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Language Learning for Children

Mission

The Language Learning for Children (LLC) Special Interest Group of ACTFL will promote and support early language programs in the U.S.A. through advocacy, networking and articulation.  The SIG will assist in the following ways:

  1. Provide a networking system within the organization that would enhance ACTFL's advocacy for early language learning at the local, state and national levels.
  2. Coalesce support for early language learning within the existing membership through articulation Pre-K to 16.
  3. Provide services such as ACTFL Conference workshops, news items in the SIG Corner of Foreign Language Annals
  4. Heighten the importance of early language learning by setting up a structure within ACTFL to reach out to other early language learning organizations.

Officers

Co-Chair: Patricia Davis-Wiley
Co-Chair: Jo Sanders
Past Co-Chair: Teresa Kennedy
Past Co-Chair: Jennifer Eddy
Secretary/Treasurer: Jennifer Pedersen

Read SIG business meeting minutes. Access the LLC SIG Online Community eGroup. View links of interest to LLC SIG members.

Membership

If you are already a member of ACTFL and wish to join the Language Learning for Children SIG, contact us.  ACTFL membership includes one free SIG; individuals may join additional SIGs for $5 per year per SIG.

For additional information on Membership, please contact:

Jaime Bernstein
ACTFL SIGS
1001 N. Fairfax St., Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314

What Our Members Are Saying

ACTFL’s membership is a crucial element of my professional toolbox. As an educator, author, parent, consultant, and language learning advocate, ACTFL’s forward-moving vision and inclusive approach provide me with the knowledge, resources and networking opportunities that I need to expand my horizons and advance in my career. I feel that I belong to a community that works together towards a common goal.

Ana Lomba, Preschool Languages Specialist