Lectia is a free language learning app from the NFLC with lessons in Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Spanish. More languages will be added this year.
Projects and initiatives
PEARLL seeks to create a common vision for high-quality world language learning and develop new models of professional development and support materials for language educators.
A free resource with over 7,500 items in nearly one hundred languages and dialects.
The TELL project empowers educators to take charge of their professional development toward effective world language teaching, through products and processes just for language teachers.
The NFLC offers customizable Advanced Language Courses for Government Service that range in length from 45 to 150 hours.
From 2017 through 2019, STARTALK funded an infrastructure project to develop materials and resources to support an ever-growing number of dual language immersion programs.
Research
Resources
If you want language learning that goes beyond what is commonly taught in the classroom and want to encounter authentic materials from all corners of the globe, the National Foreign Language Center has something for you. Beginners can use our Lectia mobile app to begin their language journey. Upper-level students will find a wealth of videos, texts, and activities to help them learn more than one hundred languages.
From our professional development programs for language teachers 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.
It is easy to find materials for you or your staff to learn more about French and Spanish. But what about lesser-known African and Asian languages? The National Foreign Language Center has materials to assess language levels and improve skills in more than nearly one hundred languages and dialects from around the globe for professionals—and for anyone who loves learning languages. Lectia is another useful language learning tool that includes both commonly and less-commonly taught languages. We also have training modules to help advance critical thinking and other domains.
