Language Research and Innovation Competition (LaRIC 2023) is a new initiative introduced by the Language Centre, UPNM to promote research innovation at the national level. LaRIC 2023 aims to bring together researchers, academicians and students from various educational and industrial institutions to share their knowledge in research findings and innovations in language studies. The Language Centre intends to make this research innovation competition an annual event so that the benefits gained from this competition will not only act as an added value to the expertise of the researchers but can also provide exposure to the latest research and innovation in language studies.