Foreign Languages News
The Foreign Languages Newsletter is published twice a year, in the Fall and Spring. If you have alumni information that you would like to share, please contact the Foreign Languages Department.
Foreign Languages Resources
The following foreign languages and professional resources are provided as a starting point for further individual research and review.
A few foreign languages web resources of interest:
BBC News (several language versions): http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages/
News Links by Country/Region: http://newslink.org/
TV/Radio Broadcasting by locations: http://radiostationworld.com/
Dictionaries in several languages: http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html
French as a Second Language Resources: http://caslt.org/teachers/teachersfsl.htm
German as a Second Language Resources: http://caslt.org/research/german.htm
Italian as a Second Language Resources: http://caslt.org/research/italian.htm
Spanish as a Second Language Resources: http://www.caslt.org/research/sp.htm
Some professional organizations:
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: http://www.actfl.org
American Association of Teachers of Arabic: http://www.wm.edu/aata/
American Association of Teachers of French: http://www.frenchteachers.org/
American Association of Teachers of German: http://www.aatg.org/
American Association of Teachers of Italian: http://www.aati-online.org/
The Association of Teachers of Japanese: http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/index.html
The American Classical League: http://www.aclclassics.org/index.html
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages: http://aatseel.org/
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese: http://www.aatsp.org
Michigan World Language Association: http://www.miwla.org
Modern Language Association: http://www.mla.org/
The following MLA brochure provides useful insight for those interested in pursuing foreign language studies at the university: "Language Study in the Age of Globalization: The College-Level Experience".