The Center for Multiple Languages and
Literacies (CMLL) at Teachers College, Columbia University, focuses on
the challenges occasioned by the multiplicity of languages and
literacies in the 21st century. CMLL conducts and disseminates research
on how different languages and literacies can be used as resources to
advance human development, education, and intercultural understanding.
CMLL also promotes dialogue across societies and groups through
lectures, conferences, and the Internet. In addition, it supports
educators in using research to inform practice.
CMLL's work is
elaborated in the context of a world characterized by greater flows of
people, information, goods and services within and across national
boundaries. CMLL is distinctive because of its emphasis
on international and transcultural societies, with New York City
as an expression of such a society, and its attention to educational
systems, including schools, families, religious institutions, community
centers, the workplace, and the media.