GlobalThe Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) is a Title VI Language Resource Center devoted to improving language teaching and learning.
CARLA’s mission is to study multilingualism and multiculturalism, to develop knowledge of second language acquisition, and to advance the quality of second language teaching, learning, and assessment by:
- conducting research and action projects
- sharing research-based and other forms of knowledge across disciplines and education systems
- extending, exchanging, and applying this knowledge in the wider society
76,000+ teachers reached through CARLA programs
8 rounds of Title VI Language Resource Center funding
316 summer institutes offered since 1996
CARLA News
Somali Lullabies Project Preserves Language & Culture, Provides Educational Training Tools
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.
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
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.