Foreign Language Resource Centers

	LANGUAGE	MATERIAL
Downloadable File	German Beginning Intermediate	Business Language Packets for High School Classrooms: German Packet II CLEAR's second Business German Packet, "Wirtschaftsdeutsch für die High School: Die Wirtschaftswelt im Bundesstaat Michigan", a free downloadable PDF, was also developed for advanced high school language learners. It covers information on the indust .. (more)
Hard Copy	Mende Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Mende Brochure The brochure creates awareness about the language itself, basic information about its speakers and their culture, the advantages of learning it as a foreigner and details about institutions that offer it within the US. Illustrative pictures depicting .. (more)
Hard Copy	Chinese Beginning Intermediate Advanced	CLASS Professional Standards for K-12 Chinese Language Teachers CLASS Professional Standards is a resource for Chinese teachers, foreign language specialists, school administrators, parents, and policy makers who recognize the importance of Chinese cultures taught by professional teachers of Chinese. The release .. (more)
	Chinese Beginning Intermediate Advanced	Chinese Language Association of Secondary-elementary Schools (CLASS) The CLASS website is an educational site dedicated to providing information on Chinese language and culture. CLASS offers a platform for K-12 teachers to communicate with each other, exchange ideas, and network with members for the purpose of encoura .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language-	Planning for the Future Focus on Our Alumni Summer Opportunity at the NFLRC New in 2003, Mentoring, Leadership and Change National Foreign Language Week is March 3 - 9, 2003 Focus on K-12 Foreign Language Instruction at the District Level Elementary Foreign Language Ass .. (more)
Website	-Applicable to any language-	Advocacy National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center's 2004 Summer Institutes Advocacy in Washington, D.C. Advocacy in the State Organizations Advocacy at the District and Classroom Level Focus on Research Advocacy with Educator-Created Websites Stay .. (more)
	Kikongo Beginning	Beto Tuba Kikongo Let's Speak Kikongo: A Multidimensional Approach to the Teaching and Learning of Amharic as a Foreign Language .. (more)
	-Applicable to any language-	Can You Be a Bridge to the Future? * How do cooperating teachers, along with teacher education programs and university supervisors, design and implement transformative learning for student teachers? * How do student teachers, cooperating teachers and university supervisors all play c .. (more)
	English Spanish Beginning Intermediate	A Standards-Based Thematic Unit: Cuadros de familia A collection of anecdotes about everyday life from the author’s childhood in a traditional Hispanic community in southern Texas; each scene is richly illustrated by the author. Teaching level is middle school. Content areas addressed are geography .. (more)
	English Spanish Intermediate	A Standards-Based Thematic Unit: La mujer que brillaba aun mas que el sol A beautifully illustrated, lyrical tale from ancient Mexico of a woman who possesses wondrous powers but is shunned by the village--inviting readers’ reflection on how we treat people who are different from us. Teaching level is eighth grade stude .. (more)