Websites

• //www.fiplv.com
  The Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Langues Vivantes is an international federation of language teacher associations which support teachers of all languages around the world. Its website is developing to reflect this breadth of coverage and contains news from around the world. Any member associations are welcome to publicise their news and events there and are encouraged to contact the President of FIPLV, Dr Terry Lamb or the webmaster Marie Blomqvist. 
   
• //www.languagescompany.com
  The Languages Company is the website of the organisation which supports the delivery of the National Languages Strategy for England. It is directed by Dr Lid King, the National Director for Languages, and contains an increasing range of information about developments in England and elsewhere. It also has an extensive list of links to partners with which the Languages Company collaborates. 
   
• //www.cilt.org.uk 
  This is the website of CILT, the National Centre for Languages, based in London, stands for the Centre for Information on Language Teaching, and its website contains a huge amount of information relating to language policy, practice and research in all educational sectors. 
   
• //www.ailarenla.org 
  AILA is the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée and this is the website of the AILA Research Network on Learner Autonomy in Language Learning. It contains a huge range of information on new approaches to language learning and teaching, all of which have in common the aim of enabling learners to take charge of their learning. Contexts where this is appropriate include classroom teaching, distance learning, flexible learning, self-access learning, e-learning etc. The field ranges from the organisation of learning environments to the development of cognitive and metacognitive strategies, thinking skills etc.
   
• www.francparler.info
  The website of the OIF (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie) – only in French – contains much different information for teachers of French as a foreign language. It contains a news blog, different activities that can be used in class, a forum and also French related ads. Especially interesting are the parts about how an language teacher association should work – for example how it can finance itself, what it can organise projects or how different groups can meet within the association.