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We learn different languages in order to learn about our world. Discover languages, discover the World. In this film, several students in the College of New Jersey, used the different...
Post-Secondary – Popular Vote Winner – TCNJ

We learn different languages in order to learn about our world. Discover languages, discover the World. In this film, several students in the College of New Jersey, used the different…

Language learning is full of different adventures. Come see our adventures and see how you can join our journey!
Post-Secondary – 1st Place – Miami University ACTFL video

Language learning is full of different adventures. Come see our adventures and see how you can join our journey!

What if you had the chance of a life time, but blew it because you didn’t understand the language?
High School – 1st Place – Language Barrier

What if you had the chance of a life time, but blew it because you didn’t understand the language?

Nashoba Regional High School French 3 Honors class.
High School – 2nd Place – Discover Languages Discover the World

Nashoba Regional High School French 3 Honors class.

An explanation as to why language learning is essential to success in the future and are waiting for you to discover them!!
High School – Popular Vote Winner – Learn and Discover Languages!!

An explanation as to why language learning is essential to success in the future and are waiting for you to discover them!!

This short music video podcast exemplifies that by learning another language, students can bridge cultural barriers and create connections all over the globe. Despite our struggles, we are able to...
High School – 3rd Place – Take my Hand, Say my Name

This short music video podcast exemplifies that by learning another language, students can bridge cultural barriers and create connections all over the globe. Despite our struggles, we are able to…

This podcast shows the importance of learning another language. It shows how technology through social networking can facilitate the communication across cultures and countries.
Middle School – 1st Place – Why Learn a Foreign Language?

This podcast shows the importance of learning another language. It shows how technology through social networking can facilitate the communication across cultures and countries.

This is a music video about the 5 C´s of foreign language and how learning one can open doors to a new future and world.
Middle School – 3rd Place and Popular Vote Winner – ACTFL 2012

This is a music video about the 5 C´s of foreign language and how learning one can open doors to a new future and world.

Foreign Language News
Middle School – 2nd Place – Foreign Language News

Foreign Language News

Second grade students at World Language Academy are great journalists that research why it pays to learn many languages in the Twenty-first century. Supported by technology, their bright ideas are...
Elementary School – 1st Place – Many languages only one heart!

Second grade students at World Language Academy are great journalists that research why it pays to learn many languages in the Twenty-first century. Supported by technology, their bright ideas are…

This video is submitted on the behalf of all second graders who have permissions to be videotaped at Daniel Axford Elementary school in Oxford Michigan. Students at Daniel Axford are...
Elementary School – Popular Vote Winner – Daniel Axford Elementary School

This video is submitted on the behalf of all second graders who have permissions to be videotaped at Daniel Axford Elementary school in Oxford Michigan. Students at Daniel Axford are…

In this takeoff of a popular insurance commercial, these 5th graders from Richmond Drive Elementary in Rock Hill, SC explore the benefits of learning another language.
Elementary School – 3rd Place – Richmond Drive: Can learning a new language really?

In this takeoff of a popular insurance commercial, these 5th graders from Richmond Drive Elementary in Rock Hill, SC explore the benefits of learning another language.

Learning French enables you to communicate with more people and provides many opportunities.
Elementary School – 2nd Place – Learn French, Discover a World of Fun

Learning French enables you to communicate with more people and provides many opportunities.

2012 Finalists
  • We learn different languages in order to learn about our world. Discover languages, discover the World. In this film, several students in the College of New Jersey, used the different...

    Post-Secondary – Popular Vote Winner – TCNJ

  • Language learning is full of different adventures. Come see our adventures and see how you can join our journey!

    Post-Secondary – 1st Place – Miami University ACTFL video

  • What if you had the chance of a life time, but blew it because you didn’t understand the language?

    High School – 1st Place – Language Barrier

  • Nashoba Regional High School French 3 Honors class.

    High School – 2nd Place – Discover Languages Discover the World

  • An explanation as to why language learning is essential to success in the future and are waiting for you to discover them!!

    High School – Popular Vote Winner – Learn and Discover Languages!!

  • This short music video podcast exemplifies that by learning another language, students can bridge cultural barriers and create connections all over the globe. Despite our struggles, we are able to...

    High School – 3rd Place – Take my Hand, Say my Name

  • This podcast shows the importance of learning another language. It shows how technology through social networking can facilitate the communication across cultures and countries.

    Middle School – 1st Place – Why Learn a Foreign Language?

  • This is a music video about the 5 C´s of foreign language and how learning one can open doors to a new future and world.

    Middle School – 3rd Place and Popular Vote Winner – ACTFL 2012

  • Foreign Language News

    Middle School – 2nd Place – Foreign Language News

  • Second grade students at World Language Academy are great journalists that research why it pays to learn many languages in the Twenty-first century. Supported by technology, their bright ideas are...

    Elementary School – 1st Place – Many languages only one heart!

  • This video is submitted on the behalf of all second graders who have permissions to be videotaped at Daniel Axford Elementary school in Oxford Michigan. Students at Daniel Axford are...

    Elementary School – Popular Vote Winner – Daniel Axford Elementary School

  • In this takeoff of a popular insurance commercial, these 5th graders from Richmond Drive Elementary in Rock Hill, SC explore the benefits of learning another language.

    Elementary School – 3rd Place – Richmond Drive: Can learning a new language really?

  • Learning French enables you to communicate with more people and provides many opportunities.

    Elementary School – 2nd Place – Learn French, Discover a World of Fun

  • The ACTFL Video Contest 2012 winners have been announced! Congratulations to all our winners!

  • ACTFL is proud to present a national student video contest to celebrate Discover Languages month during February 2012! This effort is part of the sustained Discover Languages public awareness campaign, which is designed to bring media attention to the critical need of all students to have the opportunity to learn a second language.

    Students across the country, from elementary school through college age, are encouraged to submit videos on how language learning has been important in their lives. The videos will be judged for originality and creativity by a celebrity panel of judges and cash and product prizes will be awarded to the students who produce the winning videos.

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