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Calling all WL researchers!

ACTFL is now accepting proposals for the 2026 Research Priorities Project—funding research that advances language teaching & learning.

⏰ Proposal deadline: July 30, 2026

Learn more and apply: https://www.actfl.org/research/research-priorities-grants

"Students will participate more if you give them frequent, low-stakes chances to interact with content all throughout a lesson."

Increasing Students’ Opportunities to Respond Boosts Thinking and Engagement Students will participate more if you give them frequent, low-stakes chances to interact with content all throughout a lesson.

📢 The ACTFL 2026 Convention Program is now available!

View the program today and begin building your schedule: https://www.actfl.org/attend-2026/2026-convention-program

Advocacy alert: WLARA grants promoting national security, critical formula programs like Title III, and international exchange funding are currently at risk during the appropriations process. Write your legislators using JNCL’s easy-to-use forms to stand up for language education! Get started here: https://www.languagepolicy.org/take-action

Ready to level up your proficiency assessment skills? Registration CLOSES SOON for upcoming ACTFL OPI and MOPI Assessment Workshops.

📌 OPI Assessment Workshop – English
Deadline: June 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET

📌 OPI Assessment Workshop in Spanish
For the first time, live sessions and most materials will be hosted in Spanish
Deadline: June 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET

REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/3B4sXTl

ACTFL Proficiency Institute for Higher Education participants gathered this week in the Baltimore area for collaboration, learning, and professional growth focused on proficiency-based language education. 🎓✨

Whether you're looking for practical strategies, meaningful connections, or fresh inspiration, the ACTFL Convention & Expo delivers it all.

Join us in San Antonio, November 20–22, 2026, and see why language educators return year after year. Register early and save: https://www.actfl.org/convention-and-expo

"These activities make reviewing content fun, so they can really motivate students to cement their learning."

3 Retrieval Games to Try in Your High School Classroom These activities make reviewing content fun, so they can really motivate students to cement their learning.

How do language teachers really feel about AI-generated feedback? New research reveals four distinct perspectives, from strategic resistance to transformative embrace, and underscores the need for teacher-led AI integration: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/flan.70042

Foreign Language Annals | ACTFL Language Teaching Journal | Wiley Online Library The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into second language (L2) writing instruction has generated an ongoing debate concerning its pedagogical value, ethical implications, and classroom imp...

Ready to level up your proficiency assessment skills? Registration is now open for upcoming ACTFL OPI and MOPI Assessment Workshops.

📌 OPI Assessment Workshop – English
Deadline: June 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET

📌 OPI Assessment Workshop in Spanish
For the first time, live sessions and most materials will be hosted in Spanish
Deadline: June 26, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET

REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/3B4sXTl