China | Japan | Korea

CHINA

• Academy of Chinese Language and Culture
(http://www.aclc-cn.com/)
The Academy of Chinese Language and Culture offers study abroad programs and learning immersion courses to those interested in Chinese language and culture.

• Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS)
(http://www.classk12.org/)
The Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS) is a national nonpolitical and nonprofit professional association of all persons interested in teaching Chinese language and culture at pre-collegiate levels of American schools. CLASS aims to 1) actively promote the learning and teaching of Chinese in secondary and elementary schools in the United States; 2) encourage effective articulation among Chinese Language educators across the divides of elementary, secondary, and college level instruction; and 3) provide a national network for the exchange of information, ideas and curricular resources related to the teaching of Chinese language and culture in the United States. See the Links page for an excellent list of Chinese-language-related websites.

• The Midwest Chinese Teachers' Alliance
(http://www.tmcta.org/)
Midwest Chinese Teachers Alliance is dedicated to mission to promote and develop teaching and learning the Chinese language and culture in all schools: public and private; at all level, preschool, elementary, high school, college, adult education, and heritage language programs.

• National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages: CouncilNet
(http://www.councilnet.org/)
The CouncilNet, the online network for organizations representing the less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in the United States, is designed to address the communication and information needs of the members of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (the Council), as well as those of other organizations, institutions, and individuals interested in the teaching and learning of the LCTLs in the United States. CouncilNet supports the Council in its efforts to address the issue of national capacity in the LCTLs by facilitating communications among member organizations and with the governmental, private, heritage, and overseas sectors of the language community. Its ultimate goal is to increase the collective impact of LCTL constituencies on America's ability to communicate with peoples from all parts of the world.

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JAPAN

• Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ)
(http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/)
The Association of Teachers of Japanese is an international non-profit organization of scholars, teachers, and students of Japanese language, literature, and linguistics that works to promote academic work in the field and to broaden and deepen knowledge and appreciation of Japan and its culture.

• The Institute for the Teaching of Japanese
(http://www.itj.org/ITJ_Home.html)
ITJ offers Internet-assisted professional development courses to elementary, middle, and high school teachers of Japanese. Courses combine self-managed learning materials with the guidance of an on-line instructor and guest specialists. By using a computer connected to the Internet, students can work at their own pace while learning in an interactive environment with fellow students and a learning facilitator.

• The Japan Foundation Los Angeles Office & Language Center
(http://www.jflalc.org/)
The Japan Foundation Los Angeles Language Center provides assistance throughout the United States for Japanese language education, especially for teachers of the Japanese language at the pre-collegiate levels, and conducts the annual Japanese Language Proficiency Test in cooperation with Columbia University, University of Chicago, and University of Hawaii at Manoa.

• National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT)
(http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/ncjlt/)
The National Council Japanese Language Teachers is a group of teachers and other professionals interested in teaching and improving the quality of Japanese teaching in American secondary schools. NCJLT's goals include actively promoting the teaching and learning of Japanese at the secondary level, providing a network for exchanging information and ideas about Japanese teaching, and improving opportunities and resources for Japanese teachers.

• Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ)
The Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ), formerly the Northeast Association of Secondary Teachers of Japanese (NEASTJ), is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the teaching of Japanese language at the pre-collegiate level throughout the northeastern United States.The NECTJ covers not only secondary education but also a wider range of levels including elementary education for children of Japanese heritage.

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KOREA

• American Association of Teachers of Korean (AATK)
(http://www.councilnet.org/pages/CNet_Members_AATK.html)
The American Association of Teachers of Korean seeks to promote the effective teaching, learning, study and research of the Korean language, language pedagogy, applied linguistics, and literature in the United States.

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