LLA

Welcome to Literacies and Languages for All (LLA)!

LLA is an NCTE Conference of holistic educators who believe that ALL children deserve personally meaningful learning contexts in which their languages and cultures are valued and recognized as assets for learning. LLA members integrate theories and practices of social justice; critical literacies; digital, multimodal, and biliteracies; and inquiry- and project-based learning that embody the work of 21st-century educators.

LLA Strand Sessions at the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention

LLA sponsors a number of sessions during the NCTE Annual Convention each year. In addition, you can find additional LLA Strand sessions in the searchable online program using the “Strand” filter.

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Write for Talking Points

Talking Points provides a forum for parents, classroom teachers, and researchers to reflect about literacy and learning. We invite you and colleagues that you know to submit manuscripts for the next issue.

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LLA Awards

Three awards are presented each year to honor members who view whole language as a dynamic philosophy of education.

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Teachers Applying Whole Language (TAWL)

These groups provide individual members, usually from the same geographical area, a local network for their interest in whole language.

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Whole Language Beliefs

Whole Language is a set of principles and teaching practices that draws upon scientifically based research from many areas including: first and second language development, early literacy, the relationship between language and culture, children’s and adolescent literature, digital literacy, and on-going classroom research.

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LLA Scholarship Fund

LLA Scholarships assist teachers who embrace whole language practices in their classrooms. Scholarships are available each year for teachers to attend the Literacies for All Summer Institute. The scholarship supports registration costs and one year of LLA/NCTE membership. Each award is valued to be no more than $300.