Useful Resources

USEFUL RESOURCES

• MLA Tool Kit for Formulating Arguments in Defense of Departments Facing Closure of Language Programs, 2009: http://www.adfl.org/resources/adfl_toolkit_defend_dept.htm
• Language Associations ~ http://www.languageresourceonline.com/lang_assoc/LA_teachers.html, a general reference for language associations, including:
  • ADFL, http://www.adfl.org
  • Modern Language Association, http://www.mla.org/
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language,
  • Association of Teachers of Chinese, http://clta.deall.ohio-state.edu/
  • American Association of Teachers of French, http://www.frenchteachers.org
  • American Association of Teachers of German, http://www.aatg.org
  • Association of Teachers of Japanese, http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj
  • American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese, http://www.aatsp.org
  • Association of Teachers of Russian, http://www.americancouncils.org
• California Council on Teacher Certification website, including information on Single Subject Matter Standards for All Subjects as well as Languages Other Than English: www.ctc.ca.gov; contact information: Helen Hawley, 916.445.8778 or hhawley@ctc.ca.gov
• American Council on Education project on the Internationalization of the Curriculum, available at: http://www.acenet.edu/programs/international/collaborative/curriculum/
• ACTFL Statements on Class Size, Use of Target Language, and Language Learning for Heritage and Native Speakers, http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4368
• To contact Tom Blair, President of the California Community College Foreign Language Council, e-mail him at : tblair@ccsf.edu
• CLTA Summer Seminar Program Contacts:
  • CLTA website: www.clta.net
  • Arianna Harris, Seminar Registrar, California Foreign Language Project, Phone: 650.849.7956 Email: artemis@stanford.edu
  • Lorraine D’Ambruoso, Executive Director, California Language Teachers Association, Phone: 408.264.6996, Email: lorda@ix.netcom.edu
  • Duarte M. Silva, Executive Director, California Foreign Language Project, Phone: (650) 849-7955, Email: duarte.silva@stanford.edu