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On this page we will provide updates on current advocacy articles, events and links with information for French teachers on how they can promote the learning and use of French in their schools and communities.

You might get some ideas for advocacy in your area or school at the following links:

 

"Resource Center for the Teaching of French" (Language Literature and Culture) at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Luce hall, 3rd floor, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520 Phone: 203-764-8350  

 http://www.yale.edu/ycias/pier/rctf

 

 

"What Does Research Report About Foreign Languages?" summarizes the benfits of second language learning at the elementary and the secondary level with a lot of references.

http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf/0/3086ccece4247c85852566cd004b21e9?OpenDocument

 

 

"Why study languages?" has some intresting facts, such as why study languages? a specific language?

http://eleaston.com/why.html#ws

 

 

"Tennessee Needs French"  Tennessee Bob (Robert Peckham, Univ. of Tenn. at Martin) maintains this web site and has spurred the initiative in his state.

www.utm.edu/~globeg/frtnadvoc.shtml

 

SCFLTA advocacy web page

http://www.scflta.org/advocacy/Advocacy.html