The following is a select list of papers and other documents
produced by the Council that focus on the less commonly taught languages.
The paper are organized into three categories.
If you know of other papers and documents that you feel
should be listed, please complete the Document Suggestion Form to submit your suggestions.
Papers and documents from the Council
Rifkin, Benjamin, 1997. Report on the First Annual
Conference of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly
Taught Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 17-19,
1998.
Abstract: The report was prepared by Professor
Rifkin on the basis of notes taken during the conference. The objective
of the conference was to develop an agenda of collective sollutions
to common problems. The Madison conference focussed specifically on
three critical areas: teacher training, instructional technology, and
heritage outreach.
Walton, A. R. 1992. Expanding the Vision of Foreign
Language Education: Enter the Less Commonly Taught Languages. National
Foreign Language Center Occasional Paper. Washington, D.C.:NFLC
Brecht, R. D., and Walton, A. R. 1993. National
Strategic Planning in the Less Commonly Taught Languages. National
Foreign Language Center Occasional Paper. Washington, D.C.:NFLC
Abstract: Global developments in recent years
have forced policy makers in the United States to take a new look at
international security and ethnic conflict, economic competitiveness,
as well as such international concerns as humanitarian assistance, human
rights, and ecology. This new view directly mandates a national capability
to train and maintain, at a minimum, a segment of the population with
the cultural and linguistic knowledge needed to communicate with the
world beyond the confines of Western Europe.
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