1. Appendix 1
Recommended Resources
Professional Organizations – General
PSMLA – Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association – Annual state
conferences, local workshops and other professional development opportunities,
advocacy for language learning at the state and district level.
www.psmla.org
ACTFL – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) –
ACTFL Scale, National standards, annual conference and regional workshops,
proficiency guidelines and Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPI), Integrated
Performance Assessments (IPAs).
www.actfl.org
NECTFL – Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language –
Annual regional conferences, typically in New York City or Washington, DC.
www.nectfl.org
FLTeach – Foreign Language Teachers Forum – On-line professional
development website, very active email list (listserv) with national and
international participants.
www.cortland.edu/flteach
Professional Organizations – Language Specific
AATF – American Association of Teachers of French
frenchteachers.org
AATG – American Association of Teachers of German, “supersite” for many
resources.
aatg.org
AATI – American Association of Teachers of Italian,
Italianstudies.org/aati
AATSEEL—American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern
European Languages
www.aatseel.org
AATSP – American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
aatsp.org

2. ACL – American Classics League
www.aclclassics.org
ACTR – American Council of Teachers of Russian
www.actr.org
ASLTA – American Sign Language Teachers Association
www.aslta.org
CLTA – Chinese Language Teachers Association
Http://clta.deall.ohio-state.edu/CLTAlinks/links.htm
JNCL—Joint National Council on Languages
www.languagepolicy.org/jncl.html
NCJLT—National Council of Japanese Language Teachers
www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/ncjlt
TESOL – Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages
www.tesol.org
Resource Centers
CALPER – Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research
www.Calper.la.psu.edu
CLEAR – The Center for Language Education & Research hosts summer
workshops for World Language teachers through Michigan State University.
www.clear.msu.edu
CARLA – The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition provides
summer institutes for language teachers. For more information, check out their
website at
www.carla.acad.umn.edu/conferences.html
CAL – The Center for Applied Linguistics offers a host of resources, including
guidebooks, tests, the SOPI (Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview), and
information heritage language learning and less commonly taught languages
(LCTL).
www.cal.org
FLTEACH – www resources for foreign language teachers
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html

3. NFLRC—National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State
www.educ.iastate.edu/nflrc
UCLA Language Resource Center – National foreign language resource center
and pioneers in Heritage Language instruction.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/lrc/
Technology Enhanced Language Learning
CALICO – Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
www.calico.org
IALLT – International Association of Language Learning Technologies
www.iallt.org
PA Department of Education Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education – World Languages page.
www.pde.state.pa.us/languages
2009 Standards Aligned System (SAS) – to help districts with standards-
based curriculum development.
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/pde_internet/site/default.asp?g=0 (click SAS
box on right, then World Languages box on left)
PA Governor's Institute for World Language Educators – Sponsored by the
PA Department of Education.
NEED URL for copies of lesson plans from Governor inst!!!
Miscellaneous
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards – Learn more about
becoming nationally certified in your field.
www.nbpts.org/
Millersville University – Intensive summer language programs for teachers of
French, German, and Spanish.
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~gcatalog/forl_over.html
University of Pittsburgh’s Summer Institute for Slavic Languages – Intensive
summer programs for Russian and other East European languages.
http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu/

4. Books & Publications
Order through CAL (www.cal.org)
SOPI Test Development Handbook
SOPI Self-instructional Rater Training Kits (available for 7 languages)
As well as many other tests and publications
Order through ACTFL (www.actfl.org )
ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (revised 1999)
The Five Cs: The Standards for Foreign Language Learning Work Text
by June K. Phillips & Jamie B. Draper (1999)
INCLUDE IPA GUIDE OR INFO
Articles from PSMLA (psmla.org)
“Authentic Assessment in Second Language Learning” by Bonnie Adair-
Hauck, Ph.D. 1996. The Pennsylvania Language Forum
“Investigating the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI) as an
Assessment Tool for Second Language Oral Proficiency” by Bonnie
Adair-Hauck, Ph.D. 1998. The Pennsylvania Language Forum.
Order through the Center for Performance Assessment
(makingstandardswork.com)
Making Standards Work: How to Implement Standards-Based
Assessments in the Classroom, School, and District by Douglas B. Reeves,
Ph.D. (1998)
Oral Proficiency Test (CD with PowerPoint test, audio, teacher manual, script)
This is a SOPI-type test. $20 per CD, please specify language--French,
German, Japanese, or Spanish. Dr. Thekla Fall, 1089 Firwood Drive,
Pittsburgh PA 15243
Online Testing Software see the website
This online assessment program simplifies test creation, administration
and rating/scoring. The company offers both purchase or hosting
packages. See www.owlts.com for information.
To order additional copies of the
PSMLA Standards and Guide to Assessment: What to Teach and How to Test It!
or for more information about its contents see www.psmla.org