1. Explicit and Tacit Missions of the Berkeley Language Center Rick Kern, UC Berkeley

2. 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

3. To INTELLECTUALIZE language learning and teaching To build an intellectual COMMUNITY of language teachers The BLC’s tacit mission Language Centers implicitly foster new ways of thinking About the status of languages on the campus About language teaching as an important and valued enterprise About collaboration in resolving issues, developing materials, etc. About colleagues from different languages as intellectual partners

4. Four Key Objectives 1.Outreach/Inreach 2.Internationalization 3.Research 4.Resources

10. The BLC in relation to… UC Berkeley’s mission National trends in language education

11. Future Directions Partial stand-in for former UC Language Consortium Title VI funding work-arounds Centralized FL pedagogy courses? Undergraduate courses? Service learning initiatives

13. 2013-14 BLC Revenue & Carry forward Total Resource = $1,012,000

14. 2013-14 BLC Expenses Total Expenses = $995,000