ConnecTalks is a live event featuring speakers with fascinating, fresh viewpoints illuminating how language connects to cutting-edge work in fields that intersect with language education. The ConnecTalks event showcases brief, 25-minute talks, which will spark your imagination and invigorate your teaching. 

Originally conceived by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, ConnecTalks was first launched in 2019 at the annual ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo in Washington, D.C.  In 2019 LRC sponsors include the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center (AELRC) at Georgetown University, the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at The Pennsylvania State University, the Center for Urban Language Teaching and Research (CULTR) at Georgia State University, and the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.