Catalog of the NFLC's Publications

• The Design Of The Alta Langnet Project Author: David Dwyer, 1998
  The NFLC-FIPSE funded project known as LangNet, of which the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) is a part, is a first stage of a long term project aimed at developing a web accessible, customizable program of language learning based on learner needs and goals using learning units called Language Learning Modules. This document describes the vision of a customizable language learning program assembled from Language Learning Modules, the overall goals of the LangNet project, the architecture of the LangNet web site including the design of the database, and the activities of the Editorial Boards and the progress they have achieved so far.

• A View From Within: A Case Study Of Chinese Heritage Community Language Schools Editor: Xueying Wang, 1997 ($10.95)
  This monograph presents an insider's perspective on the issues affecting the Chinese heritage community language schools and provides a case study for the operation and management of heritage community language schools, in general. The two purposes of this work are: to provide members of the Chinese language community and other language communities with an outline of successful operational strategies and techniques for educating heritage students, and to provide a case study to explain the heritage language school system to policy makers and educators.

• Russian In The United States: A Case Study Of America'S Language Needs Authors: Richard Brecht; with John Caemerer and A. Ronald Walton, 1995 ($12.50)
  This monograph uses Russian as a case study of U.S. capacity to meet national needs for language expertise now and in the future. The study presents and analyzes data from a comprehensive survey of the current system of supply of Russian language competency in the United States and makes recommendations aimed at improving the nation's capacity to address future needs for Russian.

• Language Planning Around The World: Contexts And Systemic Change Authors: J.L. Trim, R. Bergentoft, T. van Els, D. Ingram, S. Hagen, et al., 1994 ($10.00)
  Papers in this volume, which were delivered at a foreign language policy seminar sponsored by the NFLC, discuss recent planned changes in the foreign language instructional systems of a variety of countries excluding the United States, and problems for foreign language planning in the American context. Issues addressed include: the effect of differences in context on planning, recommendations for change in specific features, and the process of planning and systemic change.

• Predictors Of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad Authors: Richard D. Brecht, Dan Davidson, and Ralph B. Ginsberg, 1993 ($5.00)
  Until recently, the impact of study abroad was gauged from intuition and subjective observations and had not been properly assessed. This paper presents the first large-scale statistical study of the predictors of language gain in the study-abroad environment. It identifies significant predictors of successful language learning of students going abroad.

• Qualitative Analysis For Second Language Acquisition In Study Abroad: The Nflc/Actr Data Authors: Richard D. Brecht and Jennifer Robinson, 1993 ($5.00)
  Brecht and Robinson report on an ethnographic study of the in-country language learning process, employing both quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments and methods. The paper illustrates how qualitative methods can be used in the study of second language acquisition and how they provide extraordinary insights into, and detailed documentation of, the language-learning process.

• Language And International Studies: A Richard Lambert Perspective Editors: Sarah Jane Moore and Christine A. Morfit, 1993 ($12.00)
  This publication is a selection of Richard Lambert's writings related to issues in foreign language policy and international studies. Lambert's work on foreign language is based on the view that the determination of specific needs for foreign language competency, and the planning for a national capacity to meet these needs, should provide the framework for our foreign language instructional system.

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