FLTeach - Foreign Language Teaching Forum

What is FLTeach?

The Foreign Language Teaching Forum is an integrated service for FL teachers, dedicated to encouraging communication, sharing, and collaboration at all levels. Our broad discussion topic is foreign language teaching methods for any level of instruction in all languages. Specific areas of discussion include school/college articulation, training of student teachers, classroom activities, curriculum, and syllabus design. Students in teacher training programs, teachers both new and experienced, administrators, and other professionals interested in any aspect of foreign language teaching are invited to participate in our discussions.

The basic premise of the list is that as professional Foreign Language teachers we are all in this together and are here to help one another. The moderators expect all participation in FLTEACH to be supportive and collegial and to follow the basic rules of good Netiquette. For an introduction to netiquette see Patrick Crispen's Roadmap course: Netiquette (second location for Netiquette ).

FLTEACH resources include this web site (hosted by the State University of New York College at Cortland), the email LISTSERV Academic Discussion List (FLTEACH@listserv.buffalo.edu) and list archives (hosted on a computer at SUNY Buffalo), and the FLNews bulletin board server. RSS feeds exist for both the list and bulletin board. There is also an FLTEACH Twitter hashtag, #flteach. Information about these and other features of FLTEACH can be found under the Ancillaries tab.

FLTEACH was founded in SUNY Cortland's Modern Languages Department in February 1994 by the moderators, Jean LeLoup (US Air Force Academy) & Bob Ponterio (SUNY Cortland).

Subscribing and setting your options

Send an email message to:

LISTSERV@listserv.buffalo.edu

In the message put only the following:

SUBSCRIBE FLTEACH firstname lastname

Example: SUBSCRIBE FLTEACH Snow White

To unsubscribe send:

UNSUB FLTEACH

To SUBSCRIBE just send an email message in plain text, avoid any special formatting. Follow the directions in the box. No signature, it doesn't matter what is in the subject line. You will be sent a Welcome Message with instructions on how to use FLTEACH by return e-mail. BTW If your name is not Snow White, please use your real name.
After subscribing, many FLTEACH Subscriber Options (MAIL, NOMAIL, UNSUB, INDEX, DIGEST, etc.) may be set by sending a command to LISTSERV. For even more information about using less common LISTSERV commands check out the manuals by L-Soft, the company that makes LISTSERV.

You can also SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, or change any OPTIONS using our WWW interface page. For this to work, you first need to create and confirm an FLTEACH password. It's easy and safe. If you forget your FLTEACH password, you can just make yourself a new one. When using this feature, be sure to type your email address EXACTLY as it appears in your FLTEACH subscription and make sure that it is the exact address that your email server uses or it will not work. This is also the only way to see subscriber addresses in the list archives.

Posting

Send plain text FLTEACH postings by email to FLTEACH@listserv.buffalo.edu ; no attachments please.

Please be sure to follow the FLTEACH list posting guidelines found in our Welcome Message whenever contributing to the discussion. The FLTEACH email discussion listserv is closely moderated and does not allow advertising of programs, materials or services (theses are allowed on our bulletin board).

Please note that all FLTEACH postings are permanently located in public, searchable archives. The moderators do NOT edit these archives. Please do not send posts that you do not wish to be found in these public archives.

Donations to FLTeach

Donations to the FLTEACH project help support the continued operation of the list, equipment & software maintenance & upgrades. A number of FLTEACH subscribers wished to make a donation to FLTEACH in the name of our good friends and colleagues who have passed away; this is also possible through the Foundation.

in the name of Marilyn Barrueta:
Longtime FLTEACH friend and colleague Marilyn Barrueta passed away on Nov. 4, 2010. Here is a list of those who have made donations as well as a link to the many messages of appreciation and other material collected in Marilyn's memory.

in the name of Mary Young:
Mary Young was a longtime, valued participant in the FLTEACH forum. She loved teaching French and was always very generous with the help that she offered to others. We miss her presence. Here is a list of those who have made donations as well as a link to the many messages of appreciation for Mary's dedication and generosity that participants shared after her passing.

Previous external funding

In the past, FLTEACH was partially supported by two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

First (1997-2001) through a "Teaching with Technology: Educational Development and Demonstration: Diffusion and Dissemination" grant titled "FLTEACH: Communication Technologies for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction." We appreciate having received contributions from individuals to help meet our $10,000 goal for matching funds. You can see the details of that grant objectives and timeline as well as a listing of generous FLTEACH supporters.
Next (2002-2006) through an "Exemplary Education Project: Dissemination Project" grant titled "FLTEACH: A Model for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction."

Currently, FLTEACH has no funding and is supported by the moderators