NFLC is awarded the Analyst Learning Link contract to continue developing language maintenance materials and for the first time non-language related materials.

The NFLC is established at the School for Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, with Richard Lambert as its founding director.

Federal authorization for the Foreign Language Assistance Program to support K–12 language programs is terminated.

Portuguese becomes the 10th language added to the STARTALK program.

Federal funding for Title VI higher Education programs for language and international education is cut by 40 percent.

The NFLC celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with an all-day conference of leaders in language education and training, representing state, local, and national government agencies; business and commerce; and academic institutions.

The white paper “The Teachers We Need:Transforming World Language Education in the United States” is published by Catherine Ingold and Shuhan Wang of the National Foreign Language Center; Resource Guide to Developing Linguistic and Cultural Competency in the United States is published online.

NFLC Director Catherine Ingold and Director of Outreach Betsy Hart contribute “Taking the ‘L’ out of LCTLs:The STARTALK Experience” to a special edition of the Russian Language Journal honoring Richard Brecht. 

Dari and Russian are added to the STARTALK program, bringing the total number of STARTALK languages to nine.

A national conference entitled Alternative Routes to World Language Teacher Certification is hosted by the NFLC.