Marty Abbott and Christine Brown

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Marty Abbott and Christine Brown Co-Chairs, Year
of Languages Working Committee American Council
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
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Celebrate
Educate
Communicate

• The Power of Language Learning!

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Summary of YOL Accomplishments
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Government

• National Language Policy Summit
• K-16 Chinese Pipeline
• Blueprint for Action
• U.S. Senate Resolution 22
• U.S. House Resolution 122
• Interagency Language Roundtable Support
• Proclamations from 25 state governors and 52
  additional organizations and agencies

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Government

• Participation of 10 ambassadors from foreign
  countries on the YOL Honorary Council
• YOL Presentations at the Pentagon, National
  Security Agency, and ILR meetings.
• NVTC website devoted to Languages of the World
  linked to YOL website

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Academe

• Events and activities in schools and colleges
  throughout the country
• Videotaped statement from U.S. Secretary of
  Education Margaret Spellings
• Major support from The College Board
• College presidents and deans represented on the
  Honorary Council

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Business and Industry

• Opening of NASDAQ Stock Market
• Support from Businesses for YOL fundraising
• Grant from First Data/Western Union
• Co-sponsorship of July event with Association of
  Language Companies
• Business leaders represented on the Honorary
  Council and at the National Language Policy Summit

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ACTFL Opens the NASDAQ Stock Market
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ACTFL Opens the NASDAQ Stock Market
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Media

• Public service announcements aired on television
  and radio in over 250 programs throughout the
  country
• Articles in over 50 newspapers
• Talkin About Talk aired on South Carolina NPR
• National Public Radio programs devoted to YOL in
  four major cities
• Press conference held at the National Press Club
  to kick off YOL and release Roper Poll results

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Media

• National events focused on each months theme
  from coast to coast
• YOL website replete with information and
  resources for teachers, students, and the public.
• Articles about YOL in publications such as
  Education Leadership, Language Learner, Language
  Magazine, ACTFL volume series, and Contextos
  Multiculturales.

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Sustained Media Campaign

• Print Ads
• Series of Public Service Announcements
• Television and radio
• National Public RadioThe Five Minute Linguist

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Additional Impact

• State organizations
• Regional organizations
• National organizations
• TESOL and NABE
• ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year Award
• Contributions from 62 organizations and 150
  individuals

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January 2005Language Policy

• ACTFL Event An interactive teleconference was
  broadcast from The University of North Carolina
  at Chapel Hill with language educators, business
  leaders and policy makers in a discussion of
  national, state and local initiatives that
  focused on language use and language learning.
  Portions of the teleconference may be viewed and
  downloaded from www.yearoflanguages.org.

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February 2005International Engagement

• ACTFL Event A panel of Fulbright Exchange
  participants as well as representatives from
  other international programs were featured at a
  symposium on the importance of study abroad
  programs and using language beyond the classroom.
  The panel may be viewed and downloaded at
  www.yearoflanguages.org.

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March 2005Connecting Languages to Other Areas

• ACTFL Event A panel discussion of languages
  and the connections to other fields featured
  scientists, mathematicians, sociologists, and
  artists held at the University of Missouri in St.
  Louis. The panel may be viewed and downloaded
  from www.yearoflanguages.org.

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April 2005Higher Education

• ACTFL Event A panel of representatives from
  higher education as well as a student from the
  National Security Education Program (NSEP)
  discussed getting students to the advanced level
  of language proficiency. The panel may be viewed
  and downloaded from www.yearoflanguages.org.

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May 2005Language Advocacy

• ACTFL Event In conjunction with the JNCL
  Delegate Assembly, events were held on Capitol
  Hill to highlight the importance of languages at
  the federal level including building our language
  capacity as a nation through various programs and
  initiatives.

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June 2005Adult Learning and Language Use

• ACTFL Event An event featuring adult language
  learning was held in the city of Atlanta.
  Panelists discussed their experiences and
  motivations for learning languages in adulthood.

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July 2005Languages and Communities

• ACTFL Event A national event was held at
  International Dance Festival sponsored by the
  Vail Valley Foundation in Vail, Colorado.

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August 2005Parents

• ACTFL Event The California Language Teachers
  Association co-sponsored a forum that provided
  parents with cognitive benefits and rationales
  for beginning to learn languages at an early age.
  K-12 programs that highlight language learning
  were featured.

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September 2005Heritage Languages

• ACTFL Event The annual Boats, Books, and
  Brushes with Taste Festival held in New London,
  Connecticut will provide the setting for
  featuring heritage language authors and student
  performances.

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October 2005Early Language Learning

• ACTFL Event An event featuring students use
  of languages will be held in Dallas, Texas at the
  annual Texas State Fair.

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November 2005Celebrating Accomplishments
Looking Ahead

• Culmination of 2005 The Year of Languages at the
  ACTFL Annual Convention in Baltimore. The first
  National Language Teacher of the Year Award
  recipient will be announced.

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December 2005Culture

• ACTFL Event Culminating cultural program in
  Washington, D.C. sponsored by ACTFL and various
  embassies.

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Looking ahead to Discover Languages
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Objective

• To raise public awareness of the importance of
  language learning and cultural understanding for
  all Americans and to provide resources to
  accomplish this goal.

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Campaign Cornerstones

• Public Awareness, Advocacy and Policy
• Research and Practice
• Resources and Collaboration

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Examples of outreach programs

• Student interpreter program
• Grandparent/grandchild language competitions
• International business mentorship competition
• Implementation of Linguafolio
• Documentaries

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www.discoverlanguages.org