WELCOME TO CULTR

The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research works to enhance the global skills opportunities of urban and underrepresented learners and educators.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CULTR continues to support your professional development! Click on the button below to view available conference grants.

Interested in leading a workshop during summer 2023? Click on the button below to learn more.

“CULTR is committed to the ideal that students with language ability and cultural competence make our economy stronger, our nation safer, and our communities more welcoming. I look forward to our conversations today and future collaborations to promote languages for all!”

Dr. William Nichols, Founder

First Title VI NFLRC in the Southeastern United States.

Consecutive years of professional development workshops for K-16 language educators.

300+

Partnerships with diverse industry leaders from the business, non-profit, government, and education sectors.

9000+

Students connected to organizations that emphasize language proficiency and cultural competency.

Promoting Languages For All

The Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) is one of the U.S. Department of Education’s sixteen National Foreign Language Resource Centers (NFLRCs). Supported by nationally recognized language professionals and grants under Title VI of the Higher Education Act, the NFLRCs create a national network of resources to broadly improve world language education in the United States.

CULTR is guided by its core values of access, advocacy, outreach, and research and has gained a national reputation for innovative approaches to promoting access to language education for all students regardless of their socioeconomic and ethnic background.

Supporting Global Initiatives

Professional Development

Increasing learning and growth opportunities for language teachers and building communities of practice.

Career Readiness

Promoting language study and the development of global skills vital to academic and career preparation for all 21st-Century students.

Advocacy

Increasing awareness of the national need and support for language education and global skills preparation among parents, schools, communities, and the private sector.

Research

Exploring access to Dual Language Immersion and the learning, teaching, and assessment of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

Connecting with Communities

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