The Download Library provides ACTFL documents available free of charge for either downloading or viewing on-line. These documents are in PDF format, and you will have the opportunity to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, free of charge, on the next page.

Publications:

• Foreign Language Enrollments in U.S. Public Secondary Schools, Fall 2000 (Draper and Hicks, 2002)
• ACTFL Revised Proficiency Guidelines - Writing (Revised 2001)
• ACTFL Revised Proficiency Guidelines - Speaking (Revised 1999)
• Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Executive Summary
• Summary of ACE Credit Recommendations for Official ACTFL OPI Ratings
• Teaching th Language and Culture of France Through its Wines - Members-Only (PDF, 3 MB)

ACTFL White Papers:

• Languages Across the Curriculum: A Postsecondary Initiative (E. Spinelli, 1995)
• Block Scheduling and Second-Language Instruction (M. de Lopez, 1996)
• State Standards: Connecting A National Vision to Local Implementation (P. Sandrock, 1997)
• Foreign Language Standards: The Nebraska Story (M. Trayer, 1997)
• Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Implications and Perceptions (E. Welles, 1998)
• The Impact on Higher Education of Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century (D. James, 1998)
• Designing a Standards-Based Thematic Unit Using the Learning Scenario as an Organizing Framework (A. Smith, 1999)
• Response to Welles and James (D. Lange, 1999)

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