Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference

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• Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference

Barbara Blankenship, UCLA Thomas Hinnebusch,
UCLA Florence Martin, CSU Long Beach
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Title VI Funding
Has enabled the creation of the LMPs well-known
comprehensive website for teachers of Less
Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

• Todays discussion
• Noteworthy outcomes from the past
• Newest project
• Signposts to the future

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Noteworthy Earlier Outcomes

• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• 7700 citations, materials for 150 LCTLs
• AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
• 1000 citations
• LANGUAGE PORTALS
• Language profiles, maps
• Web links for each language

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LMP Agility

• provides for quick response as needs change
• Robust, flexible database design
• Time-tested research methods
• Our latest response to national needs
• K-12 LCTL resources

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• K-12 GATEWAY
• to the
• Less Commonly Taught Languages
• Online since February 2009

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Some Components of the Gateway

• TEACHING FRAMEWORKS
• RESOURCES
• LESSON PLANS
• 20 thematic units
• 100 lesson plans, with supp. materials
• Sample lesson ?

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K-12 Pilot Project

• Consultants 10 teachers
• Languages 6 languages
• Grade 4 elementary, 5 secondary, 1 multigrade
• Types of program 4
• Geographical Anchorage AK to Fairfax VA

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Results of the Pilot Project

• ENTHUSIASM
• SUGGESTIONS for current site
• Ideas for FUTURE ELEMENTS

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Signposts to the Future

• Teachers ideas for future elements
• USER-GENERATED CONTENT
• TEACHERS ONLINE COMMUNITY

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Title VI Impact

• Title IV
• Has filled a FUNDAMENTAL NEED for organizing LCTL
  teaching materials, through support of the
  Language Materials Project.
• Will provide a KEY ADVANTAGE for the future, by
  supporting the LMPs development of a platform
  for user-generated content.