Teacher Links
Resources
LOTE Teacher Associations
AAS -
Association for Asian Studies
- AAS Is a professional association open to all persons interested in
Asia. It seeks through publications, meetings, and
seminars to facilitate contact and an exchange of information among
scholars to increase their understanding of East, South, and Southeast
Asia.
AATA
- American Association of Teachers of Arabic
– AATA
provides publications, programs, software, manuscripts and links in the
Islamic language. There is information of conferences, scholarships and
grants.
AATF -
American
Association of Teachers of French
- The AATF has many regional
affiliations in New York State. They provide the annual student French
examinations as well as many opportunities for professional development.
Many resources are available at this site including an online bulletin
board for sharing ideas, seeking help, and posting K-12 job openings.
AATG -
American
Association of Teachers of German
- The mission of the AATG is to bring the
language, literature and cultures of the German-speaking world to all
Americans. They offer many professional development opportunities for
teachers and students, scholarships and awards. Web-based resources,
learning scenarios and web projects are also available.
AATI -
American
Association of Teachers of Italian
- This national association also has regional
affiliations. Conference opportunities, scholarship, study abroad, job
postings are all available through this organization. Their newsletter
offers many ideas for the classroom teacher as well as scholarly
articles, job openings, and regional meetings.
AATK -
American Association
of Teachers of Korean
- The
AATK is for all levels of teachers of the Korean language, culture, and
literature. They offer workshops and conferences, publish a journal,
proceedings, and newsletters, and conduct research.
AATSEEL -
American Association of Teachers of Slavic
and Eastern European Languages
– AATSEEL
advances the
study and promotes the teaching of Slavic and East European languages,
literatures, and cultures on all educational levels, elementary through
graduate school. They hold conferences, grant awards, publish a journal
and newsletters, and have teacher resources.
AATSP -
American
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- This organization serves more
Spanish and Portuguese educators than any other organization in the
world. They promote the study of Spanish and Portuguese languages,
literatures, and cultures. Job opportunities and scholarship information
is also provided. Regional affiliations make this organization very
accessible. The National Spanish examination is coordinated through
this organization.
AATT -
American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages
– The association
includes
all languages of the Turks. The site contains
proficiency
guidelines,
language learning
framework,
teacher resources, publications, conference information, and book
reviews.
ACTR -
American Council of Teachers of Russian
– ACTR offers
academic, opportunities, publications, programs, conferences, the high
school Olympiadas, the National Russian Essay Contest, and exchange
programs.
ALTA -
African Languages Teachers
Association
– ALTA provides
learning materials for
beginning, intermediate and advanced study, and training on pedagogy,
technology, and language programs.
APA -
American Philological Association
– APA is for the study of ancient Greek and
Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations. They provide
newsletters, awards, job listings, and conferences.
ASLTA -
American Sign Language Teachers Association
– ASLTA is a national organization dedicated to
the teaching of ASL and Deaf Studies at all levels of instruction. It
contains certification procedures and standards, job listings,
workshops, and position papers.
ATJ -
Association of Teachers of Japanese
–
ATJ
offers classroom resources, information on study abroad programs, job
listings, conferences, and newsletters.
CLA -
Cantonese Language Association
CLASS -
Chinese Language
Association for Secondary -Elementary - School
-
CLASS
offers teacher resource links, professional development opportunities,
curriculum standards, and current programs.
CLTA -
Chinese Language Teachers Association
-
CLTA offers teacher
training programs of both a pre-service and in-service nature, awards
and meetings.
IAT -
International Association of Teachers of Czechs
-
IAT develops Czech teaching
materials; meetings, holds conferences, seminars, and workshops,
coordinates teaching programs, publishes a newsletter, and has teacher
resources links.
NAACLT -
North American Association for Celtic Language
Teachers
NCJLT -
National Council of
Japanese Language Teachers
– NCJLT deals with teaching
Japanese in grades K-16, adminsters the Japanese National Honor Society
for secondary students, publishes the Oshirase Newsletter, offers
professional development, holds the 'Nengajou' contest, offers special
awards, travel grants and recognition for teachers and learners of
Japanese, such as a national teachers' award and a scholarship for
students.
NCSTJ -
National Council of Secondary Teachers of Japanese
– NCSTJ offers a
newsletter (Oshirase), conferences, study, and job listings, a yearly
nengajo (postcard) contest for students, and a national honor society
for its members.
NORTANA -
Norwegian
Researchers and Teachers Association of North America
–
NORTANA sponsors an essay competition celebrating Ibsen-året, has a list
of existing Norwegian programs, newsletters and job listings.
LOTE Professional Organizations
ACTFL -
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- This is one of the largest
organizations of teachers of languages other than English in the United
States. Members can participate in annual meetings that offer hundreds
of different workshops on a variety of themes and addressing ALL levels
of instruction; K-post-secondary, as well as take advantage of the many
professional development opportunities that they offer.
NECTFL -
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages
– NECTFL
holds an annual conference, publishes journals, offers awards and
scholarships, has job listings and teacher resource links.
NYSAFLT -
New York
State Association of Foreign Language Teachers
- NYSAFLT offers a direct link
to its membership with all the current trends, mandates, and
assessments. With both regional and annual meetings, newsletters and
bulletins, the members have many opportunities to keep up-to-date and be
a part of an action team of LOTE professionals.
LOTE Teacher Resources
ACL -
American Classical
League
CAL -
Center for Applied
Linguistics
CALICO -
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
FL Teach -
Foreign
Language Teaching Forum
-
This site is a listserv for teachers of languages other than English. The
participants share ideas, ask grammatical, linguistic, cultural and pedagogical
questions.
JSEALT –
Journal of
Southeast Asian Language Teaching
NAPH -
National Association of Professors of Hebrew
NCLRC -
National Capital Language Resource Center
- This is a monthly publication that provides practical teaching strategies,
shares insights from research, and announces professional development
opportunities for ALL teachers of languages other than English.
New
York State Education Department Links
U.
S. Department of Education
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Languages and linguistics
New
York State Academy for Teaching and Learning
WCS - Washington
Classical Society
Organizations
Resources
Classical
Association of the Empire State
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