National Heritage Language Resource Center

The Center's mission is to 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.

Russian Proficiency Exam for High School Students

The Center offers a Russian proficiency test for high school students that is accepted by most Southern California high schools and takes place on the UCLA campus.

National Language Service Corps (NLSC)

Are you fluent in English and another language? Consider joining the National Language Service Corps!

Certificate in Russian Language and Culture for STEM Majors

Add a Certificate in Russian language and Culture to your degree!

Heritage Language Teacher Workshop

The Heritage Language Teacher Workshop will prepare language teachers to understand the differences between teaching L2 and HL learners, the issues involved in heritage language teaching, and how to address them.

Language Materials Project

The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) is an on-line bibliographic database of teaching and learning materials for over 150 Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

High School Summer Language Program

Heritage language classes in Armenian, Korean, Persian and Russian are offered to high school students.

Flagship Programs

Flagship Programs, developed under The Language Flagship, are part of the National Security Education Program's commitment to advance language proficiency in languages critical to national security. The programs address the urgent and growing need for American students across disciplines to advance to academic/professional levels of competency. UCLA is currently the site of a Flagship Program in Russian.

Online Script Courses

We created these to give high school heritage learners a head start before taking our UCLA summer courses. They are specially designed for heritage learners, taking their knowledge of basic vocabulary and oral skills into account to make a bridge to literacy.