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The Language Flagship is a groundbreaking effort to change the way Americans think about and learn foreign languages. Here you will find a selection of national media coverage on our programs, language education, and more.

If you are interested in doing research or a story on The Language Flagship please contact Ms. Stacia Falat at info@thelanguageflagship.org or call 703-696-1991.

Video

K-12 Chinese Programs in the state of Ohio
Central 10TV  http://wwwphp.10tv.com/vplayer.php?clip=2008_02_12_Chinese_New_Year.wmv

Journal articles

Brecht, Richard. (2007). National Language Educational Policy in the Nation's Interest: Why? How? Who Is Responsible for What? The Modern Language Journal, 91 (2) , 264–265.

Glew, M, Gass, S., and Abdalla, M (2007, November). "Arabic Language Programming for Superior Language Proficiency: The Arabic Language Flagship Program at Michigan State University" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX, Nov 12, 2007.
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p174999_index.html

McBroom, K. , Gass, S. , Glew, M. and Mikhail, D. (2007, Nov) "Arabic Language Instruction Flagship – Opportunities and Challenges" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX  . http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p175084_index.html

News and Magazine articles

Bull Market in Chinese Teachers Hits Wall Street Just in Time
July 24, 2008
Bloomberg News
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aeQT_cCrj3eI&refer=asia#

OU Awarded $1.3M Language Grant
July 16, 2008
The Oklahoman
http://newsok.com/ou-awarded-1.3m-language-grant/article/3270481/?tm=1216162198

The National Chinese Language Conference held in D.C.
May 15, 2008
Erie Chinese Journal
http://www.ecjnet.com/PDF_FILES/ECJ109/ECJ109-17.PDF. 

Creating a Chinese Environment in the Classroom Workshop  
March 31, 2008
Erie Chinese Journal
http://www.ecjnet.com/PDF_FILES/ECJ106/ECJ106-01.PDF
(Article is in Chinese)

Opportunities and Challenges to K-12 Chinese in the U.S.
2008
By Kun Shi
Journal of Yunnan Normal University―Teaching and Research on Chinese as a Foreign Language
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4835e30001009eu4.html
(Reprint in Chinese is available at the Teachers of Chinese as a Foreign Language Blog) 

Making the Global Connection: Linking Students and China in the 21st Century
December 31, 2007
http://www.ecjnet.com/PDF_FILES! /ECJ100/ECJ100-17.PDF
(Article is in Chinese)

Looking to Adopt A Foreign Tongue: Student Interest in Asian, Mideast Languages Surging
November 14, 2007
By Susan Kinzie
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302040.html?sub=AR

College Enrollment in Arabic Courses Growing Faster Than Other Foreign Languages [on U of Maryland Arabic program, National Security Education Program]
August 16, 2007
By Mohamed Elshinnawi
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-16-voa49.cfm

Korean Flagship Program Incorporated into New MA Program
August 10, 2007
By National Resource Center East Asia
National Resource Center East Asia, University of Hawai’i at Manoa  
http://wwwdev.hawaii.edu/eastasia/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=32

A Failure to Communicate: Despite pressure from government and industry, universities do not produce enough graduates fluent in ‘critical languages’
July 26, 2007
By Burton Bollag
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i34/34a02401.htm

Flying the Flag for Chinese
June 2007
By Madeline Spring
Language Magazine
http://www.languagemagazine.com/internetedition/June2007/LangMag_Chinese_Program.pdf

Adapting, Schools Look East
May 31, 2007
By Kimberly A.C. Wilson and Maya Blackmun
The Oregonian
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/oregonian2.htm

Chinese Language for K-12 Schools in Ohio
By Kun Shi
The Cardinal,  the official newsletter of the Ohio Foreign Language Association May 2007
http://www.ofla-online.org/addl_files/Cardinal/Vol45_No4_May07.pdf 
The Article is on page 17

Universities expand Chinese curriculum
April 1, 2007
By Sherri Buri McDonald
The Register-Guard
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/registerguard.htm

Chinese, please: The world's most prevalent tongue proves popular as central Ohio schools offer more languages
February 26, 2007
By Jennifer Smith Richards and Charlie Boss
The Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/live/contentbe/dispatch/2007/02/26/20070226-C1-03.html

Language skills an urgent need in changing threat landscape
February 22, 2007
By M.Z. Hemingway
Federal Times
http://www.federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2562275

Oregon Chinese K-16 Flagship Program
November 2006
By Amy Harter
Flashback…Beyond Your Borders: Newsletter for UO Study Abroad Alumni and Friends
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/OIPflashback.pdf

Is Chinese the future of business? The Chinese Flagship Program aims to give students an edge in a multilingual, corporate world
November 1, 2006
By Jobetta Hedelman
Daily Emerald
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/emerald.htm

Fed agency champions expanded Chinese effort
October 27, 2006
By Aliza Earnshaw
Portland Business Journal
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/portlandBusiness.htm

MSU, U.S. departments of Defense, Education announce major grants to improve teaching of critical foreign languages in Michigan K-12 schools
October 4, 2006
By Kristan Tetens
Michigan State University Division of University Relations
http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/2870/content.htm

MSU, U.S. departments of Defense, Education announce major grants to improve teaching of critical foreign languages in Michigan K-12 schools
October 4, 2006
By Kristan Tetens
Michigan State University Division of University Relations
http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/2870/content.htm

Let China be our wake-up call to real education reform
Marcy 5, 2006
By Stephen Barnes
The Register-Guard
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/RG-images.htm

Chinese Language Study Catching on in U.S. Classrooms, including One in Portland, Ore.
January 1, 2006
By Julia Silverman - Seattle Times
The Associated Press
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/asso-press.htm

Chinese language instruction getting more popular in public schools
November 8, 2005
By Carol Chmelynski
School Board News
http://casls.uoregon.edu/flagship/media/pps.htm