ACTFL periodically seeks outside funding to support a variety of projects to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the United States.  In addition to involvement in the projects listed above other initiatives include:

• New Visions in Action, a process begun in 1998 by the the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at Iowa State University. New Visions in Action seeks to identify and implement the actions necessary to revamp the language education system so that it can more effectively achieve the important goal of language proficiency for all students. New Visions in Action advocates that all students have the opportunity for and access to quality language instruction regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, or gender. A survey was recenly completed that was seeking to gauge whether there is professional consensus on important criteria for defining well-articulated curriculum, effective instructional strategies, valid and reliable assessment practices, and exemplary professional development, recruitment, and retention programs.  Results are available on the New Visions in Action website at http://nflrc.iastate.edu/nva/. (Click "New Visions in Action Survey Results" from the home page)
  
• learninglanguages.org, a collaborative Web site that helps users explore, learn, promote, apply and make contacts related to learning other languages.  

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
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Alexandria, VA 22314
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