Welcome to IWLA Online

The Iowa World Language Association (IWLA) is devoted to advancing the worldwide mission of education and world languages, literature and culture by:

• Promoting the study of world languages and cultures.
• Promoting language curricula, from primary to post-secondary levels, to enable students to become proficient in the target language.
• Opening the doors for multi-lingual interaction with other cultures.

To this end IWLA provides opportunities and support for language teacher education by:

• Facilitating the implementation of the National Standards in Foreign Language Education through the 5 C's: Communication, Culture, Connection, Comparison and Communities.
• Creating opportunities and finding resources for practicing teachers to update their skills and improve their teaching.
• Encouraging the use of new teaching methodologies and technologies in language education.

Iowa Core Curriculum

IWLA Position Statement

As a follow up to the letter-writing campaign, a position paper was approved by the Executive Board to be submitted to business and education partners in order to garner support for our initiative. [Read Article]

2009 Conference

Conference Information

Letter Writing Campaign

A Response from the Iowa Department of Education

... While the Department would certainly staff this position [State Foreign Language Supervisor] if funding were made available, we are uncertain that there is enough work in this area alone to support a position at the Department solely for this purpose... [Read Article]

Intercambios

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Information and documents for inclusion in the IWLA web site may be submitted to iwla@iastate.edu.

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National Council of State Supervisors for Languages

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