STUDY ABROAD:
A vehicle to improved language proficiency and global awareness

Foreign language teachers at all levels of instruction would probably agree about the importance and value of study abroad and have encouraged their students to participate in such programs at some time during their academic careers. The choice and location of the program has often been an individual decision with advice from the student's advisor(s) and the study abroad office at the academic institution. read more

JNCL-NCLIS' Board of Directors began focusing on study abroad issues during their meeting in January 2008 and the discussion was continued at the May 2008 Delegate Assembly. Participants from both meetings suggested that JNCL-NCLIS provide a source for information gathered from the field.

With the assistance of the session participants, a preliminary list of these resources with short annotations is provided in the "Principles for Managing Study Abroad Programs" section to the left. We are interested in being as inclusive as possible; however, commercial travel/study companies will not be included. If you have additional  sources in the three areas listed to the left, please contact info@languagepolicy.org.