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

Chaired by NFLC Director Catherine Ingold, a Maryland governor’s task force prepares a report entitled Preservation of Heritage Language Skills in Maryland.

The NFLC receives a five-year contract to continue administration of the STARTALK program; two new languages are added: Swahili and Turkish.

A new Title-VI International Research and Studies grant is funded by the US Department of Education to develop and publish online collections of modules for the development of novice and intermediate reading skills among high school learners of Modern Standard Arabic and to add to the previously developed Read Chinese! materials.

STARTALK continues funding summer K–12 language learning programs, with the addition of Hindi, Persian, and Urdu.

The STARTALK program, an NSA-funded initiative, is launched by the NFLC; it is designed to increase the number of K–16 students learning Arabic and Chinese and to provide professional development opportunities to teachers of Arabic and Chinese.

The NFLC begins the initial planning phase for the STARTALK program.

The NFLC receives a US Department of Education International Research and Studies grant to develop and publish online collections of LangNet-based learning modules to develop novice and intermediate level reading skills among high school learners of Mandarin Chinese.

LangSource expansion is funded by the US Department of Education to expand the database materials for students in grades K–12.

The NFLC’s Language Access Initiative commences, ultimately leading to the establishment in 2013 of a masters degree program in Interpreting and Translation at the University of Maryland.