Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants
Each year, we host six to ten Fulbright language attaching assistants, also known as FLTAs, from all over the world. The FLTAs work hard all year to fill many roles: they are graduate students, language instructors, event planners, tutors, and more. Most importantly, they are a cornerstone of the CSLC team. Our FLTAs do most of their work on Notre Dame campus, but we partner with local schools in the city to share our FLTAs' knowledge and expertise with non-ND students.
Starting in the fall 2026 semester, our FLTAs began visiting Robinson Community Learning Center, engaging after-school students from grades 1-5 in cultural activities and teaching them new words in their native tongues.
In previous years, the CSLC collaborated with Nuner Fine Arts Academy, a K-5 school in the South Bend Community School Corporation, to pair elementary school teachers with an FLTA for weekly language and culture lessons. Our objective is not linguistic gains for these young learners, but to encourage curiosity about the world's languages and cultures through exposure, practice, art, and fun!
Our FLTAs also host language tables and participate in Meet Me in My Country events each semester. Each Meet Me in My Country event showcases different aspects of life in their home countries, from popular foods to clothing to holiday celebrations.
If you are interested in a community partnership or collaborative project with our FLTAs, please reach out to Mary Davis (mdavis35@nd.edu).
