ACTFL Membership Application

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Special Interest Groups Fees

Would you like to join an ACTFL Special Interest Group (SIG)? Membership Basic Fee select one
in a SIG is optional and carries a fee of $5.00 per year per SIG. SIG membership All fees are for 1 year unless designated for multiple years.
must be paid for the same period as membership. On the reverse is a brief
Regular $ 75.00 per year
description of each SIG. Check each SIG you wish to join.
Two years $ 140.00 per 2 years
African-American Students Language Learning for Children Three years $ 200.00 per 3 years
Arabic Less Commonly Taught Languages Adjunct/Part-time Educators $ 50.00 per year
Community College Portuguese New Teacher (2 year max) $ 50.00 per year
Distance Learning Research Student $ 25.00 per year
Film (Cinema) Small German Programs Expected Graduation or Program Completion Date:
Heritage Languages Spanish for Native Speakers Basic Fee Total = $
Immersion Teacher Development
Additional Fees optional, select all that apply
Korean Teaching and Learning of Culture
SIG(s) indicate which SIG(s) using the checkboxes to the left
Demographic Information # of SIGs x $5 x years = $
What language(s) do you teach? check all that apply
Joint see reverse side for eligibility and restrictions
Chinese ESL French
$20 x years = $
German Italian Japanese
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Latin Russian Spanish
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Other(s):
$20 x years = $
What is your current assignment(s)? check all that apply
Additional Fee Total = $
Teacher Methods Instructor
Student Administrator Donation optional
Discover Languages . . . Discover the World – Sustained public awareness
What level(s) do you teach or administer? check all that apply
campaign promotes the value of language learning. see reverse for more
Elementary Middle/Junior High School High School information
Community College Undergraduate Graduate
Optional Donation Total = $
Government/Business/Non-Degree Institution
TOTAL DUE Basic + Additional + Donation = $

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Basic Dues Special Interest Groups

Unless stipulated below, all members receive full membership benefits and
prices listed cover one membership year. ACTFL memberships are NOT
transferable.
Regular Membership
Individuals currently employed in foreign language education.
Price: $75 (one year), $140 (two years), $200 (three years)
Optional – additional fee required
ACTFL members are eligible to join one or more Special Interest
Groups (SIG) for an additional $5/year per SIG. Multi-year members
should multiply each SIG fee accordingly. (For example: add $10 per
SIG if you are registering for a two-year ACTFL membership plan.)
Price: $5/year per SIG

Adjunct/Part-Time Educators Special Interest Groups

Individuals spending less than 50% of their total employment or less than
20 hours a week instructing or administering foreign languages.
Price: $50
New Teacher Membership
Individuals currently employed within the first two (2) years of their first
teaching contract for a maximum of two years.
Price: $50
Student Membership
Individuals currently enrolled in a foreign language and/or teacher training
degree program or state recognized teacher certification program. Eligible
for length of studies, must provide expected completion date.
Price: $25
Multi-Year Membership and Fees
Unless otherwise noted, all prices listed are for a period of one year.
Only regular members may join for multiple years at a discount. All
other categories may join for multiple years by multiplying the dues
amount by the number of years wishing to join.
Additional Fees
International Fee
Required for all non-U.S. mailing addresses. Fee is per year for each year
of membership.
Price: $20/year
Joint Membership Fee
Provides membership benefits for a second family member or domestic partner
residing at the same home address as another ACTFL member. Joint members
receive one set of publications, but duplicates of all other member benefits.
Price: $20/year
Donation optional
Discover Languages . . . Discover the World® is
ACTFL’s sustained public awareness campaign
to build understanding among the public,
business, and government of the importance of
learning languages. Efforts such as this will lead
to increased funding for language programs, expanded language programs,
increased cultural understanding, and increased job opportunities for
language educators.
African-American Students – provides a public forum for the discussion
of issues relating to African-American students and their needs as language
learners.
Arabic – serves as a network for communication and information sharing
among Arabic language and cultural instructors.
Community Colleges – provides leadership and cohesiveness to the teach-
ing of foreign languages at the community college level.
Distance Learning – provides a forum for the discussion of strategies, pro-
gram models, and the many challenges facing distance learning educators.
Film (Cinema) – seeks to respond to the increasing interest in and use of
films in language instruction, acquisition and assessment.
Heritage Languages – represents the concerns of the heritage languages
teaching community and provides them a network for communication.
Immersion – expands opportunities for dialogue, information exchange,
professional development and research initiatives among dual language/
immersion educators.
Korean – provides a forum for discussion about teaching Korean and
provides teachers an active networking system.
Language Learning for Children (LLC) – promotes and supports early lan-
guage programs in the U.S. through advocacy, networking and articulation.
Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) – promotes knowledge and
awareness about LCTLs and provides a forum for teachers to discuss learn-
ing needs, best practices and policy developments.
Portuguese – promotes and supports Portuguese programs in the U.S.
through advocacy, networking and articulation.
Research – highlights the importance of the research process among the
ACTFL membership, while also providing a forum at the ACTFL Conven-
tion for the discussion and presentation of research pieces.
Small German Programs – promotes discussion of the issues and opportu-
nities surrounding small German programs at colleges and universities.
Spanish for Native Speakers (SNS) – concerned with the teaching and
learning of Spanish for individuals who have a home background in the
language.
Teacher Development – provides a forum for the discussion of foreign
language teacher preparation, both at the preservice and the inservice levels.
Teaching and Learning of Culture – encourages a better understanding of
the teaching of culture and its place in the foreign language curriculum.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

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Phone: (703) 894-2900 • Fax: (703) 894-2905 • E-mail: membership@actfl.org • Web: www.actfl.org