Do you teach a LCTL?
> What is a LCTL?
Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Yoruba, and any other world language with relatively low enrollments in U.S. language programs.
> How is the MAFLT working with the NLRC to support LCTLs?
- ViVID Project Fellows – Join a year-long professional development designed specifically for LCTL teachers
- Graduate Assistantship – Work for the NLRC while earning your MA online – includes tuition and stipend
- Many other NLRC projects that provide PD, resources, networking, consulting, and more.
Opportunities for LCTL Teachers
Applications due in July for upcoming academic year. Click to learn more!
The National LCTL Resource Center offers teacher development, open educational resources (free stuff), research projects, collaborations with other language resource centers, and more!
News, Events, and Updates for LCTL Instructors
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NLRC funded by the U.S. Department of Education
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MAFLT Program News > LCTLs and LCTL Instructors
Exploring Learner-Centered Corpus Pedagogy: A Roundtable at Duke University by Dr. Sommer-Farias
On August 1–2, 2025, Duke University hosted the XIV Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português (14th World Meeting on Portuguese Teaching), bringing together educators,
ViVID Peer Mentoring – ACTFL 2024
The MAFLT Faculty presented insights and strategies from the ViVID Project in a session titled “Peer Mentoring Through Video-Based Observations: Frameworks and Strategies”
Focusing on Typing in Chinese Instruction
Frederick Poole In June, I participated in the 12th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching. I was part of a panel
Language Educator VIVID Project Article
The Fall 2023 issue of The Language Educator features an article by the core faculty of the MAFLT Program in which we describe our approach to teacher development in the ViVID Project.
Connect with the Coalition for Community-Based Heritage Language Schools
https://www.heritagelanguageschools.org/coalition The Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools includes a wide array of program sizes and types and dozens of languages that are spoken by
LCTL Special Interest Group – ACTFL Webinar
The National LCTL Resource Center and the ViVID Project Professional Development for Instructors of Less-Commonly-Taught Languages ACTFL Special Interest Group Webinar | June 29, 2023
