Arkansas Participation in a 500 Million Person Community. Building Capacity for Innovation in Spanish Teaching Statewide.

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This site brings together five innovative language teaching and research initiatives of the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The Spanish and World Languages Teaching Symposium
Annual event in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith

The Arkansas Spanish Language Landscape Report
Developing a roadmap for world languages teaching in Arkansas

Sin Límites—The Latino Youth Biliteracy Project
A service learning initiative for elementary and middle school Latinx students

Educational Webinars and Workshops
Building Capacity for World Language Teaching in Arkansas

“The ability to understand, speak, read, and write in world languages in addition to English, is critical to success in business, research, and international relations in the twenty-first century,” according to The American Academy of Arts & Sciences report America’s Languages. Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century.

Funded in part by a University of Arkansas Chancellor’s Humanities Grant

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