Language Education

ESL/EFL Education

"Business teaches workers English" - A pizza plant in Kansas offers ESL classes for its immigrant workers where they learn relevant vocab such as "dough, flour, etc."

The Linguist List List of Resources for learning ESL / EFL

NYC Dept. of Education website listing requirements for ESL teachers.

The Cambridge guide to teaching ESL

 

Foreign Language Education

Website for the Yemen Language Center and Center for Arab Studies.

Website with links to various Arab websites, including many links to language learning and teaching sites.

"Early Foreign Language Programs that Work: Following the Models" (ERIC)
Foreign language instruction has increased in U.S. private and public elementary school curriculums over the past 10 years. 7 schools in the U.S. where foreign language instruction is a regular part of the curriculum, were selected by the Center for Applied Linguistics and the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University as examples of model programs.

Chinese Whispers, By June Thoma, October 24, 2002
New approach to teaching English in China was developed. "Crazy English," is a language-learning program that requires students to shout in order to overcome their inhibitions. The creator is now developing a "Crazy Chinese" product for the global market

Website for the Languages other than English Center for Educator Development

Website for "French Kiss" a Canadian website that teaches French online.

Facts on learning Arabic

University of Hawaii's National Foreign Language Research Center

Website of resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs)

Foreign language lesson plans for teachers

The American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL)