1. "Why Language Learning Matters" by Miriam Met (2001) Educational Leadership. ASCD: Alexandria, VA.

Proficiency in languages other than English is needed for all students to thrive in a multicultural society and global marketplace. Disparity in the opportunity to study languages contributes to the achievement gap.

2. Call to Action for National Foreign Language Capabilities, Executive Summary" (17 August 2004) The National Language Conference: Secretary of Defense, Center for the Advanced Study of Language, Department of State, Department of Education and Intelligence Community.

3. "Compulsory World Language Study Begins at an Early Age Worldwide" from What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries. ERIC/CLL: http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0106pufahl.html.

Industrialized and developing nations begin compulsory language study in elementary and middle school years.

4. Louisiana Elementary School Foreign Language Study, Executive Summary (Fall 2004) in Learning Languages. National Network for Early Language Learning: Winston-Salem, NC.

Study of Grades 3-5 showing the relationship between foreign language study and improved student performance on standardized tests in other subject areas

5. Possible Pitfalls in Planning Programs by Carol Ann Dahlberg and Helena Curtain

6. Resources for Planning by Jan Kittok

7. A Rationale For Foreign Language Education (A Position Paper of the National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NCSSFL)

8. Rationale for using the Performance Guidelines from The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

9. New MnNVA trifold. summarizing the need and benefits of world language learning, also includes pictures from the 2005:Year of Languages campaign. (In .pdf format: Page one, page two)

10. Letter from Marty Abbott, President of ACTFL

11. Explanation of the ACTFL Performance Guidelines

12. Senate Resolution 170, 108^th Congress, June 12, 2003, Designating the years 2004 and 2005 as"Years of Foreign Language Study"

13. "Foreign Language Left Behind?" An article about the negative impact No Child Left Behind Legislation has had on foreign language programs nationally

14. "The Importance of Being Multilingual" - An article to business people regarding the benefits of world language learning from "Business Week"

15. The Effect of Second Language Learning on Test Scores, Intelligence and Achievement - An Annotated Bibliography

16. Foreign Language Education For ALL (!!!) Students

17. Attaining High Levels of Proficiency: Challenges for Foreign Language Education in the United States

18. Why, How and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language?

19. COUNCIL FOR BASIC EDUCATION REPORT-Implementation of NCLB Curtails Study of History, Civics, Languages, & the Arts, While Expanding Learning Time for Literacy, Math, & Science, New Study Says

20. Additional resources and background information for promoting world language learning