National Chinese Language ConferenceWashington, DC – April 23 – 10 AM

1

WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP?

An Initiative – federal investment designed to create a strong pool of college graduates of all majors with certified professional critical language proficiency.

A Program – to systematize high quality language learning opportunities with the expectation of success.

An Approach – designed to change the way Americans learn language.

A Partnership – between 23 major U.S. institutions articulated study and work experiences through 11 overseas institutions.

WHAT MAKES THE LANGUAGE FLAGSHIP DIFFERENT?

Flagship is different, because it is intensive, innovative, results-oriented and requires:

• Intensive language and culture instruction articulated through all language levels’

• Professional-level language ability, alongside an academic major, not only as a major;

• Group training and individual tutoring beyond classroom instruction;

• Advanced language and culture immersion overseas at Flagship Overseas programs

• Students to directly enroll in foreign universities and take courses in their major;

• In-country professional internships demanding daily language use and improvement;

• Results from all Flagship students with progression based on proficiency, not grades;

Finally, what sets the program apart is “FLAGSHIP CERTIFICATION” our assurance that

graduates certified by The Language Flagship have completed all program requirements

and have attained ACTFL Superior proficiency.

3

WHERE ARE THE FLAGSHIP CENTERS?22 Domestic, 11 Overseas, 3 K-12 Pilot

African Languages (Swahili and Yoruba)Howard UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonUniversity of Ibadan, Nigeria*University of Zanzibar, Tanzania*

ArabicMichigan State University Dearborn Public Schools K–12 Flagship ProgramUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Michigan Flagship Partner ProgramUniversity of Oklahoma Flagship Partner ProgramUniversity of Texas, AustinAlexandria University, Egypt*Damascus University, Syria*

Central Eurasian Turkic LanguagesAmerican Councils for International Education

ChineseArizona State University Flagship Partner ProgramBrigham Young UniversityIndiana University Flagship Partner ProgramOhio State University Ohio Public Schools K–12 Flagship ProgramSan Francisco State University Flagship Partner ProgramUniversity of MississippiUniversity of Oregon

Chinese (cont’d) Portland Public Schools K–12 Flagship ProgramUniversity of Rhode Island Flagship Partner ProgramWestern Kentucky University Flagship Pilot ProgramNanjing University, China*Qingdao University, China*

Hindi/UrduUniversity of Texas, AustinJaipur Hindi Center, India*Lucknow Urdu Center, India*

KoreanUniversity of Hawai’i, ManoaKorea University, South Korea*

PersianUniversity of Maryland, College ParkTajik State National University, Tajikistan*

Russian American Councils for International EducationBryn Mawr CollegePortland State University Flagship Partner ProgramUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonSaint Petersburg State University, Russia*

WHERE ARE THE CHINESE FLAGSHIP CENTERS?

Language Flagship Chinese Centers and Programs:

Arizona State University

www.chineseflagship.asu.edu Brigham Young University

www.chineseflagship.byu.edu Indiana University

www.indiana.edu/~flagship/ Ohio State University

www.chineseflagship.osu.edu University of Mississippi

www.olemiss.edu/chinese University of Oregon

www.casls.uoregon.edu/flagship San Francisco State University

www.sfsu.edu/~flagship University of Rhode Island

www.uri.edu/chineseflagship Western Kentucky University

www.wku.edu/chineseflagship

Language Flagship Chinese K-12 Programs: Ohio Public Schools and Ohio State University

k12chineseflagship.osu.edu Portland Public Schools and University of Oregon

casls.uoregon.edu/ppsflagship

5

What Flagship Articulation Infrastructure: Pipeline for Foreign Language

Full Year UndergraduateOverseas Flagship

Direct Enrollment and Internship

Pre-Collegiate Flagship Options

K-12 Students: Absolute Beginners, Heritage, FLAP, NSLI-Y, StarTalk, et al.

Domestic or OverseasSummer Intensive Flagship

Domestic Undergraduate Flagship

Full Year GraduateOverseas Flagship

Direct Enrollment and Internship

Non-Flagship Undergraduate Program

Domestic Graduate Flagship

PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYFlagship Certified Global Professionals

Curriculum

Development

Institutionalizing Language Learning:

New Faculty LinesNew Majors and Minors

New Structures

Proficiency-based Language Learning:

Professional Proficiency

Experiential Language Learning:

InternshipsService Learning

Content-based Language LearningStudents in all Majors

Evidence-based Language Learning:

Assessment Based

TechnologicalInnovation:

State of the Art Approaches

Building Curricular Infrastructure:Maximizing All Components

2007 TO 2009 FLAGSHIP ENROLLMENTS

Chinese243

Arabic227

Eurasian130

Hindi/Urdu27

Korean46

Persian38

African40

African0

Persian7

Korean27Hindi/Urdu

10

Eurasian Languages31

Arabic63

Chinese96

African0

Persian21

Korean33

Hindi/Urdu25

Eurasian31

Arabic99

Chinese129

254

499

754

2009 Flagship GraduatesILR Proficiency Scores

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

Ara

bic

1A

rabi

c 2

Ara

bic

3A

rabi

c 4

Ara

bic

5A

rabi

c 6

Ara

bic

7A

rabi

c 8

Ara

bic

9A

rabi

c 10

Ara

bic

11A

rabi

c 12

Ara

bic

13A

rabi

c 14

Ara

bic

15A

rabi

c 16

Ara

bic

17A

rabi

c 18

Ara

bic

19A

rabi

c 20

Chi

nese

1C

hine

se 2

Chi

nese

3C

hine

se 4

Chi

nese

5C

hine

se 6

Chi

nese

7C

hine

se 8

Chi

nese

9C

hine

se 1

0C

hine

se 1

1C

hine

se 1

2K

orea

n 1

Kor

ean

2K

orea

n 3

Kor

ean

4K

orea

n 5

Kor

ean

6K

orea

n 7

Kor

ean

8K

orea

n 9

Kor

ean

10K

orea

n 11

Kor

ean

12K

orea

n 13

Kor

ean

14K

orea

n 15

Kor

ean

16K

orea

n 17

Kor

ean

18K

orea

n 19

Kor

ean

20K

orea

n 21

Kor

ean

22K

orea

n 23

Rus

sian

1R

ussi

an 2

Rus

sian

3R

ussi

an 4

Rus

sian

5R

ussi

an 6

Rus

sian

7R

ussi

an 8

Rus

sian

9

Student Results

ILR

Rat

ing

Speaking Syrian Reading

HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

www.thelanguageflagship.org

See new YouTube.com video, bysearching for “thelanguageflagship”

Contact me at edward.mcdermott@wso.whs.mil

or 703.696.5671

THA NK YOU!

10