Professional Learning

Professional learning is offered through many different mechanisms at the NFLRC. Conferences and institutes continue to offer opportunities for professional growth and networking. More recently, the Center has produced podcasts, short courses, MOOC’s, and TEDEd lessons as alternative formats for disseminating impactful practices and resources for the world language education community. Explore our featured resources here or explore more offerings using the filtering tool below.

Teaching Languages Online: Professional Vision in the Making

by Carla Meskill, Natasha Anthony & Gulnara Sadykova
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Online Language Pedagogy Series

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Russian Online Language Pedagogy (OLP)

2024 Summer Institute: Getting Started With Project-Based Language Learning

Teacher Portfolio & Preparation Series (TiPPS)

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2025 Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action Summer Institute

2025 Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action Summer Institute

Institute Co-leaders: Rachel Mamiya Hernandez & Betsy Gilliland At various points in our lives, we each ...

9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Navigating New Realities in Diaspora Communities

9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Navigating New Realities in Diaspora Communities

  The 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) March 6-8, ...

Envisioning PBLL

Envisioning PBLL

A 5-week open-enrollment MOOC for language educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning ...

8th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Centering Justice in Language Work

8th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Centering Justice in Language Work

  The 8th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) March 2-5, ...

Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Promote Achievement for All with Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Promote Achievement for All with Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

In our two-part NFLRC Webinar titled Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Promote Achievement for All With ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in World Languages

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in World Languages

Expand your knowledge of Universal Design for Learning guided by experienced professionals in the field

2022 Pragmatics & Language Learning (PLL) Conference

2022 Pragmatics & Language Learning (PLL) Conference

The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and the Center for Applied ...

2022 OLP Series: Engaging Online Language Learners through SEL

2022 OLP Series: Engaging Online Language Learners through SEL

This series will highlight how online language instructors can use the Social Emotional Learning Framework to ...

2020 NFLRC Webinars: Enacting Performance Assessment through Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

2020 NFLRC Webinars: Enacting Performance Assessment through Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

In our two-part NFLRC Webinar titled Enacting Performance Assessments through Project-Based Language Learning ...

7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Recognizing Relationships

7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Recognizing Relationships

Recognizing Relationships The 7th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation ...

Project-Based Language Learning: Promoting Child Literacy in Brazil

Project-Based Language Learning: Promoting Child Literacy in Brazil

Meet Rachel Mamiya Hernandez who has applied principles of project-based learning (PBL) in a Portuguese language class.

NFLRC Short Course: Intersections Between High-Leverage Teaching Practices (HLTPs) and Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

NFLRC Short Course: Intersections Between High-Leverage Teaching Practices (HLTPs) and Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

Explore the intersections between HLTPs & PBLL

Exploring Project-based Language Learning

Exploring Project-based Language Learning

2019 Summer Institute

6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (2019)

6th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (2019)

ICLDC 6: Connecting Communities, Languages & Technology

PEBBLES

PEBBLES

A curated collection of projects developed and implemented by world language professionals.

4th International Conference on Interactivity, Language & Cognition (CILC4): Educational Enskillment, Event, and Ecology (2018)

4th International Conference on Interactivity, Language & Cognition (CILC4): Educational Enskillment, Event, and Ecology (2018)

Call for Abstracts deadline: February 1, 2018.

Beyond a Limited Scope: Chinese for Specific, Academic, & Professional Purposes (超越有限视界：特殊、学术及专业用途汉语研究) (2018)

Beyond a Limited Scope: Chinese for Specific, Academic, & Professional Purposes (超越有限视界：特殊、学术及专业用途汉语研究) (2018)

The 6th Business Chinese Workshop in Conjunction with the 2nd International Conference on Business Chinese Education

2018 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

2018 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

Learn the fundamentals of project-based language learning (PBLL) and earn your digital badge!

2018 Online Symposium: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

2018 Online Symposium: Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

On Jan 17-18, 2018, the PBLL Online Symposium will provide a free introductory forum on project-based language learning

NFLRC 2017 Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute: Pathways to PBLL

NFLRC 2017 Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute: Pathways to PBLL

This document reports on, and evaluates the NFLRC 2017 Intensive Summer Institute more...

