World Languages Professional Organizations

The following organizations all provide excellent professional development opportunities as well as useful information for the language professional. Whether you are looking for grant sources, study abroad news, concise "how-to" information, or news about upcoming conferences, these organizations can help you.

National FL Organizations
AATA - American Association of Teachers of Arabic
AATF - American Association of Teachers of French

AATI-American Association of Teachers of Italian
AATSEEL - American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
AATG - American Association of Teachers of German
AATSP - American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
AATT - American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages
ACL - American Classical League
ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

APA- American Philological Association
ASLTA - American Sign Language Teachers Association
ATJ - Association of Teachers of Japanese
CAL - Center for Applied Linguistics
CALICO - Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
CLTA - Chinese Language Teachers Association
IALL - International Association of Learning Laboratories
MLA - Modern Language Association of America
TESOL - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

WCS - Washington Classical Society

Regional FL Organizations

Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL)

Classical Association of the Midwest and South (CAMWS)

Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)

Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL)

Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)

Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (SWCOLT)

National FL Advocacy Organizations
JNCL-NCLIS- Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies

National Foreign Language Resource Centers

There are fourteen Title VI grant-supported foreign language resource centers across the United States. These organizations all offer professional development and resources for faculty. See their joint website.

FLTEACH

An acclaimed listserve that consists of World Language faculty around the nation and the world. See their website.