Tips for efficient searching

To search for a specific language you can either type it in or pick one from a list (there's a link above the search field).  Sometimes we specify varieties of a language (e.g. "Arabic ( Modern )" or "Chinese ( Mandarin )" but in many cases it's better to search by the general name. Most Chinese courses are indeed Mandarian, so it's not always specified by the teaching instititon. (Fewer words in the search find more hits, generally.)

If you get an error message that looks similar to this:

you might have asked for a language for which we have no listing (it's probably not taught in North America), or you have misspelled the language's name. Try using the first few letters only, for example "Swa" if you are searching for Swahili couses. Or "Az" for Azerbaijani / Azeri.

When you are searching for a study abroad program, you will get more results if you do not specify state or institution.

To look up a K-12 school or district it is usually sufficient to enter its name.  For example, to search for Denmark High School you can enter:

"Denmark" or

"Denmark High" or

"Denmark High School"

in the 'institution' field.

To restrict your search to K-12 institutions only you should check the Primary/Secondary Schools box.

Specifying the state is a good way to exclude unwanted results or to find language courses within your area. 

Some examples of searching for a college/university:

"Indiana"

"Indiana U"

"Indiana University"

"IN University"

Correcting

Each listing has a link on the bottom that leads to a correction form.  If you have more current / correct information on any course offerings in our database, feel free to submit an update. We appreciate any information.

We update the database on an ongoing basis. You can see when our last update of a particular language / institution was.

To submit a new course to be included in the LCTL database, follow the link here or on the search page.