THE AATG SUPPORTS THE TEACHING OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND GERMAN-SPEAKING CULTURES IN ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE AATG PROMOTES THE STUDY OF THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD IN ALL ITS LINGUISTIC, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND ENDEAVORS TO PREPARE STUDENTS AS TRANSNATIONAL, TRANSCULTURAL LEARNERS AND ACTIVE, MULTILINGUAL PARTICIPANTS IN A GLOBALIZED WO…