From STARTALK, a national network of summer language programs created in partnership with the federal government, to our lessons and materials in more than one hundred languages, the National Foreign Language Center has a wealth of programs, materials, and opportunities for teachers.
Programs
- STARTALK summer professional development programs for teachers of less-commonly taught languages
- Summer institutes for teachers of all languages from Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL)
Materials and resources
- Products and processes to enhance teacher effectiveness from the Teacher Effectiveness for Language Learning project (TELL)
- Podcasts and newsletters from Professionals in Education Advancing Research and Language Learning (PEARLL)
- Planning documents, model curricula, and assessment tools from STARTALK
- Over 15,000 language learning items in more than 100 languages and dialects, tagged to help you choose the best resources for your students
- Training in detecting dialects, interpretation, and translation