Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is proud to present the first summer East Coast MOPI hosted by Lexington School District One at Glen Meadow High School in Lexington, South Carolina on August 5-6, 2014. ACTFL’s goal to provide K-12 educators accessibility to this highly valued workshop prior to the start of the school year is now being realized. This two-day workshop is an introduction to the techniques of administering and rating the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) at the Novice and Intermediate levels.

Alexandria, VA—The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is proud to announce that its magazine, The Language Educator, won 2014 APEX Awards for Excellence in the Magazine Series category for the November 2013, January 2014, and February 2014 issues. TLE was entered in this category specifically to showcase its theme series. TLE has won APEX Awards for individual issues twice before.

Alexandria, VA – The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is pleased to announce Phase III of its ongoing Research Priorities Project. The purpose of Phase III of the ACTFL Research Priorities Project is to support empirical research projects or dissertation studies on five priority areas that are currently critical to improving foreign language education:

Alexandria, VA — On December 13, 2013, ACTFL’s revised ACTFL/CAEP Program Standards for the Preparation of Foreign Language Teachers were approved by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) State Partnerships and Content Areas Committee. These standards are a revision of the formerly approved 2002 standards, and have been developed by a grass-roots effort over the last two years.