The Seal of Biliteracy: A 10‐year retrospective

Davin, Kristin J.; Heineke, Amy J.; Hancock, Charlotte R.

doi:10.1111/flan.12596

Foreign Language Annals

2022

DOI: 10.1111/flan.12596

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The Seal of Biliteracy: A 10‐year retrospective

Kristin J. Davin

Amy J. Heineke

Charlotte R. Hancock

Abstract: The Challenge Seal of Biliteracy policies vary in subtle ways that relate to the percentage of students earning the recognition. How do the characteristics of the recognition vary across states? How do these variations compare to the percentage of students earning the recognition in each state? This article highlights trends in the existing data and makes recommendations for future policy revisions and research.

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“…Davin et al's (2022) article, “The seal of biliteracy: A ten‐year retrospective,” provides rich information on the SoBL, including how the requirements and policies vary by state and how those differences affect students' attainment of the Seal. Monto's (2021) article, “Bringing the state seal of biliteracy to higher education: A case for expansion,” explores how the SoBL could be implemented in higher education settings, as it is currently only geared for high school students.…”

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Advocating for languages through the Seal of Biliteracy

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2022

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While this edition of Foreign Language Annals (FLA) has outstanding articles on online and remote teaching, speech production and perception, and collaboration and exploration for learning, which I encourage everyone to read; in this President's message, I would like to focus on the two articles that featured the Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL), with an emphasis on how the Seal can be used as a powerful advocacy tool to help elevate our profession.The SoBL is a credential that high school students can earn on their transcripts demonstrating their proficiency in English and at least one other language, regardless of how the proficiency was attained. It has now been adopted in 45 states and the District of Columbia and it increases the perceived value of bilingualism in both academia and the workplace. When we promote a program like the SoBL, we encourage students to further their language learning journey, we honor them and their communities, and we make one of the best cases for fully articulated language programs in the United States. To that end, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Representative Julia Brownley of California introduced the Biliteracy Educational Seal and Teaching (BEST) Act last year. The purpose of the BEST Act is to provide funding to increase the implementation of the SoBL across the country, especially among heritage students who speak less commonly taught languages, low-income students, and other underrepresented groups. At present, while most states have SoBL programs in place, most US schools do not offer the SoBL to their students (Black et al., 2020); consequently, funding is needed to ensure the equitable implementation of SoBL programs, including subsidies to cover the cost of any required proficiency testing. The passage of the BEST Act will allow all US world language students to demonstrate their proficiency achievement in English and in another language, which will underscore the importance of our work as language educators.Each February, ACTFL board members, volunteers, and staff participate in the Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (JNCL-NCLIS) Language Advocacy Days, and this past February we advocated for the BEST Act-among other legislation that supports world language teacher education, PreK-16 language programs

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The Seal of Biliteracy: A 10‐year retrospective

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Advocating for languages through the Seal of Biliteracy

Advocating for languages through the Seal of Biliteracy

“It wasn't going to happen until I made it happen”: World language teacher agency for multilingual advocacy

Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)

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