2005: Year of Languages in Connecticut
Senate Resolution 28 Designating 2005 as the "Year of Foreign Language Study"
House Resolution 122 Designating 2005 as the "Year of Foreign Language Study"
Please click on this link to view the press release on 2005: The Year of Languages in Connecticut.
Town and University Year of Languages Proclamations
- CT COLT urges all World Language teachers in Connecticut to visit the ACTFL 2005: Year of Languages page at http://www.yearoflanguages.org. It contains a wealth of information for planning Year of Languages activities in your schools and communities. This web site sponsored by ACTFL contains the following information:
- Year of Languages Participant Kit (Contents and Suggested Uses)
- Sample press release for elementary/secondary schools.
- Sample press release for postsecondary institutions.
- Sample proclamation.
- Overview of what the initiative is about and will accomplish.
- Generic article about The Year of Languages.
- 2005: The Year of Languages logo.
- Year of Languages PowerPoint presentation.
- Additional information about the Year of Languages initiative.
- A calendar for the Year of Languages events.
- U.S. Senate Resolution 170 creating the Years of Foreign Language Study.
- Facts on languages around the world.
- Materials from the CT COLT Fall Conference Workshop, "Celebrating the Year of Languages in the United States: Resources for You and Your Community." All of these files are PDF files except for the PowerPoint presentation. You will need MS PowerPoint to view that presentation.
- Please visit the CT COLT Year of Languages Calendar Page to see what is happening in our state in relation to the Year of Languages.
- Please visit the CT COLT Year of Languages Scrapbook Page for pictures of YOL activities and student work.
