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Somali Lullabies Project Preserves Language & Culture, Provides Educational Training Tools
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Since the Somali language is largely an oral one, Marian Hassan was determined to capture the elders’ songs, voices, and life stories to help young Somali Minnesotans reconnect with their home language and preserve the oral culture for future Somali Minnesotans.
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A new heritage language project, Multilingual Minnesota, offers a searchable video database documenting the voices, languages, and cultural narratives of Minnesota’s heritage language communities.
CARLA Director Delivers Keynote at the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning
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Kate Paesani, director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), gave the keynote address at the 2025 workshop of the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning.
CARLA participates in ACTFL convention
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Leaders of CARLA's Social Justice in Language Education initiative and Equity and Access to State Seals of Biliteracy initiative presented.
Addressing gaps in Minnesota’s seals of biliteracy program
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A four-year project led by the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition aims to help school districts offer more equitable access to seals of biliteracy.
UMN Receives Language Resource Center Funding from U.S. Department of Education
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The University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) has received its eighth round of funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI Language Resource Centers (LRC) program, totaling more than $750,000 over the next four years.
CARLA Summer Institutes Lead to Deeper Learning in Language Classes
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Developing literacy in a language is more than just learning to write, speak, and understand. Using language texts to develop cultural knowledge is also key.