Project Materials

Many of the grants made by the Consortium have resulted in the publication or distribution of new or revised materials to the relevant language field. It was never the intention of - and it would make little sense for - the Consortium to compete with major publishing houses or to enter the largest markets in foreign language instruction (i.e., French, German, Spanish, etc.). Instead, the goal, from the beginning, was to provide resources precisely where resources had not been routinely available.

What follows is a partial list by language of materials available for distribution occasionally through traditional commercial houses, often through university presses, often through professional associations, and sometimes through university offices. Such a list, however, should not obscure the importance of (1) ephemera, materials that are intended only for short-term use (e.g., annotations of a television news broadcast or of a topical newspaper article) and (2) materials that are intended for solely for local use. Short-lived and local materials are extremely important to language programs for a variety of reasons: apart from honing materials for specific classes and specific groups of students, teachers enjoy increased "ownership" in the development of their program.