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President’s Message – Spring 2012

12 March 2012, 5:28 pm

A Happy New Year to all FLANC members. As you are aware as an experienced foreign language teacher, students’ motivations to learn foreign languages are diverse. The old characterization of motivation in terms of instrumental vs. integrative orientations may be too static, restricted, or even obsolete, but some may want to learn a second/foreign language so that they can improve their career opportunities while others may simply desire to learn more about their ethnic backgrounds. And some others may desire to play an active role in an increasingly global culture and society. Whatever their motivations are, as foreign language teachers, we should always be ready to help them.

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FLANC Fall Conference 2012

5 March 2012, 5:42 pm

FLANC Fall Conference 2012
San Francisco State University
October 27, 2012

Presentation Proposal Form

WORKSHOP Proposal Form (October 26, 2012)

Alexandra Wallace Essay Contest

Parking and  Transportation

Next Conferences:

November 2013 : Chabot College
November 2014 : Berkeley City College

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Two fully-funded programs for educators from the American Councils for International Education

2 February 2012, 1:26 am

Study Language in China or Egypt|
Intensive Summer Language Institutes (ISLI) provides fellowships for U.S. classroom teachers to spend six weeks overseas studying intermediate and advanced-level Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt, and Chinese in Changchun, China. Current K-12 teachers, community college instructors of Arabic and Mandarin Chinese, and students enrolled in education programs who intend to teach these languages can apply. Participants earn ten hours of graduate credit through Bryn Mawr College, and are provided with peer tutors and roundtrip airfare. All travel and study-related costs are fully covered. For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/isli or email isli@americancouncils.org.
Program Application Deadline: March 2, 2012

Connect Internationally
The Educational Seminars Program provides short-term professional development opportunities to teachers and administrators from around the world, for 2-3 week reciprocal exchange programs and one-way professional development programs. Participating countries include Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, and Uruguay for reciprocal exchanges and Greece, India, and Italy for one-way programs.  All Educational Seminars provide airfare, training, travel health care, and living costs. For more information, please visit www.americancouncils.org/es or email edseminars@americancouncils.org.
Upcoming Program Application Deadline for Argentina, Brazil, Thailand: March 30, 2012

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