The eleven chapters of this ACTFL volume approach language education from a variety of perspectives including the history and current status of language policies; language needs of our government and our international businesses; teachers, teaching, and learning; assessment; instructional technology; heritage learners; less commonly taught languages; and special learners.

This volume's authors accepted the challenge of answering the following basic questions related to their topic, as well as that of expanding upon their themes.

• Where are we now?
• Where should we be? or Where could we be?
• How do we realize our vision of languages for all?