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To support the learning and teaching of foreign and heritage languages on the Berkeley campus and, where appropriate, in the University of California system.
• Provide language instructors with opportunities to learn of new developments in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language pedagogy, and second language acquisition theory;
• Support language research and its dissemination at professional meetings and in professional journals;
• Provide faculty and students with learning resources and facilities;
• Support faculty production of new language learning materials.
The BLC’s mission
Four Key Objectives
1. Outreach/Inreach
2. Internationalization
3. Research
4. Resources
The BLC in relation to…
UC Berkeley’s mission
National trends in language education
Future Directions
Partial stand-in for former UC Language Consortium
Title VI funding work-arounds
Centralized FL pedagogy courses?
Service learning initiatives
Greater coordination with study abroad programs
2012-13 BLC Revenue & Carry forward
560
371511
29
304
29
270
Annual allocation
TAS
Student employment
Operations
Summer sessions
Common good
Recharge
Mellon
2011-12 Carry forward
Total Resource = $985,000
2012-13 BLC Expenses
Total Expenses = $863,000
277
337
23
65
130
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15 5
Academic Salaries
Staff Salaries
Temporary Staff
Operations
Classroom renovation
Lecture series
Travel support
Films & books
