Projects
STARTALK
Funder: U.S. Department of Education, via subcontract from the National Foreign Language Center
September 2006 – June 2007
CAL staff served as advisors for the implementation of the STARTALK project, provided students and teachers with summer immersion experiences, academic courses, curricula, and other resources for foreign language education in less commonly taught languages. STARTALK is part of a presidential initiative to enhance the national capacity for critical languages.
STARTALK Summer Language Programs
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), via subcontract from The George Washington University
September 2006 – August 2007
CAL assisted the National Foreign Language Center in developing evaluation systems and advising about assessments for summer language programs in Chinese and Arabic.
Learn more about the National Foreign Language Center.