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Foreign Language Competency Testing
Penn Language Center coordinates foreign language competency testing services for students from the University of Pennsylvania who seek an exemption from the foreign language requirement at the School of Arts and Sciences or other schools where there is a similar policy. We also provide testing services for students from other universities who need to demonstrate competency in a language offered at Penn. For further information on competency testing, please click here.

Language Direct
Language Direct is a unique peer tutoring program for Penn students who want to improve their language skills in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese. The program offers both online help and drop-in tutoring services. For more information, please click on the Language Direct link.

Travel Grants for Foreign Language Lecturers
Penn Language Center is able to offer a small number of travel grants for lecturers to attend conferences or other professional events related to the teaching of foreign languages. We can support travel, conference registration, or hotel accommodations. Priority will be given to those who will be presenting a paper and to those who do not receive support from departmental or other sources. Lecturers who will be presenting a paper may apply for a grant of up to $500. Those who plan to attend a conference but will not be delivering a paper may request support of up to $250. Please fill out the attached Travel Grant Application and return it to the Penn Language Center. For further information, please contact us at 215/898-6039.

PLC Resource Room
Penn Language Center is in the process of building a collection of resources for language teaching. We are currently acquiring materials on language teaching methodology, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and second language acquisition. We will also expand our collection of multimedia resources and teaching materials for the less commonly taught languages. For a list of our recent acquisitions, please click here.
In addition, we have acquired subscriptions to the following journals:

Applied Linguistics
CALICO Journal
Foreign Language Annals
IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies
Journal of Language for International Business
Modern Language Journal

Penn Language News
Penn Language News, a newsletter of the Penn Language Center, appears at the beginning of each semester. Its aim is to inform the Penn language teaching community about language-related issues and events, grant opportunities, conferences and workshops, and new publications and technologies. Please click here to view a copy of our current issue (in PDF format).

The Language Resource Center (LRC) and Making Reservations
The Language Resource Center is designed to support faculty and instructors in the preparation of resources for instruction in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Its primary focus is language instruction. It may be used by SAS faculty, teaching assistants and others who are working on instructional projects on behalf of SAS faculty. It is not a student lab. For an overview of the facility and equipment and to reserve a workstation, click here.