SCFLTA's Official Position Statement on Computer Coding and Language Study

10/20/2019

This Crescent post will be discussing educational policy. While it may not be as visible in the day-to-day routine of teaching, language policy is the deciding factor in so many aspects that affect our careers as world language educators. Language policies can be the make or break when it comes to funding for classrooms, employment security and, most importantly, deciding student course opportunities.

Recently, there has been discussion in legislation that would allow the study of world language to be substituted with computer coding. Below you can find the SCFLTA's official position statement on the matter.

"The South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers’ Association (SCFLTA) stands with our national organization, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), against any legislation that would allow the study of a world language in the state of South Carolina to be substituted with computer coding".

Learn more about being an advocate for world languages here. Please contact your legislators and encourage your network to do the same. It's a quick and easy search from this website. Click

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Bonjour! My name is Dr. Jason Bagley-Cooler, and I am a high school French teacher and editor of the SCFLTA Crescent Blog. SCFLTA would love to feature you and your colleagues being advocates in and outside of the classroom. Have a topic you would like to see discussed, colleagues or students you want to give shout outs to? Email me at [email protected] with your submissions. Don't forget to use #scflta on social media so we can spotlight the teachers, advocates and students of world languages!

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11/6/2019 09:11:20 pm

"The South Carolina Foreign Language Teachers’ Association has a strong will to go against computer coding. That means thay they don't see anything wrong about studying World Language Study. Well, I don't know the whole issue, but why there is a need to replace when we can just add it as a subject. I am sure that both fields have its importance, and students will surely benefit from it! But if only one is allowed to stay, then there is really a need to choose.

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