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Teaching (SCOLT) like many other language related organizations flourishes in the context of periodic educational agendas and reforms, in turn, influenced by economic, political and social ideologies of the time, and it is therefore instructive to revisit briefly the educational landscape of the previous two decades. The 1990s saw an educational movement defined by standards and accountability although one of the catalysts that had begun this movement actually took place in 1983 with the publication of A Nation at Risk, researched and published by the National Commission on Excellence in Education during the Ronald Reagan presidency. This publication awakened leaders from various fields and educational organizations to the notion that the then current educational status quo would be detrimental to the country’s future in developing a competent workforce. Not since the 1958 Sputnik-inspired National Defense Education Act (NDEA) had so much attention and action been directed at upgrading American education.  \nThe National Council of Teachers of Mathematics had published Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989. Only three years prior the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) had published the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines that focused on what learners can do with the language they learned rather than what they knew about the language and offered guidelines for measuring student performance. Many other subject disciplines also began developing standards. ACTFL revised this document producing the 1991 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines—Speaking followed by the 2001 document, Preliminary Proficiency Guidelines—Writing. Also introduced in 1996 and revised in 1999 was the document, Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the Twenty-First Century, more commonly known by its 5Cs: Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. Gradually, the ACTFL Standards were accepted by the foreign language educational community, but the actual process of understanding and interpreting the standards and proficiency guidelines in terms of every day classroom instruction would take more time to achieve, and SCOLT believed it had a role to play in disseminating this information.  \nMany SCOLT members and Boards of Directors were involved with various facets of this exciting work, and it was felt that the SCOLT Conferences should help promote this fundamental shift in foreign language instruction so influenced by the standards and proficiency guidelines. The time had arrived for SCOLT to feature the standards movement and take a reading on the region’s involvement and commitment, and, to this end, the 1997 conference theme, Addressing the Standards for Foreign Language Learning opened the floor to presenters to share their involvement with the new paradigm in language instruction and learning. The 1998 SCOLT Conference theme Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities  \nSCOLT History 1990s–2012 27  \nprovided an opportunity for foreign language professionals to showcase specific techniques and examples of each goal strand’s implementation in the classroom. Likewise, the 1999 SCOLT Conference invited presenters to share insights into one of the more difficult concepts of connections through its conference theme: Connections beyond the Foreign Language Classroom. Future conference themes would also promote various aspects of the new standards and proficiency movement.  \nStrong national economic conditions and technology for the masses were also motivating factors during the 90s decade. Lee Bradley, the SCOLT Executive Director during this period, working with Grady Lacy at Valdosta State University, established SCOLT’s first website. As was the case with most early websites, it was not interactive and updating information was slow…but it was SCOLT’s fi","cbCaiopUX80IN05a","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiopUX80IN05a","pdf",81217,"English","# Background: 1990s standards and accountability\n# ACTFL standards and proficiency guidelines\n# SCOLT conference themes and dissemination\n# Technology, websites, and regional participation\n# Awards and recognition programs","[{\"question\":\"What educational movement shaped SCOLT’s work in the 1990s?\",\"answer\":\"The 1990s standards and accountability movement influenced language teaching priorities, reinforced by publications such as A Nation at Risk and related educational reforms.\"},{\"question\":\"Which ACTFL documents are mentioned as important for proficiency and standards?\",\"answer\":\"The text cites the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (and later revisions) as well as Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the Twenty-First Century, organized around the 5Cs.\"},{\"question\":\"How did SCOLT use conferences and technology to support the standards shift?\",\"answer\":\"SCOLT’s conferences featured themes aligned with standards and proficiency goals, while the organization also established its first website in the 1990s and later improved it with interactive capabilities.\"}]","SCOLT History 1990s–2012 | PDF",18]