"Foreign Languages at the Core of Success: An Advocacy User's Guide"
links from presentation TennesseeBob Peckham bobp@utm.edu


Foreign Languages: An Essential Core Experience
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/flsat.html

What does research show about the benefits of language learning?
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4524

MLA Foreign Language brochure
http://www.adfl.org/resources/knowing_other_languages.htm



Foreign Language Requirement for College Admissions
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/theartofgettingaccepted/a/ForeignLanguage.htm

Putting Your Foreign Language and Culture Skills to Practical Use
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/langjobs.html



Try Life in Another Language
http://www.trylifeinanotherlanguage.com

The pleasure of learning languages
http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/learning_languages.htm

Celebrity linguists
http://www.cilt.org.uk/promoting/celeblinguists/celeblinguists.htm

Celebrity Corner ACTFL
http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageid=3689

THE LANGUAGE OF THE STARS
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/celebfrench.shtml



State Scholars Initiative
http://www.wiche.edu/Statescholars/

Why study a foreign language in Tennessee?
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/why.html



Vermont International Business

Vermont Global Trade Partnership
http://economicdevelopment.vermont.gov/Programs/GlobalTrade/tabid/121/Default.aspx

Importing jobs Vermont Business Magazine,  Jan 01, 1998
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3675/is_/ai_n8767805

Trade Makes Vermont Strong
http:// www.csgeast.org/pdfs/etc/VTTradeReport06.pdf

Vermont: Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment
http://www.trade.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/vermont.html

Quebec-Vermont Trade Corridors
http://www.corridors.ca/QueVer_en.html

Vermont Exports Holstein Embryos to Argentina
http://www.vermontagriculture.com/news/2008/argentinaJuly11.html

Vermont’s High-Tech Exports Total $2.8 Billion in 2007
http://www.aeanet.org/pressroom/prac_TCS_2008_vermont.asp



Vermont vacation
http://www.travel-vermont.com/international/fr/about.asp



The Vermont Legislature - Legislative Directory
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/legdir2.htm



Vermont Historical Society
http://www.vermonthistory.org/

Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society
http://www.vt-fcgs.org/

Vermont Humanities Council (look for Franco-Am or another ethnic theme)
http://www.vermonthumanities.org/




Ideas for French Language & Culture Advocacy in the US
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/advofr.shtml

French Advocacy Wiki
http://frenchadvocacy.pbwiki.com