About Us
Our Mission
To deliver innovative, high quality language training and services to the UWI learning community and the wider public and engage in relevant research in keeping with our mandate to promote multilingual competence.
Our Vision
To be a centre that is a national, regional and international centre of excellence for foreign language study and research.
Our philosophy
The Centre for Language Learning promotes communicative and intercultural competence in its programmes. Our aim is to empower students to use the target language in order to understand information, to express themselves orally and in writing and to communicate with native and non-native speakers of the language.
An important part of knowing a foreign language is developing a critical understanding of target language cultures and developing an ability and willingness to engage with these cultures.
Students who enrol in the Centre’s courses are seeking to gain skills to thrive in the target culture. This means that our classes are conducted as far as possible in the target language and students are supported to develop confidence to express themselves fluently.
While pronunciation is monitored and grammatical structures taught, the focus at all times is on enabling students to use and expand their communicative repertoire in the target language.
Why study at the CLL?
Our reputation
We are part of The UWI
Our environment
Nice, chill atmosphere for language learning
Our location
Accessible and centralised
Our staff
Experienced and well-prepared tutors
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!
