MORE NEWS:
December 4, 2009 - Michael Thomas will speak about Language Education with Web 2.0 Technologies. See the flyer for details.
SAS Language Teaching Innovation Grants - PLC will be accepting proposals until December 1, 2009.
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The Penn Language Center was established in 1989 for the purpose of expanding, intensifying and enriching U of Penn's language curriculum. The University of Pennsylvania has a long and distinguished record in the teaching of foreign languages and plays a leading role in all the major research fields related to foreign language learning. Language learning is highly integrated into both the curriculum and the research effort of the academic community. The most significant feature of the PLC has been its structural flexibility that has made it possible to respond to changes in demand for instruction in a variety of languages. The PLC has been able to serve growing language instruction needs which could not be covered within the regular programs of established departments. PLC offers over 40 languages every academic year.
715-16 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
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Phone: (215) 898-6039
Fax: (215) 573-2139
PLC Mission Statement
Penn Language Center leads university efforts to implement Five-Cs of foreign language education (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) in less-commonly-taught languages, laying out strategies, values, and teaching principles to govern the PLC mission. PLC aligns its high-teaching standards with the ACTFL standards, and provides opportunities or professional training for all its full- and part-time language instructors.
PLC creates opportunities for language program coordinators, and faculty groups inside and outside of U of Penn to meet and collaborate on various language programs and projects. These groups include the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning, ACTFL, etc. PLC secures grants from various sources to fund its research and language material development, including funding to pilot distance learning initiatives.