National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC)

National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC) Our center hosts several annual events and provides numerous resources and materials for the development and maintenance of heritage languages.

For more information, please visit our website: http://international.ucla.edu/nhlrc The National Heritage Language Resource Center, at the University of California, Los Angeles, is one of 15 Language Resource Centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Almost 55 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005-2009). The creation of a nationa

l center dedicated to heritage language education attests to the importance of this new field to the nation. California is an ideal venue for NHLRC since almost 27% of its population five years of age and older is foreign born, and 42% speak a home language other than English (U.S.

02/22/2025
2025 Virtual Heritage Language Teacher WorkshopApplication deadline: January 31, 2025This summer workshop is designed to...
01/17/2025

2025 Virtual Heritage Language Teacher Workshop
Application deadline: January 31, 2025

This summer workshop is designed to help language teachers meet the challenges of teaching heritage language students, whether in mixed classes or in heritage-specific classes. Instructors of all languages from K-16 programs and community schools are encouraged to apply.

2025 Virtual Heritage Language Teacher Workshop

Heritage Language Research Institute: Call for AbstractsDeadline Extended: January 31, 2025The Institute returns for its...
01/17/2025

Heritage Language Research Institute: Call for Abstracts
Deadline Extended: January 31, 2025

The Institute returns for its sixteenth installment, this time at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, a campus with a rich tradition of heritage language education, from the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and researchers.

We invite abstracts on topics related to heritage languages in the community and the classroom for poster sessions. Posters on lesser-studied heritage languages and bi/multilingualism are particularly welcome.

https://nhlrc.ucla.edu/nhlrc/article/284145

Join the Global Call to Action for HL Education!The Global HL Think Tank has published a Global Call to Action for HL Ed...
02/21/2024

Join the Global Call to Action for HL Education!

The Global HL Think Tank has published a Global Call to Action for HL Education to celebrate UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day (Feb 21).

Explore the Global Call to Action and its recommendations for students, caregivers, mainstream teachers and principals, HL teachers, libraries, non-profit initiatives, universities, journalists, local businesses, and government officials:
https://menntavisindastofnun.hi.is/is/global-call-hle

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1333 Rolfe Hall, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
90095

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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NHLRC at UCLA

The NHLRC helps develop effective pedagogical approaches to teaching heritage language learners, first by creating a research base and then by pursuing curriculum design, materials development, and teacher education. Heritage learners in America are educated in English and typically become English dominant, but will retain some knowledge of their heritage language and if efforts are made to maintain and develop this languages, a high level of proficiency can be achieved. Compared to traditional foreign language learners, it is often possible for heritage language speakers to acquire impressively high levels of proficiency in a shorter amount of time.

In order to pursue our mission, we hold three main events each year:


  • a research institute

  • a workshop for instructors from all over the U.S. who teach heritage language learners