ANLE: ITS MISSION, SERVICES AND RESOURCES

A SEMINAR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

Thursday, April 2, 2009 – 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hunter College
The Insdorf Screening Room
West Building (SW corner, Lexington Ave. & 68th Street, Rm B126, Subway
Level)
If entering from the street, take escalator down one level from lobby.

The North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) has been revitalized during the past year, as evidenced by recent press releases on language issues, the collaboration of its members in the development of the Diccionario Académico de Americanismos and the Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española (among other initiatives of the Association of Spanish Language Academies Academies), exchanges with academies of other countries, the creation of working committees, and a new and more robust website.

ANLE and its members and collaborators are a valuable resource for educators, researchers, students, the media, advertisers, public relations practitioners, government agencies, companies, in short, for all those who are interested in the Spanish language and how to use it correctly. There are some people, however, who are not are not as aware as it would be expected of ANLE and the wealth of information and services it provides.

To help increase awareness of its presence, ANLE is hosting a seminar, to be conducted in Spanish, with the following characteristics:

Title: ANLE: Its Mission, Services and Resources

Format: A panel conducted in Spanish, with presentations lasting about one
hour, followed by Questions and Answers

Purpose: To inform persons from diverse professions about the organization,
its history and its role as a resource for anyone with questions or concerns about the Spanish language in the United States, with special focus on communication standards that should be observed in today’s Spanish. It will also inform the audience about a new collaboration agreement with GobiernoUSA.gov (see panel structure, below).

Audience: Educators, university professors, researchers, students, translators, linguists, government officials, media professionals and others Structure: The panel will comprise:

• Frank Gómez, chairman, ANLE Public Relations Committee, and
Seminar Moderator (5 minutes)

• Gerardo Piña-Rosales, President, ANLE (15 minutes)

• Leticia Molinero, Translator and chair of the ANLE Website
Committee (15 minutes)

• Laura Godfrey, manager of GobiernoUSA, a General Services
Administration office that seeks to assure proper use of Spanish
in federal agencies and that is a valuable resource on usage in
general (15 minutes)

• Francisco Marcos-Marín, Professor of Spanish Linguistics,
Member of the Committee for the Study of Spanish in the
United States (15 minutes)

ANLE is eager to offer resources and help to attendees and others who work in Spanish. The mission of the organization is not to function as a "language policeman." ANLE, however, welcomes ideas and suggestions with respect to the use of the Spanish language in the United States.

ANLE, along with all who work in the Spanish language, faces the challenges
posed by the following factors:
ANLE and all who work in the Spanish language face the challenges of
1) being one of only two Academies in countries whose official language
is not Spanish
2) Spanish-speakers who experience daily direct contact with English
3) the fact that many persons working in Spanish are not educated in
Spanish
4) the greatest diversity of Spanish-speaking people in the world.
It is important therefore, that we work together to preserve, protect and
promote the Spanish language in the United States.

Gerardo Piña-Rosales
President, ANLE