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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Center speaks up for Arabic, Chinese
A Washington Times article that features the STARTALK program.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
New National Program Will Immerse High Schoolers and Teachers in Arabic and Chinese
A University of Maryland Newsdesk article that introduces the STARTALK program.

Culture Proficiency Guidelines

The draft Culture Proficiency Guidelines are meant to improve cultural communication by developing a graded scale that includes components of culture. Feedback can be sent directly to Dr. Gerald Lampe (glampe@nflc.org).

Learn to Read Chinese!

A state-of-the-art website developed by the University of Maryland's National Foreign Language Center is now live online to help teach high school students to read Chinese and to provide essential classroom support for teachers. The developers say the new tool fills a vital and previously unmet national need.
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