2017 International Society for Language Studies (ISLS)

2017 International Society for Language Studies (ISLS)

The International Society for Language Studies, co-sponsored by the University Hawaii - Manoa, will hold a ...

5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (2017)

5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (2017)

5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC): Linking Language & Wellbeing

2017 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

2017 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

Learn the fundamentals of project-based language learning (PBLL) and earn your digital badge!

2017 Online Symposium: The Power of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

2017 Online Symposium: The Power of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)

On Jan 11-12, 2017, the PBLL Online Symposium will provide a free forum on the power of project-based language learning

Project-Based Language Learning Workshop (2016)

Project-Based Language Learning Workshop (2016)

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2016 Online Symposium: Project-Based Language Learning: Inspiring Teachers, Transforming Learning

On Jan 12-15, 2016, the PBLL Online Symposium will provide a free forum on the potential for PBLL to transform and ...

2016 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

2016 Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute

Learn the fundamentals of project-based language learning (PBLL) and earn your digital badge!

NFLRC 2015 Intensive Summer Institute: Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action

NFLRC 2015 Intensive Summer Institute: Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) in Action

This document reports on, and evaluates the NFLRC 2015 Intensive Summer Institute more...

4th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) evaluation report

4th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) evaluation report

This document reports on, and evaluates the 4th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation ...

2014 NFLRC Summer Institute: Language for Specific Purposes evaluation report

2014 NFLRC Summer Institute: Language for Specific Purposes evaluation report

This document reports on, and evaluates the 2014 NFLRC Summer Institute: Language for Specific Purposes held at ...

3rd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Sharing Worlds of Knowledge (2013)

3rd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Sharing Worlds of Knowledge (2013)

The 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), “Sharing Worlds of ...

Assessments for Japanese Language Instruction (2012)

Assessments for Japanese Language Instruction (2012)

2012 Summer Institute

International Symposium on Chinese Linguistics & Language Teaching (2012)

International Symposium on Chinese Linguistics & Language Teaching (2012)

Linguistics is concerned with discovering and defining the form and structure of languages. Recent achievements in ...

7th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT7) (2012)

7th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT7) (2012)

Co-sponsored with Hamilton College, the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the National ...

2nd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Strategies for Moving Forward (2011)

2nd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Strategies for Moving Forward (2011)

The 2nd International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), "Strategies for Moving ...

1st International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Supporting Small Languages Together (2009)

1st International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Supporting Small Languages Together (2009)

The 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation will be held at the University of ...

Second Language Research Forum 2008

Second Language Research Forum 2008

With the theme, Exploring SLA: Perspectives, Positions, and Practices, SLRF returns to UH Mānoa for the third ...

Online Cafés for Heritage Learners of Filipino, Japanese, Samoan, and Chinese (2008)

Online Cafés for Heritage Learners of Filipino, Japanese, Samoan, and Chinese (2008)

2008 Summer Institute

2nd International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (2007)

2nd International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching (2007)

Researchers and educators from around the world will gather at University of Hawaiʻi to learn from one ...

Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Summer Seminar West (2007)

Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Summer Seminar West (2007)

Chairs of foreign language departments from across the U.S. will meet at the University of Hawaiʻi for an ...

Developing Useful Evaluation Practices in College Foreign Language Programs (2007)

Developing Useful Evaluation Practices in College Foreign Language Programs (2007)

2007 Summer Institute

17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning (2007)

17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning (2007)

The conference addresses a broad range of topics in pragmatics, discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in ...

Filipino as a Global Language: Future Directions & Prospects (2007)

Filipino as a Global Language: Future Directions & Prospects (2007)

The conference will be a venue for bringing together scholars, writers, language teachers, researchers and other ...

NAKEM Centennial Conference (2006)

NAKEM Centennial Conference (2006)

The conference is aimed to bring into focus the various critical practices of the Ilokanos in the United States, ...

Conversation Analysis Seminar: L2 Learning as Discursive Practice (2006)

Conversation Analysis Seminar: L2 Learning as Discursive Practice (2006)

Conversation Analysis (CA) is increasingly adopted to examine second language interactions as sites for and ...

Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom (2006)

Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom (2006)

The University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa National Resource Center East Asia in conjunction with the National Foreign ...

CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) 2006

CALICO (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) 2006

CALICO 2006 will again feature uses of cutting edge technologies in foreign language teaching and learning with a ...

Designing Effective Foreign Language Placement Tests (2005)

Designing Effective Foreign Language Placement Tests (2005)

2005 Summer Institute

Designing Effective Foreign Language Placement Tests (2005)

Designing Effective Foreign Language Placement Tests (2005)

It is not uncommon for instructors in a language program to find themselves confronted with the need to oversee, ...

Cultural Diversity & Language Education Conference (2004)

Cultural Diversity & Language Education Conference (2004)

This conference focuses on theories, policies, and practices associated with cultural and language diversity in ...

Distance Education, Distributed Learning and Language Instruction (2004)

Distance Education, Distributed Learning and Language Instruction (2004)

Language education has been revolutionized by the availability of electronic resources. The boundaries between ...

FAGASA (2004)

FAGASA (2004)

From July 5 through July 9, 2004, the National Foreign Language Resource Center played host to the 13th annual ...

COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

The COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshoptook place ...

AFAP (Advanced Filipino Abroad Program) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

AFAP (Advanced Filipino Abroad Program) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

The AFAP (Advanced Filipino Abroad Program) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop took place May 24-28, 2004 at ...

NFLRC/COTSEAL Workshop: New Visions for Southeast Asian Language Teaching (2004)

NFLRC/COTSEAL Workshop: New Visions for Southeast Asian Language Teaching (2004)

The 27 workshop participants who attended this workshop represented a range of national stakeholders in the ...

Corpus Linguistics for Korean Language Learning and Teaching (2003)

Corpus Linguistics for Korean Language Learning and Teaching (2003)

2003 Summer Institute

COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop (2004)

The COTIM (Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian & Malay) Pre-Institute Teacher Training Workshop took place ...

CLAN for Conversation Analysis (2003)

CLAN for Conversation Analysis (2003)

Conversation Analysis (CA) needs more than good transcriptions. Immediate access to sound and/or video data at all ...

Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (2002)

Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (2002)

For the second year, NFLRC Hawaiʻi repeats its 2 two-week intensive language courses for non-native-speaking ...

Ia Faalautele Lau Gagana Samoan Pedagogy Institute (2002)

Ia Faalautele Lau Gagana Samoan Pedagogy Institute (2002)

2002 Summer Institute

Heritage Learners and National Language Needs (2002)

Heritage Learners and National Language Needs (2002)

This two-day symposium provides practical information, theoretical considerations, and program/curriculum models ...

Korean Pedagogy Workshop: Task-Based Language Teaching (2001)

Korean Pedagogy Workshop: Task-Based Language Teaching (2001)

The opening session of this three-day summer institute willprovide an overview of the rationale for Task-Based ...

Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (2001)

Web-Based Workshops for Advanced Reading & Writing Development & Maintenance (2001)

NFLRC Hawaiʻi offers 2 two-week intensive language courses to non-native-speaking teachers currently or imminently ...

Developing Web-Based Foreign Language Learning Environments (2001)

Developing Web-Based Foreign Language Learning Environments (2001)

2001 Summer Institute

Performance-based Chinese Language Instruction (2000)

Performance-based Chinese Language Instruction (2000)

2000 Summer Institute

Self-Directed Learning: Materials & Strategies (1999)

Self-Directed Learning: Materials & Strategies (1999)

1999 Summer Institute

Advancing Language Immersion Education: Pacific Perspectives & International Applications (1998)

Advancing Language Immersion Education: Pacific Perspectives & International Applications (1998)

Drawing on the dynamic successes of language immersion programs in the Pacific, the 1998 Summer Institute united ...

Foreign Language Instruction via Distance Education (1997)

Foreign Language Instruction via Distance Education (1997)

WORKSHOP - July 7-18, 1997: "Tools and Techniques for Foreign Language Instruction via Interactive Television"This ...

Technology and the Human Factor in Foreign Language Education (1995)

Technology and the Human Factor in Foreign Language Education (1995)

1995 Summer Institute