Connecting central Kentucky to the world: Festival Cultural Hispano
Western Kentucky University's Yertty VanderMolen shares how the university and local school districts joined together to give students a broader experience of other cultures.
Speaking Spanish and Portuguese in Kentucky! ¡Hola! Olá!
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese promotes the study and teaching of the Spanish and Portuguese languages and their corresponding literature and cultures at all levels of education.
KET: A world of resources at your fingertips
Kentucky Educational Television is partnering with the Kentucky Department of Education to create and provide resources to meet the needs of Kentucky teachers and students.
Students teaching Spanish to preschoolers
Camp Ernst Middle School students got the chance to practice their skills by helping a daycare teach Spanish to preschoolers.
From high poverty to the globe, via world languages
Harlan County's Emmanuel B. Anama-Green Jr. dares his students to dream big.
Students use folklore to connect cultures
Librarian Jessica Holmes is helping her students collect stories from students around the world as part of a Student Technology Leadership Program project.
Chinese Guest Teacher Program applications due
Apply now to host a Chinese guest teacher for the 2016-17 school year. Since 2007, the College Board Chinese Guest Teacher Program has placed more than 1,000 visiting teachers in hundreds of schools nationwide. All guest teachers are qualified, experienced teachers from China. After a rigorous selection and training process, they serve as full-time Chinese language instructors in U.S. schools. [...]
Welcome to the world languages page
Alfonso de Torres Núñez is the world languages consultant at the Kentucky Department of Education.
Fayette French teacher wins world languages award
Laura Roché, a French teacher at Beaumont Middle School (Fayette County) is the 2015 recipient of the Kentucky World Language Association Outstanding Teacher Award. She received the award Sept. 26 at the KWLA annual conference in Louisville. Roché is in her 24th year of teaching French. She has spent the past six years at Beaumont Middle after having taught at [...]
Kentucky World Language Association conference set
Registration is open for the Kentucky World Language Association’s annual conference Sept. 24-26 at the Ramada Plaza Louisville Hotel and Conference Center in Louisville. The conference will include professional development sessions and keynote speaker Nicole Naditz, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’ 2015 Teacher of the Year. Click here for more information.