Home
Class Schedule and Registration
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Teach English as a Second Language (TESL)
Foreign Languages (FL)
Interpretation and Translation Services (ITS)
Culture and Diversity
Professional Training
Testing Center
Taxi Pro Hospitality Program
Financial Assistance
Get Involved
About Us
Mission
History
Press Releases & News
Awards & Affiliations
Admin Staff
ESL Staff
Foreign Language Staff
ITS Staff
Employment
Your Feedback
Contact Us
Resources
Site Map for TFLI Website
Press Releases, Publicity and News
 
 
 
Many of these documents are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Follow this link to download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader:   http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
 
 TFLI in the News
 

 

Lowering the Language Barrier, Blake Farmer

 

The number of Latinos fatally-injured on the job has been climbing for years, due in part to language barriers with their English-speaking supervisors. One company chose TFLI in Nashville to bridge the gap.

Contractors Tackle Language Barrier, Blake Farmer

 At a job-site on Briley Parkway, Rogers Group hired TFLI to perform a specially designed curriculum with the workers, who receive their hourly wage for taking the class. 

 
 
November 27, 2009 Nashville Business Journal
Taxi training program aims to curb culture clash.
"A new training program for Nashville taxi drivers aims to help foreign drivers recognize the difference between a confrontation and good ol' American small talk."
 
September '07 ¿Usted habla español?
"Statistically, the addition or study of a second language helps all areas of the curriculum. 'Research has shown that critical thinking skills, listening and even creativity improve in association with foreign language study,' says Janice Rodriguez, executive director of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute."
 
So What's the TFLI?
OMG! by Emme Nelson Baxter June 8, 2008 tennesean.com
 

  
 Press Releases & E-News
 

August 27, 2007.  Turner Foundation Donation
TFLI Receives Donation from Cal Turner Foundation honoring Wallace Rasmussen Funds will assist students in Fall Term of Classes beginning September 10th. Nashville, August 27, 2007

 
August 30, 2007.  New Staff Members.
The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute, an agency of the State of Tennessee government, is pleased to announce the addition of two new staff members.