LING 3500: Methods of Teaching Foreign Language

Professional organizations can be a great place to start your research, follow trends and pedagogies, and keep up to date with the current standards and reports. 

• MLA - Modern Language Association
• ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• TESOL International Association - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

In addition to these three major organizations, there are also organizations for specific languages and areas of focus:

• American Association of Teachers of Arabic (AATA)
• American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
• American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
• American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)
• American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
• American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)
• American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK)
• American Association of Teachers of Modern Greek (AATMG)
• American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
• American Association of Teachers of Turkic Languages (AATTL)
• American Classical League (ACL)
• American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR)
• African Languages Teachers Association (ALTA)
• Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)
• Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS)
• Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
• International Association of Teachers of Czech (IATC)
• North American Association of Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT)
• National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH)
• National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
• Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America (NORTANA)
• South Asian Language Teachers Association (SALTA)