2019 ACTFL Convention: African American Linguists and African American Students SIG, Washington, DC

Supporting Language Educators of African American Students

  • Standing Room only at Gina's Afro-Latinx Workshop: ACTFL African American SIG needs a larger room! 
    Standing Room only at Gina's Afro-Latinx Session: ACTFL African American SIG needs a larger room! 
  • Jennifer Whyte's Zumba session: An ACTFL First!
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  • L-R: French and Spanish Educators, Christen & Krishauna
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  • Language Educators
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  • Middle:  ACTFL Keynote Speaker, Raghida Dergham
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  • Presentation on Afro-Mexico
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African American Linguists featured in Griots Republic Magazine. Read more here!

Congratulations, Richard de Meij, the Connecticut Council of Language Teachers' 2018-2019 Language Teacher of the Year!





Richard's initiative as Teacher of the Year: Reclaiming our African Birthright: Becoming Multilingual...because "monolingualism in the African diaspora is abnormal." Visit Richard's website to learn more:  https://www.celebratelanguages.com/

About AAL: Click Here

Vision: The vision of AAL is to promote a bilingual society within the African-American community in order to prepare marketable citizens for a global economy.

Mission: To accomplish the vision of AAL, our mission is to provide the following:

  • Scholarship fund to support African-American language learners. Please click here to donate now. No amount is too small. Click here to read testimonials of past scholarship recipients. 
  • Network for world language educators who are connected through AAL and through related professional organizations.
  • Web maintenance of culturally significant information with a pedagogical emphasis on African-American language learners.

Contact Us

  • Founders: Tamari Jenkins: tamari.jenkins@chaffey.edu and Krishauna Hines-Gaither: hinesgaitherconsulting@gmail.com
  • Webmaster: Krishauna Hines-Gaither: hinesgaitherconsulting@gmail.com

Headquarters

All information on this website can be reproduced without permission requested if it is properly credited to African-American Linguists along with the website address listed www.weboaal.com.