Videos from classrooms around the country illustrate effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages. The featured teachers model interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication while integrating concepts of culture, comparisons, connections to students' lives, and the importance of community into their lessons. The language classes featured include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Chinese; all videos are subtitled in English and are appropriate for teachers of any language.