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The next generation of global professionals

The Language Flagship leads the nation in designing, supporting, and implementing a new paradigm for advanced language education. Through an innovative partnership among the federal government, education, and business, The Language Flagship graduates students who will take their place among the next generation of global professionals, commanding a superior level of fluency in one of many languages critical to U.S. competitiveness and security.

Spotlight on Flagship

2013 Wish List for World Languages, Language Magazine, March 2013

Hawai'i Language Summit, from The University of Hawaii, March 14, 2013

Akaka Awarded at Summit Launching Hawaii Effort to Build Multilingual Workforce, from Honolulu Civil Beat, March 13, 2013

UCLA Russian Club learns through Durak, from The Daily Bruin, February 26, 2013

Federal Service Language Academy to offer Portuguese Summer Program for High School Students, from The University of Georgia, February 25, 2013

A Russian Flagship Student's St. Petersburg Year, from UCLA News, February 19, 2013

Recent Events

Hosted by the Hunter College Chinese Flagship Program in New York City, this October 26, 2012 event brought together more than 170 language educators, language administrators, foreign exchange specialists, and other language stakeholders to discuss innovations in language teaching and learning. The event disseminated results of the Flagship program to the foreign language field, including documentation of high-level language proficiency attained by undergraduate and graduate students across 10 critical languages as measured by government and academic testing.  A number of panel discussions were held. To learn more about Results 2012 and view presentations from the meeting, please visit the Results 2012 website.