTFL in 1992.

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) is the government's premier provider of foreign language training. A landmark institution since 1941 when Japanese-American Soldiers were first trained to become translators and interpreters in WWII, DLIFLC has transformed several times and today teaches 24 languages with courses lasting from 26 to 64 weeks, depending on the difficulty of the language. As the need for military language acquisition has increased, so has the budget and quality of products to support the Warrior Linguist. There are numerous useful web-based materials available to linguists and the general public. Products can be ordered by going to www.dliflc.edu

The International Center in New York is a nonprofit English-language and cultural education school located in New York City. We offer over 45 discussion and lecture classes each week, as well as practical skills workshops, social and cultural activities, and the city's largest one-to-one ESOL program. Each year, over 2,500 international students, business people, immigrants and other English-language learners come to the International Center to improve their English, learn about American culture and make friends from around the world.

The OSU K-12 Chinese Flagship Program cooperates with partners in Ohio and other states to establish effective Chinese language programs for schools by developing three sectors of resources: curriculum, teacher training, and technology. We are working to create the capacity in Ohio schools to establish language programs that lead to solid communication skills in Mandarin Chinese, in both spoken and written media.

For additional information, please contact: Kun Shi
Email: shi.7@osu.edu
Phone: 614-292-0460

American Association of Teachers of Persian (AATP)
Founded in 1989. Annual dues: $25 per year. AATP is a nonprofit, nonpolitical professional organization, whose objectives are to advance and improve the study and teaching of Persian language, to promote research in the field of Persian language, linguistics, and literature; to further the common interests of teachers in the field; and to facilitate communication and professional cooperation among its members.

This is the main web site for the American Council of Teachers of Russian. It offers information about exchange programs, job opportunities and publications.

For additional information, please contact: Ken Petersen
Email: kpeter@actr.org
Phone: 202-833-7222 ext. 230.

The Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA Inc.) is the national professional body representing teachers of all languages in Australia. The term Œmodern¹ is used for historical reasons and is not intended to exclude any language. The AFMLTA believes that there is value in all language learning and is accordingly interested in promoting the teaching and learning of any language (ancient, modern, Œcommunity¹, Aboriginal, traditional, international, European, Asian or other).

For additional information, please contact: Matthew Absalom
Email: editor@afmlta.asn.au

The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT) was established in 1970 and has evolved from a small organization of volunteers dedicated to supporting second language teachers into a multi-level organization. These second languages encompass both official and international languages.

For additional information, please contact: Loretta Garcia Williams
Email: lwillia@pisd.edu
Phone: (972) 519-8196

For additional information, please contact: Claire Bartlett
Email: bartlett@rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-6156

For additional information, please contact: Johanna Watzinger-Tharp
Email: j.tharp@utah.edu
Phone: 801 587 9285

For additional information, please contact: Mary Ann Lyman-Hager
Email: mlymanha@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-5480

we are one of the new NLRCs funded in August 2002

For additional information, please contact: Gabriela Appel
Email: gxa9@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-3360

For additional information, please contact: Patrick Raven
Email: csctfl@aol.com

The Southeast Chinese Language Association (SECLA) serves as a forum for Confucius Institutes, Confucius Classrooms, and Chinese language educators to share experience, exchange ideas, and improve the practice and teaching pedagogy.

For additional information, please contact: David Liu
Email: zliu@presby.edu

The International Association for Language Learning Technology, established in 1965. IALLT is an ACTFL affiliate organization whose members provide leadership in the development, integration, evaluation and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture.

For additional information, please contact: Charles E. Long
Email: clong@choate.edu

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education, this program enables students who have limited financial means to participate in study abroad opportunities worldwide. The program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen undergraduate students at two- and four-year institutions to pursue semester or academic-year long study opportunities in other countries. To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba. For more information, application deadlines and the online application please access the Gilman Program website at www.iie.org/gilman.

For additional information, please contact: Sarah Phillips
Email: gilman@iie.org
Phone: (713) 621-6300 ext. 25.

The Mixxer is a site hosted by Dickinson College for language learners and teachers to find a language partner for a language exchange via Skype. Please update your urls to www.language-exchanges.org.

