FLAG ADVOCACY

FLAG represents the needs and wishes of the foreign language profession in Georgia. If you are interested in participating, or if you have a foreign language issue you think FLAG needs to know about, please contact the Director of Advocacy and/or the president (follow links to contact info).

Concerning SB 497 (2/21/08; upd. 2/25 & 2/27)

Stay up-to-date and advocate. It is only through active support that FLAG's advocacy efforts on your behalf for foreign languages can continue and succeed.

Materials

To help you in your advocacy efforts at the local level, FLAG has produced the following materials (many thanks to David Jahner and Corinne Barnes for these!). Items marked PDF are in that format and require the appropriate reader (you may download it here for free); it will allow you to open and print the files as needed. For materials with multiple pages we suggest to print them off and then copy them double sided (to produce foldable brochures).

Advocacy Brochure Available: "World Language Capabilities=Business and Job Opportunities" View, download, print (two-sided), distribute... (Please note: large PDF document)

1. PDF Ideas for a 5-10 minutes presentation
2. PDF Ideas for a 10-20 minutes presentation
3. PDF FLAG Advocacy Brochure
4. PDF High School Survey
5. PDF Middle School Survey
6. PDF Uncle Sam (attention getter)
7. PDF Proficiency Inverted Pyramid
8. PDF Foreign Language Proficiency In the Work Place
9. PDF College & University Language Requirements (current as of 2005)

Specifically for FLES/ESFL:

1. PDF Elementary School Survey
2. PDF Elementary School Foreign Language Program Models
3. Fact Sheet on Elementary School Foreign Language Program
4. DOC "Just the Facts" (2007)

Useful Advocacy Web Sites for Teachers

These web sites might be helpful in your efforts to protect and promote foreign languages in Georgia. Therefore, the focus is on select items relevant to the state. There are numerous other related web sites.

• Georgia Government (including Education/educational interests)
• Georgia General Assembly (Contact Info/Links)
• Georgia Department of Education (State Board of Education, and related links)
• University System of Georgia, Board of Regents
• GCLL (citizens group for foreign languages)
• JNCL-NCLIS (Joint National Committee For Languages and the National Council For Languages and International Studies)
• Foreign Language Advocacy (SCOLT)
• Why Learn Another Language? - Knowing Other Languages Brings Opportunities (ADFL)
• National Foreign Language Center (NFLC)

Do your part to help defend and promote foreign languages. Your FLAG needs you now more than ever!

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