Meet the Consortium Partners
These organizations collaborate to support language learning and make information about programs, professional development, and capacity available to a wide range of audiences. Click on the arrow next to the description of each partner to learn more.
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The Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages (the Alliance) gathers and disseminates information about the languages spoken in the United States, speakers of those languages, and programs to develop those languages – with a focus on community-based and K-12 settings. Learn more  |
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CARLA–Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition–at the University of Minnesota is one of the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Language Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation's capacity to teach and learn foreign languages. Learn more |
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The Chinese Heritage Language Education and Research Project (CHeLER) at the University of Toledo seeks to improve the teaching and learning of Chinese heritage language and culture in the United States by gathering and disseminating resources related to Chinese heritage education and information about community-based Chinese heritage programs to educators, parents, and the general public. Learn more |
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The DesiLearn initiative, managed by the National Capital Language Resource Center at The George Washington University, collects extensive information about K-12 and community-based programs involved in the teaching of fifteen South Asian languages. Learn more |
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The National Heritage Language Resource Center develops effective pedagogical approaches to teaching heritage language learners, first by creating a research base and then by pursuing curriculum design, materials development, and teacher education. Learn more |
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The STARTALK initiative, managed by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, seeks to expand and improve the teaching and learning of strategically important world languages that are not now widely taught in the United States. Learn more |
