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ACTFL Achieves Milestone of 1,000 Certified ACTFL OPI Testers - 04/25/2016

WHITE PLAINS, NY – The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is proud to announce that as of April 22, 2016, the number of currently certified ACTFL OPI Testers has reached 1,000. This is the first time in the certification program’s 34-year history that this has been achieved. The growth of the network of Testers to 1,000 today represents a doubling of the number from just 5 years ago and includes Testers located throughout the world in 34 languages.

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ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative Submissions, Professional Award Nominations Now Open - 03/24/2016

ARLINGTON, VA — ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative submissions and Professional Award nominations are now open. The deadline to apply is May 28, 2016.

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Mike Walsh to Keynote ACTFL 2016 in Boston - 03/24/2016

ARLINGTON, VA — Author and innovator Mike Walsh will kick off ACTFL 2016 with a keynote speech at the Opening General Session on Friday, November 18 on “The Language Factor: Impacting the Future.” Walsh is CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing business for the 21st century advising leaders on how to thrive in this era of disruptive technological change.

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ACTFL Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with University of Guadalajara - 03/17/2016

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO — On Sunday, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) announced a strategic international partnership to expand and enhance foreign language collaboration at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. ACTFL and the Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CUCSH) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation initiating a new educational alliance to support academic research, new language assessments, and professional development workshops for language instructors at the University.

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ACTFL Announces 2016 National Language Teacher of the Year - 11/20/2015

San Diego, CA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is pleased to announce the 2016 National Language Teacher of the Year has been awarded to Edward Zarrow, a Latin teacher at Westwood High School in Westwood, MA, and a member of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECFTL). The award presentation was held during the Opening General Session of the 2015 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo in San Diego, CA.

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New Alliance Aims to Increase the Number of World Languages Students Taught by National Board Certified Teachers - 11/20/2015

ARLINGTON, VA — The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) are pleased to announce an alliance that will, in the future, enable the National Board to expand National Board Certification to teachers of world languages other than French and Spanish.

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ACTFL to Announce Recipient of 2016 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Award at Annual Convention in San Diego - 10/05/2015

Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will announce the recipient of its annual ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Award at its Annual Convention in San Diego next month. The finalists representing the five geographic regions of the U.S. are:

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2015-16 Research Priorities Project Recipients - 08/31/2015

Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Research Priorities Project is designed to support empirical research on six priority areas that are currently critical to improving language education. Each project either initiates a new research study, supports/expands a study under way, or explores an emerging research area that is connected to one or more Research Priority areas. The research grants are funded by ACTFL and the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers’ Association (NFMLTA) and the Modern Language Journal (MLJ).

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ACTFL ED Appointed to AAAS Commission to Conduct National Study on Language Learning - 07/30/2015

Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), represented by its Executive Director, Marty Abbott, will participate in the newly formed American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) Commission on Language Learning, a national effort to examine the current state of U.S. language education, to project what the nation’s education needs will be in the future, and to offer recommendations for ways to meet those needs.

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ACTFL Holds Successful Proficiency Assessments Summer Institute - 07/20/2015

Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) acknowledges the success of the 2nd annual Proficiency Assessments Summer Institute and extends its gratitude to its hosts, Brigham Young University (BYU) and University of Maryland (UMD). Looking to build on the success of last year’s sponsored OPI Workshops at BYU, ACTFL sought to expand dates and venues to meet the increasing demand for OPI training.

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