About the NFLRC
The goal of the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) is to expand the nation’s capacity to teach and learn foreign languages effectively through research and materials development projects, especially the less commonly taught languages of Asia and the Pacific. The primary audience for most NFLRC endeavors is language instructors and applied linguists involved in these languages. However, NFLRC projects are intended to have implications for the teaching and learning of all languages, with results being disseminated to the larger educational community through publications, summer institutes, conferences, workshops, symposia, online learning events, etc. The NFLRC also conducts outreach to governmental agencies, language and area studies centers, and others concerned with strengthening the nation’s capacity in this field.
The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the U. S. Department of Education (CFDA 84.229, P229A220028). However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and one should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
Read more about the International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office of the U.S. Department of Education, which administers the Title VI Language Resource Centers program.

Our Story

Julio Rodriguez
Director

Naiyi Xie Fincham
Associate Director

Richard Medina
Assistant Director of Technology

Jim Yoshioka
Program Coordinator

Skyler Riela
Managing Editor, Language Learning & Technology journal

Wenyi Ling
NFLRC Graduate Assistant

Jillian Breithaupt
NFLRC Graduate Assistant

Young Chun
NFLRC Graduate Assistant

Koyuki Mitani
CLT/NFLRC Graduate Assistant

Alexander Tang
CLT/NFLRC Graduate Assistant
Collaborators

Dorothy M. Chun
Co-Editor, Language Learning & Technology Journal

Trude Heift
Co-Editor, Language Learning & Technology Journal

Richard Day
Co-Editor, Reading in a Foreign Language Journal

John Macalister
Co-Editor, Reading in a Foreign Language Journal

Racquel-María Sapién
Editor, Language Documentation & Conservation Journal

Johanna Watzinger-Tharp
Co-Editor, Second Language Research & Practice

Kate Paesani
Co-Editor, Second Language Research & Practice

Marta Gonzalez-Lloret
Series Editor, Pragmatics & Language Learning

Rachel Mamiya Hernandez
NFLRC Project Lead

Betsy Gilliland
NFLRC Project Lead

Ellen Hart
Curriculum Development Project

Sarah Boutin
Curriculum Development Project

Nicole Naditz
NFLRC Project Facilitator

Tomoko Iwai
NFLRC Project Lead

Yumiko Tateyama
NFLRC Project Lead

Pia Arboleda
NFLRC Project Lead

Precious Arao
NFLRC Project Team Member

John Kawahara
Fiscal Officer