FW: Post-Secondary: ACTFL National Study Contributors
ryan....@education.ohio.gov
Dear Post-Secondary OWLA Members,
Please see the message below from the ACTFL Research Team regarding a study they will be conducting to determine why undergrads do/don’t study world languages. See the details below for additional information and email ACTFL directly by December 8, 2025, if your institution is interested in participating.
Many warm regards,
Ryan T. Wertz, M.Ed.
Education Program Administrator,
World Languages & Global Partnerships
Integrated Systems of Academic Supports Unit
25 South Front St., 5th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
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From: NCSSFL-Listserv
On Behalf Of Kathy Shelton
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2025 10:59 AM
To: NCSSFL-Listserv
Subject: Post-Secondary: ACTFL National Study Contributors
Hello NCSSFL friends,
The ACTFL Research Team is conducting a national study to investigate why undergraduates do and do not study world languages. If you know of Higher Ed institutes that might like to be a part of this study, please read the invitation below for more information. Thank you!
Kathy Shelton
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Dear Post-Secondary Language Educators,
We are thrilled to announce that ACTFL will be adapting the work of Murphy et al. (2022), Van Gorp et al. (2024), and others to develop a multi-pronged, national study to investigate why undergraduates do and do not study world languages.
Should your post-secondary institution wish to learn more or participate in this study and administer the questionnaire, please reply to rese...@actfl.org by December 8, 2025, with the subject line “National Study on Motivation for Learning languages.”
ACTFL has obtained IRB and will add researchers to the study and release institutional-specific data to the recipient named on the IRB. Participating researchers must agree to use the data consistent with IRB standard practices and to include the original project team as co-authors on any publication. ACTFL’s flagship journal, Foreign Language Annals will have the right of first refusal of any publication.
If you know of any other post-secondary institutions that would like to participate, please do not hesitate to share this information.
Thank you so much for your dedication to language learning! We hope to collaborate with you on this national project!
Best,
ACTFL Research