Welcome to the NFMLTA

The purpose of the NFMLTA is the expansion, promotion, and improvement of the teaching of languages, literatures, and cultures throughout the United States through a variety of activities including, but not limited to, publication of The Modern Language Journal. The National Federation of Modern Language Teachers’ Associations was founded in 1916. The charter member organizations were the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the New Jersey Foreign Language Teachers Associations, and The New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers. Currently, there are 17 member organizations.