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March 2024 | Issue #92

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The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages serves educators in all languages (including classical, less commonly taught, and ENL), at all levels from kindergarten through university, in both public and private settings.

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We are deeply saddened to announce the loss of John Carlino, executive director of NECTFL. This loss is profound and the NECTFL community grieves together. John’s leadership in and advocacy for language learning echo across the wide landscape of our profession. Always ready to volunteer for any effort that promoted language teaching, always professional in his demeanor, John shone a light that radiated through constituencies and inspired colleagues to always reach for a higher caliber of professionalism. His stewardship of the NECTFL mission and vision provided the strong foundation for the work of the board of directors. Everything John has done at NECTFL, he has done in service to educators and language learners. Connecting NECTFL to the work of each state in the region, especially his cherished NYSAFLT, and to ACTFL, as well as JNCL-NCLIS, has kept NECTFL at the forefront of innovations in language teaching and learning. His greatest passion at NECTFL was the annual conference and endeavoring to see it create meaningful experiences for each participant.

The Northeast Conference Board of Directors announces the search for two editors:

One (1): for the Editor of the NECTFL Review, the academic, peer-reviewed journal published by the Northeast Conference twice a year. Since 2000, the NECTFL Review has published articles of interest to instructors, researchers, and administrators at all educational levels on theory, research, and classroom practice in language teaching. We encourage both scholarly articles that present original research, as well as original articles, focused on classroom practices and experiences. All articles, including those commissioned by the editors or those solicited for special issues, undergo a blind review by outside reviewers/readers. The publication of the NECTFL Review is a collaborative effort involving the Editor, The Language Classroom Editor, Editorial Board, and the NECTFL Board of Directors. The Editor works directly with the editorial board and guides manuscript revisions and final publication.

One (1): for the Editor of “The Language Classroom” section of the NECTFL Review. This is a new section of the journal features shorter articles (8+ pages/1,500–2,500 words) focused on classroom practices and experiences. We invite submissions from language educators at all levels that address topics such as: classroom instruction, curriculum design, assessment & feedback, leadership and advocacy, planning and program design, technology integration, student experiences, or other similar topics.

The journal is open-access and available on the website of the Northeast Conference. The Board of Directors provides a stipend and publication material support to the journal editors.

The Northeast Conference Board of Directors would like to thank Robert (Bob) Terry for his two decade-long dedication to the journal. As Bob retires from this position, the Board recognizes his distinguished service; tireless effort and consistent professionalism in stewarding the journal forward into the digital age, as well as the move into the realm of Open Access. A tremendous hurrah! – to Bob from the entire Board. A special thanks, also to Catherine Ritz, who served as inaugural editor of “The Language Classroom” section as the journal transitioned from reviewing print materials to this new section focused on current issues and developments in classroom instruction. Catherine led her editorial team into this new phase of the journal’s development and the Board is extremely appreciative of this effort and wishes her the best in her future endeavors.

Interested applicants should email us at [email protected] for full details and application materials.