Advocacy Team Mission
The mission of the Advocacy Team is to gather and disseminate information regarding the teaching of foreign languages and to develop position papers for LFLTA. The Committee will also assist educators and interested supporters in demonstrating and encouraging the importance of language study for students of Louisiana and the nation.


The current issue before us is the possible modification of the TOPS requirements.  If you would like to use or adapt the letter that we have drafted to be sent to legislators and BESE Board members, click here.


Dear Fellow-World Languages Colleagues and Aficionados...

 

February is DISCOVER LANGUAGES month!

 

This month, and the rest of the year, we must spread the message of the urgency of language learning even more than we have done in former times.

 

May we continue to inspire, change hearts, minds, attitudes and policies towards a greater awareness of, and appreciation for learning to speak more than just one language in the United States of America, in the 21st century! We owe it to our children, and indeed to all children! They must be prepared and skilled enough to meet the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly more globalized, diverse and multicultural/multilingual 21st century world!

 

Check out these advocacy videos on YouTube, and share them with your students, colleagues, administrators, elected local and state officials, friends and family members:

 

1)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-8hNBdtPbs

2)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6iAlKXhVdw

 

You may also download them and/or embed them on your website, blog, MySpace and/or FaceBook.

 

Also check out: www.celebratelanguages.com/research

 

Enjoy!

Let's continue to encourage and inspire others to Discover Languages, while we continue to Celebrate Languages! 

 

Richard


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