What does NFLC stand for?

STARTALK, administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland College Park, and financed through the Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, aims to expand foreign-language instruction in languages such as Arabic and Chinese that are not traditionally taught in U.

According to a 1992 report by the National Foreign Language Center at Johns Hopkins University, fewer than 1,400 American junior high and high school students were taking Chinese language courses in 1970.

The program is run through the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, and includes programs in Arabic, Korean, Persian and Russian.

Diamond, President and CEO, LLE Language Services, Washington, DC * Winnie Heh, VP Global Operations, Language Line Services, Monterey, CA * David Jones, Interpretation & Volunteer Services, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA * Linda Joyce, Consultant and Language Access Specialist, Walton, WV * Deborah Saldana, Director of Interpreter Development & Training, Phoenix Language Services, Inc, Philadelphia, PA * Diane de Terra, PhD, Research Professor of Language Practice, University of Maryland's National Foreign Language Center , College Park, MD * John Weiner, VP of Products & Services, PSI Psychological Services, Burbank, CA In addition to the council members listed above, there will be two international representatives appointed to the council.

She also serves on a number of boards, including the Wendy and Emory Reves Center for International Studies, the International Child Arts Foundation, and the International Institute of Leadership and Public Affairs where she is chairperson; the Academy of Educational Development and the National Foreign Language Center.

In 1998, under her leadership and under the auspices of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), she launched the efforts to set national quality standards.