CELT is a members of the Language Center Alliance, founded in August of 2019. The Language Center Alliance provides "a forum for leaders of North American centers/units at post-secondary institutions that are involved in teaching and learning, research, advocacy, and/or outreach in world languages to share ideas, practices, concerns, and to look for areas of collaboration."
IU is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA). Through sustainable collaboration and using distance-learning technology tools, BTAA member universities provide access to less commonly taught language courses at other universities.More than 100 LCTL courses in 37 languages have been shared and delivered via synchronous videoconferencing. Faculty enjoy the CourseShare program for the chance to collaborate with respected peers at BTAA universities, expand course enrollments with talented students, employ new technologies, and fill curricular gaps. Some of the member universities are also part of the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning.
Two of sixteen Title VI National Foreign Language Resource Centers at IU promote the learning and teaching of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in the United States through the development of language learning materials (online courses, web and mobile applications, textbooks, multimedia resources), organizing professional development workshops, and conducting research.
Many of our teaching faculty are active members of local, regional, and national professional associations. It involves them in leadership, advocacy, and outreach efforts to promote and defend languages.
