At CLL we provide Language Learning for the Real World

Why Study a Language?

Create Awareness

Language learning promotes greater awareness of others and their cultures.

Add Value

Language proficiency may be financially rewarding: having an additional language(s) can be a remunerable asset.

Professional Development

Learning a language better prepares you for the world of work; it enhances your communication and interpersonal skills.

Personal Growth

Language learning is mentally stimulating, creates opportunities to expand one’s circle of friends and is fun!

Foreign Language Courses

We offer non-specialist courses in a variety of foreign languages, as well as English as a Second Language.

Our courses focus on speaking, listening, reading, and writing in our taught languages.

Chinese
(Mandarin)

French

German

Japanese

Korean

Portuguese

Spanish

Yoruba

Learn English with Us!

English is the official language of more territories than any other language, eighty-one in total. The more than 360 million speakers of English hail from all around the world, including England, the U.S.A, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, and the Caribbean. Non- native speakers find both professional and personal advantages to learning English.

CLL’s English as a Second Language (ESL) Programme has provided international students with quality English language tuition for over twenty years and has expanded to facilitate the English language learning needs of the Caribbean and South America.

Services

Corporate Classes

The CLL offers tailored language classes for corporate clients, designed to meet the specific needs of your organization. Classes are available upon request and can be customized for teams or individual employees.

Community Outreach

Through our community outreach programme, the CLL visits schools and organizations to offer short cultural and language taster sessions. We also host free events open to the public, such as the CLL Foreign Language Book Club, bringing languages and cultures to the wider community.

Certification & Testing

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CELTA

Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

HSK

Chinese Proficiency Test

DELE

Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language

JLPT

Japanese Language Proficiency Test

News & Events

Activities

In addition to language teaching, the CLL regularly organises cultural events around the various languages we offer. These can range from language specific contests, to movie nights, to wine and cheese tasting, among many others.

Our hallmark event is the triennial Open House, which is a 2-day display of all of our languages. If you would like to find out more about a specific cultural event, email us at cll.fhe@sta.uwi.edu.

Memberships

ADFL

Association of Departments of Foreign Languages

AULC

Association of University Language Communities in the UK and Ireland

CERCLES

European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education

CLEC

Center for Language Education and Cooperation

JAPAN FOUNDATION NIHONGO NETWORK