Advocate for Language: Buy a T-Shirt

The T-shirts available at convention are also available to order. Your $20 check will cover one shirt as well as in-state shipping. To order, simply send to PO Box 8496; Essex, VT 05486. Multiple colors are available: (Also "Different is good; Learn a language" with ice cream cone design.)

Why Learn Another Language?

In this VFLA advocacy film for language programs, learn Jake Burton Carpenter's secret for success in international business! According to Jake, founder and CEO of Burton Snowboards, a business leader must "be a good corporate citizen in every country, respecting customs and languages."  The film also gives valuable information about why knowing another language is an especially valuable skill in Vermont.  For example, did you know that we are the biggest per capita exporter in the US?  Why Learn Another Language?  also gives the cognitive, social, and academic advantages of language learning, but its economic arguments may be the most compelling for some parents.  And their kids will love the snowboarding pictures!

To find out how to order a $25 copy for yourself, your department or district, download the order form in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader format. Contact Mike Martin (mike@cvuhs.org) with any questions.

In this scene from the film, Vermont students play "boules" or "pétanque".

FREE BROCHURES

FYI: The color brochure "Why Learn Another Language" is again available free of charge from the MLA. Packets of twenty may be obtained by writing to either flbrochure@mla.org, or the Office of Foreign Language Programs, MLA, 26 Broadway, NY, NY 10004-1789. Requests of up to 300 copies will be honored. The brochure is also available for downloading in PDF and HTML files at www.adfl.org.