A discussion of the academic alliance movement in foreign languages, in which regional and local groups are formed for the support and promotion of language teachers and programs, is presented. The first section presents a brief general history of the movement, describes the development of the Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance at Ohio University, and gives some suggestions about the mechanics of creating an alliance group. The second section supplies examples of the benefits of alliance participation from a college teacher's point of view. The third section describes the advantages of a collaborative from the perspective of a high school language teacher. (MSE)