What is NASILP?
If you wish to offer an LCTL with modest resources, NASILP will help you get started at your institution.
The National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP) is North America's only professional organization specifically devoted to fostering study of less commonly taught languages through self-instructional principles utilizing a "prochievement" modality developed for an academic setting.
NASILP provides channels through which the Association's members share their concerns and expertise. NASILP is a member of The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL. It is an organizational affiliate of the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Center for Languages and International Studies (JNCL/NCLIS) and a founding member of the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
NASILP has institutional members throughout the United States and Canada providing self-managed programs in more than fifty languages to thousands of students. Most institutional members are 4-year colleges and universities although 2-year colleges and secondary schools are increasing in membership.
NASILP is also a co-participant in a Critical Languages Series CD-ROM language courseware project along with the University of Arizona's Critical Languages Program (UA/CLP), Computer Aided Language Instruction Group (UA/CALI), and UAPress. This series consists of CD-ROM language courseware in Beginning Brazilian-Portuguese, Cantonese, Chinese, Kazakh, Korean, and Turkish and DVD-ROM courseware in Beginning Ukrainian and Kurmanji Kurdish, Intermediate Cantonese, Kazakh, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Advanced Kazakh and Turkish; it is distributed by the UAPress.
All courseware has been developed with support from National Security Education Program (NSEP), the U.S. Department of Education, International Research and Studies (IRS) Program, the UA Office of the Vice President for Research, and the Office of the Dean of College of Humanity.
NASILP welcomes faculty and administrators to its 38th Annual Conference in the Washington D.C. area on October 28th and 29th of this year. The Conference is result-oriented with participatory workshops and presentations by leaders in the filed from government and education. It is held at the Crystal City Hilton in Arlington, VA, a fifteen minute Metro ride from downtown Washington.
Since NASILP is a membership organization, most information may be obtained by contacting the NASILP secretariat or by accessing the "Members Only" section of its website by completing a Membership Application.
Alexander Dunkel
Executive Director
NASILP at Critical Languages