Federal funding for the Title VI Language Resource Center (LRC) Program has been abruptly discontinued after 35 years of work in world language education. As a result, many LRCs including the NFLRC will be unable to carry out most of their activities planned for the fourth year of the current funding cycle (2025–2026). Learn More

    Irene Thompson

    IRENE THOMPSON (former Co-Editor, Language Learning & Technology) is Professor Emerita at George Washington University, where she taught for many years and served as chair of the Department of Slavic Languages, in addition to a two-year stint as Director of the Russian language program at the Foreign Service Institute. She has conducted numerous ACTFL and Peace Corps teacher-training workshops on language pedagogy and language testing in the U.S. and abroad.