Southern Illinois University Carbondale will celebrate the 50th World Languages and Cultures Day on Thursday, March 19, with 1,400 students from 23 high schools across the state learning the history and future of languages and cultures.

AP® Spanish and French Colleagues: Embrace Upcoming Changes with Confidence! Last spring, we learned ofrevisionsto the AP World Language and Culture courses and exams, with aPreview Course Frameworkshared in November. We now know what will and will not change. Should we be concerned?Absolutely not, the changes are positive!Core instruction will still focus on authentic resources, building proficiency in the modes of communication, and developing cultural perspectives. The new course project, received a few months before the exam, will include materials to guide students andprepare themfor authentic speaking tasks. Exam tasks will focus on authentic communication, eliminating “made-up” letters and conversations,

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Sara Davila and Mary Scholl share lessons learned in delivering mobile-friendly, online, effective teacher training at scale Developing an action-oriented curriculum was the first step in supporting Panama’s comprehensive English language education reform (Davila, 2025). However, the success of this curriculum depended on a second critical phase: preparing educators to effectively implement it in classrooms nationwide. To bridge this gap, a large-scale professional development initiative was launched, to ensure that teachers were not only familiar with the new methodologies but also equipped to apply them in practice. The training initiative was a collaborative effort between English language specialists, including a