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Globalization101.org provides students and teachers with information about interdisciplinary learing opportunities on this complex phenomenon. Check out the resources that include lesson plans, issue briefs, expert interviews, and news analyses. Featured also are the World Bank and IMF issue brief in Chinese and the Culture Issue Brief in Spanish. This site is sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation.
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Martha Abbott, Director of Education at ACTFL, speaks with David Inge of WILL AM 580 in Champaign-Urbana, IL on learning foreign languages in the United States and why it matters. Click here to download the audio file.
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Discover Languages
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Jefferson County Public Schools sends out a postcard to schools, partents and community members announcing the Discover Languages Showcase for Elementry Schools, planned for February 28th. The event will feature an exhibition of student work in world language programs at the elementary school level and a showcase of student performances in dance, music, and drama that highlight students’ knowledge of world languages and cultures. Postcard artist: Camilia Araque, Grade 4, Hawthorne Elementary.
Click here for more information about "Discover Languages" in Kentucky!
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Featured Websites
The Iowa World Languages Association web site (www.iwla.net) announces the Discover Languages campaign on its front page and has a great advocacy section developed by local language teachers.
The South Dakota World Language Association announces ACTFL’s Discover Languages campaign
http://www.augie.edu/related/sdfla/
Looking for Discover Languages products? Call Steve Ackley at ACTFL at 703-894-2900!
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