National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs
National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP)
The University of Arizona
1717 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 3312
Tucson, AZ 85721-0151
520:626-6258
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520:626-5258
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Alexander Dunkel, Executive Director
History/Mission
The National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP) is North America's only professional
organization specifically established for the fostering of
self-managed academic programs in the less-commonly taught
languages.
NASILP is an association that promotes self-instruction according to a fixed recommended
format. Languages offered at various NASILP institutions could vary from year to year
depending upon demand.
More than 110 institutions, from the secondary school district, the community college to small college, and small and larger research institutions nation-wide have already established NASILP self-instructional language programs (SILPs). The benefits of offering a self-instructional language program are:
SILPs allow a wide variety of language offering from the most commonly-taught LCTLs such as Italian and Japanese to the least commonly-taught LCTLs such as Apache, Kazakh, Lao, and Romanian.
SILPs allow an institutions to enhance program cost-effectively: additional expense for faculty for each new language can be avoided; this includes recruiting time and costs, salary, and benefits giving students the opportunity to study the LCTLs which would otherwise be unavailable to them.
SILPs have proven to be an academically sound, rigorous, and viable alternative to traditional instructor-based languages instruction.
Languages offered
Click here for a list of languages currently being offered.
(created 2000)
(last updated 11 February 2002)