Advocacy

Essentials-Aligned World Languages Instruction in Boston Public Schools

Seal of Biliteracy Presentation to High Schools (3).pdf

Organizations

Websites

What the Research Shows (ACTFL) A significant site with research categorized supporting three questions:

How does language learning support academic achievement?
How does language learning provide cognitive benefits to students?
How does language learning affect attitudes and beliefs about language learning and about other cultures?

Videos

4 reasons to learn a new languageEnglish is fast becoming the world's universal language, and instant translation technology is improving every year. So why bother learning a foreign language? Linguist and Columbia professor John McWhorter shares four alluring benefits of learning an unfamiliar tongue.

Articles

Diversifying Language Educators and Learners (from the journal Language Educator) An article by Uju Anya and L.J. Randolph Jr.

Learning a Language Has a Lot of Benefits, Including Making You More Tolerant (World Economic Forum)

The State of Languages in the U.S.: A Statistical Portrait (American Academy of Arts & Sciences)

Using Languages in Your Career

OralProficiencyWorkplacePoster.pdf

Below is a series of articles from The Language Educator focusing on different career opportunities available to language professionals and exploring how students might prepare for these jobs. Something to share with your students!

Business and Industry (PDF)

Emergency Response and Law Enforcement (PDF)

Education (PDF)

Legal Interpreting (PDF)

Health Care (PDF)

International Development (PDF)

National Security (PDF)

Travel, Tourism and Hospitality (PDF)