The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute (TFLI) is an agency

Government agency

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 of the State of Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 created in 1986 to address the language needs of the state. The Institute is the only state government supported organization of its kind. TFLI has three major departments; English as a Second Language, Foreign Languages, and Interpretation and Translation Services.

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• Cabbies' English skills targeted, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - March 10, 2008
• News of note in Williamson County, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - September 17, 2007
• People in business, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - September 9, 2007
• Push for English-only driver's test stirs debate, Greenville News, The (SC) - July 30, 2007
• EXECUTIVE Q&A. DAVID BEREZOV, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - June 10, 2007
• Immersion programs: Local opportunities, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - February 6, 2007
• Starbucks brewing at MetroCenter, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - August 4, 2006
• PEOPLE IN BUSINESS, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - July 23, 2006
• EDUCATION NOTEBOOK, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - July 3, 2006
• PEOPLE IN BUSINESS, Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN) - June 11, 2006