For additional information, please contact: Todd Bryant
Email: bryantt@dickinson.edu
Phone: 717-254-8941

Teaching Foreign Languages streamed videos, guides and web sites for teacher professional development and preservice education. French in Action, Destinos and Fokus Deutsch videos for language learning.

For additional information, please contact: Michele McLeod
Email: mmcleod@learner.org
Phone: 202-783-0500 ext. 102.

German Language Search Engine

Spanish Language Search Engine

French Language Search Engine

Japanese Language Search Engine

A comprehensive directory of all major U.S. universities and colleges. Includes information about history, academics, unique programs, student life, student statistics, admissions, athletics, and the local community for each school.

For additional information, please contact: Dominik
Email: contact@stateuniversity.com

We host both a spring (in March) as well as a fall (in October)conference

For additional information, please contact: Mohamed Esa
Email: mesa@wmdc.edu
Phone: (410)857-2462

For additional information, please contact: Marina Peters-Newell
Email: mpnewell@unm.edu
Phone: (505) 277-0525

For additional information, please contact: Michelle Macy
Email: mmacy@tempest.coedu.usf.edu
Phone: 813-974-4879

KWLA, JCPS Gheens Academy, 4425 Preston Hwy., Louisville, KY 40213

For additional information, please contact:
Email: info@kwla-online.org
Phone: (502) 485-3054

The listing for FLAVA in the "State Organizations" needs to be updated to flavaweb.org, please. (The listing for FLAVA in the YOL is correct). Many thanks. N Jones Advocacy Chair, FLAVA

For additional information, please contact: Norah Jones
Email: njones@cambridge.org
Phone: 434-944-5646

For additional information, please contact: Vernon LaCour
Email: vernon.lacour@mgccc.edu
Phone: 228 897-3790

Please correct our URL.

Connecting to the World through Languages.

PLEASE NOTE: Although the address you have, ofla-online.COM, will work, the Association prefers to utilize ofla-online.ORG, as it more appropriately represents the status of the association.

If you could update the link on your page (http://actfl.org/i4a/links/edit.cfm), it would be much appreciated.

- David Sherrod OFLA Website Consultant

Contact: Dr. Jacqueline Van Houten, Curriculum Division, 500 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY 40601

For additional information, please contact: Sherry Kramer
Email: KramerSA@state.mi.us
Phone: 517-373-7248

For additional information, please contact: Karen Paschal
Phone: 614-728-3471

Click on "Board Policies," and then click on "Policy 2520" to view frameworks document.

875 Montreal Way
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Ph: (651) 290-2800
Fx: (651) 290-2828

For additional information, please contact:
Email: educate@emcp.com

8787 Orion Place
Columbus OH 43240
Ph: 1-800-2MC-GRAW

10 Davis Dr
Belmont, CA 94002
Ph: (617) 348-8128
Fx: (617) 426-4379

Austin, TX 78759
Ph: (512) 721-7807
Toll-Free: (800) 992-1627
Fx: (512) 721-7833

For additional information, please contact: Nancy Lattin
Email: nlattin@hrw.com

909 Davis St
Evanston, IL 60201
Ph: (847) 424-3222
Toll-Free: (800) 323-4068
Fx: (847) 424-3424

For additional information, please contact:
Email: lori_diaz@hmco.com

One Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Ph: (201) 236-7000
Toll-Free: (800) 848-9500

10 Whitewood Ln
N Branford, CT 06471
Ph: (203) 315-5529
Toll-Free: (800) 686-7669
Fx: (203) 481-4870

For additional information, please contact:
Email: sales@sansinc.com

2105 NW 86th Ave
Miami, FL 33122
Ph: (305) 591-9522
Toll-Free: (800) 245-8485
Fax: (888) 248-9518

For additional information, please contact:
Email: customerservice@santillanausa.com

31 St James St
Boston, MA 02116
Ph: (617) 426-4910
Toll-Free: (800) 618-7375
Fx: (617) 426-5215

For additional information, please contact:
Email: acozzaglio@vistahigherlearning.com