Welcome to the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina!

Serving NC Educators since 1967

FLANC Mini Grants Applications Due November 18, 2023

FLANC mini grants support educational projects designed to promote foreign language teaching and learning in North Carolina. Current FLANC members can request up to $500 for projects that contribute to the promotion of foreign language education in North Carolina. The project includes, but is not limited to:

2023-2024 FLANC Mini Grant Applications are due by November 18th, 2023.  Click to apply. Applicants will be notified by January 15th, 2024. For questions, contact our Scholarship and Mini Grant Chair at scholarship.minigrant@flanc.org.

2O23 FLANC TOP 10 SESSIONS


Thank you for attending the 2023 FLANC Fall Conference! 

Congratulations to these Best of FLANC presenters, voted by YOU at our 2023 Fall Conference! 

They are invited back for the 2024 FLANC Spring Conference on March 2 in Greenville! 

More info about the Spring Conference will be shared soon.

Presenters Titles

Bethanie Drew Less Stress, More Joy: low prep games that work

Thomas Soth The benefits of “chistes” are no joke

Lisa Bartels Authentic Vocabulary Instruction 

Aimee Falk & Victoria Schmoyer Games and Things for When You Just Can’t Even

Dayna Brower Teacher Self-Care

Christen Campbell From Content to Context: Grammar & Vocabulary in the Proficiency-Based Classroom

Donna Podgorny & Marcela Marambio KEEP CALM and HAVE THE STUDENTS TALK!

Radwa Ahmed & Ayoko Amoussou Effective Strategies for PLC Meetings

Leslie Baldwin I Beg to Differ: Differentiation in the World Language Classroom

Maria Rodriguez & Rachel Breazeale Enhancing World Language Learning with ChatGPT: Creating Activities, Lessons, Rubrics, & More

Mark Your Calendars for 2024 FLANC Fall Conference


The 2024 FLANC Fall Conference will be held October 5 and 6, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. 

Our theme will be “Cultivating for Tomorrow!” The call for proposals will be open on January 8.

Check out the World Languages Resources Hub by NCDPI

Apply for or nominate people to the Beginning Teacher Fall Conference Scholarships and Jane Mitchell-Manolita Buck Scholarship for prospective World Language educators!

2023 FLANC Awards Recipients

Lisa Bartels

FLANC 2023 K-12 Teacher of the Year

Delynda Ramirez-

FLANC 2023 Honorary Life Award

Visit Winston Salem

Fran Hoch Friend of FLANC 2023