Dr. Amanda Lanier
Category: Advocacy for Language Education
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Is the end of language education in sight? How to attract investment in multilingualism. Language Magazine, Jan 2025. Companion to “World-Readiness for a World in Conflict” in Nov 2023.
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advocacy, article, language magazine, publication, reflective writing, teacher development, world-readiness
Language Magazine – November 2023 | “World Readiness for a World in Conflict” | Our most prevalent standards for language learning guide us to focus on “world-readiness,” but I find that language educators are more wary of conflict in their classrooms than they are concerned about the effects of world conflict on their everyday lessons.
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advocacy, global awareness, legislation, national, networking, program development, reflective writing
Have you talked to your legislators lately? JNCL-NCLIS LAD23 – Building Opportunity through Multilingualism
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advocacy, conference, interactions, investment, motivation, presentation, program development, recorded sessions, reflective writing, teacher development
Also published on the MAFLT blog: https://maflt.cal.msu.edu/program-news. Advocacy has been a prevalent theme for world language teachers and programs in the U.S. recently. Teachers are overworked, programs are closing, funding is drying up, new programs are not getting off the ground, and less-commonly-taught languages remain less common unless they are important for national security reasons.…
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According to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Commission on Language Learning, the Joint National Committee for Languages, the U.S. Department of Education’s current International Strategy, and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), as well as a variety of articles in the media, the field of world language teaching in…
