Give to BLC

Thirty years on, the BLC continues to serve a vibrant community of language learners and teachers and celebrate the nearly 60 languages taught on campus. As part of our community, your generosity ensures we continue this important work in an uncertain time. We warmly invite you to join us!

BLC mission (see text below for content)

When you give to the Berkeley Language Center Fund
you support the learning and teaching of 59 languages at UC Berkeley!

Your donations this year contribute to:

Teaching

We support excellence in language instruction through innovative approaches to pedagogical practice and theory.

Lecture series: Talks and workshops that feature international scholars working in socio-, racio-, and applied linguistics and related disciplinary fields.

Fuel Your Language Teaching: Learning groups that complete pedagogical projectsusing cutting edge theory and practice.

Learning

We foster learners’ engagement with languages and cultures.

Words in Action: A multilingual and multicultural student performance celebrating the power of creative expression.
Exploring the Boundaries of Translation: A student contest to explore the nuances of meaning making across languages.

Researching

We engage in and support research in world languages pedagogy and technology-enhanced language learning.

L2 Journal: A peer reviewed journal focused on the research and practice of world languages teaching.

Undergraduate research: Research groups explore the potentials and limitations of digital tools to support language learning.

Development, Arts & Humanities

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Please contact us if you would like to learn more about current use funds, endowments, gifts of securities, bequests, and other giving opportunities.