The purpose of this project is to transform the teaching of foreign languages at all levels in Uzbekistan through the training of language teachers. It was started many years ago with the founding in 2000 of the Institute for English Language Teacher Education (IELTE) by Rauth Petzold, the U. S. Regional English Language Officer, who at that time was based in Tashkent, and has been in Tashkent, and has been continued through visits by a series of English Language Fellows and Specialists In addition, through the assistance of the British Council, pre-service and in-service curncula were developed.