Link Resources

Funders

• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  
  The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world.
• ECA Alumni Website
  
  State Alumni is your global community: a dynamic and interactive networking experience for all past and current participants of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs.
• Exchanges Connect
  
  ExchangesConnect is an online global community of people interested in creating international understanding and dialogue. This social networking site, created by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, gives people the ability to connect to people around the world online, to share experiences, post blogs and videos and build new communities.

Partners

• American Councils for International Education
  
  American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, an international not-for-profit organization, believes in the fundamental role of education in fostering positive change for individuals, institutions and societies.

Programmatic

• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
  
  The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture.
• Chinese Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS)
  
  CLASS is a non-profit professional organization that represents all Chinese language educators at all levels from elementary to secondary schools.
  CLASS advances and promotes the teaching and learning of Chinese language and culture at PreK-12 schools in the United States.
• Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
  
  The Chinese Language Teachers Association, Inc. (CLTA) is a professional organization devoted exclusively to the study of Chinese language, culture and pedagogy
• MLA Survey Results
  
  Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2006
• National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC)
  
  NCLRC is a joint project of Georgetown University,The George Washington University, and the Center for Applied Linguistics. We are located in Washington, DC, and are one of fifteen nonprofit Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Language

• 20,000 Dialogues
  
  20,000 Dialogues is a nationwide campaign designed to bring people of different faiths together using films about Muslims to stimulate discussion and promote understanding. It includes films for free download as well as subtitles for classroom use
• American Association of Teachers of Arabic
  
  The American Association of Teachers of Arabic
• Arabic 2000
  
  Has resources for teaching and learning Arabic; includes guides for website design.
• Arabic K12 Teacher Network
  
  resources for Arabic teachers in the United States, including a list of schools across the U.S. and a listserv and blogs about teaching Arabic to K-12 students.
• Arabic Language
  
  Includes links to history, grammar, slang, and teaching resources for Arabic teachers
• Back to School
  
  Compendium of resources for those new to teaching in US middle schools.
• Best Teaching Practices
  
  Compendium of best practices for teachers across the curriculum for today’s American students
• Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools
  
  The Chinese Language Association for Secondary/Elementary Schools (CLASS) website is an educational site dedicated to providing information on Chinese language and culture. CLASS offers a platform for K-12 teachers to communicate with each other, exchange ideas, and network with members for the purpose of encouraging more students to learn Chinese.
• Chinese Language in Schools
  
  The Asia Society is working with partners in the public and private sector to address the disparity between our need for more Chinese language programs in American schools and our current limited capacity. This website offers a platform for people to connect over this goal.
• Chinese Language Teachers Association
  
  The Chinese Language Teachers Association is a professional organization devoted exclusively to the study of Chinese language, culture and pedagogy.
• Chinese New Year
  
  Contains elementary level lesson plans and projects to celebrate and understand the Chinese New Year.
• Chinese Resources
  
  This site, compiled by Dartmouth College, provides a variety of resources for the teaching, learning, and study of Chinese language and culture.
• Chinese Resources
  
  This site has been created as a resource for instructors of Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Persian, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Urdu at the University of Virginia. Its purpose it to provide instructors with technology resources and tutorials which will facilitate both classroom instruction and individual research.
• Chinese Teaching Resources
  
  A blog for teachers to share their valuable resources and ideas for the Chinese classroom.
• Classroom Resources
  
  Resources to achieve success in US classrooms in on-going professional development. Includes links to sites describing classroom management, curriculum development, instructional strategies, and using technology.
• Concept to Classroom: A Series of Workshops
  
  A range of resources for cooperative learning, web-quests, inquiry-based learning, assessment, and interdisciplinary teaching
• Cornell University Library: Middle East & Islamic Studies Collection
  
  Compendium of Arabic dictionaries
• E-Arabic Learning
  
  Compendium of links for teaching Arabic. Includes basic Arabic vocabulary exercises
• Everything ESL
  
  Different models of activities to use to teach across learning styles.
• National Capital Language Resource Center
  
  Contains lesson plans and activities for use in all foreign language classes, as well as Arabic and Chinese specific ideas.
• National Middle East Language Resource Center
  
  The National Middle East Language Resource Center’s resource page. Includes a segment that presents different types of greetings in colloquial Egyptian Arabic that would be used with first-year students.
• Pennsylvania University's Middle Eastern Center
  
  Pennsylvania University’s Middle Eastern Center has many teaching resources about Arab culture for classroom use.
• Scholastic Teaching Resources
  
  Resources, tools, and tips for new teachers
• School Services
  
  Resources and links for elementary teachers
• Teachers First
  
  Ideas and help for new teachers, those teaching something new, and their mentors
• Teachers.TV
  
  British-based series of educational videos within the theme of “they didn’t teach me that.” Experts give advice for common teaching dilemmas such as time management, grading, and working with parents.
• Teaching Arabic
  
  Arabic teaching resources, associations, and links.
• Teaching Effectiveness Program: Motivating Students
  
  Index of frequently asked questions teachers have about motivating students, as answered by professionals at the University of Oregon
• Teaching Tips Index
  
  Index of teaching tips from the University of Hawaii
• The Center for Applied Linguistics
  
  The Center for Applied Linguistics’ website offers activities, resources, and standards for the teaching and learning of Arabic
• The Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources
  
  The self-advertised “really big” list of classroom management resources
• U.S. Department of Education
  
  Things to expect in the first year of teaching in the US, as well as a “survival guide”.