About | Centre for Language Learning

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 willingess to engage with these cultures.

Students who enrol in the Centre’s courses are seeking to gain skills to survive 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 CLL?

Let's give you five solid reasons:

Numerous Languages
Location
Modern Facilities
Ambience
Staff

Numerous Languages

The CLL offers a wide selection of languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English as a Foreign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish and Yoruba.

Location

The CLL is centrally located. The St. Augustine campus is within minutes from the capital city, the airport, residential and shopping areas and it is also easily accessible.

Modern Facilities

The CLL is equipped with modern facilities and multimedia resources including a self-access facility and interactive whiteboards. The building also accommodates differently-abled students.

Ambience

The CLL promotes a communicative environment which makes the Centre a hub of activity.

Staff

All CLL instructors have been certified and professionally trained, either locally or internationally.

Why learn a language?

Language learning promotes greater awareness of others and their cultures.
Learning a language better prepares you for the world of work; it enhances your communication and interpersonal skills.
Language proficiency may be financially rewarding: having an additional language(s) can be a remunerable asset.
Language learning is mentally stimulating, creates opportunities to expand one’s circle of friends and is fun!