Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA), housed in the College of Arts & Letters, was awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant to create a national language resource center that will enhance and support the teaching of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) nationwide.

The National Less Commonly Taught Languages Resource Center (NLRC) will help establish MSU as a leader in the LCTL field. The new center is being created with support from a four-year grant totaling over $675,000 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRC) program.

CeLTA was one of only 16 centers across the country to receive funding from the Title VI LRC program for FY 2022-2026. The purpose of the competitive grants is to establish, strengthen, and operate centers to improve the nation’s capacity for teaching world languages. This is the first national language resource center to focus broadly on LCTLs.

To learn more about the center, go to cal.msu.edu.