The Centre
The Language Centre (LC) of the Cyprus University of Technology has been operating since 2007 – it offers students, staff and the broader public an opportunity to learn a foreign language. The contemporary methodological approaches used in combination with the new digital technologies available provide the possibility of learning foreign languages for Specific Academic Purposes within a complete educational framework.
Language Centre Specialisations:
- Language Learning for Specific Academic Purposes (LSAP)
- Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
- Teacher training in educational topics, such as pedagogical methods in language teaching, teaching LSAP, TELL, etc.
Vision
- The continuous development of an internationally recognized model center for language learning, with a focus on innovation and linguistic diversity.
- The promotion of multilingualism and interculturalism within the local, European, and global multicultural society.
- The provision of knowledge and language competence within the academic community.
- The connection between Higher Education and the contemporary, demanding labor market and business world.
- The bridging of the language gap between people and the promotion of intercultural communication.
Mission
As a Language Centre, our mission is based on three main axes:
Expression - Communication - Understanding the world
More specifically, it is based on:
- high quality education and learning in the context of modern methods and strategies,
- the development of communication skills of people across borders and cultures,
- language learning based on students’ needs and the ever changing demands of the competitive job market.
The LC Aims
- To acquaint students with the specific language of their field of study.
- To support students in their acquisition of language skills in order to understand and produce scientific texts and be able to respond to oral and written communication situations which fall within their specific scientific field of study.
- To prepare students to adapt to the global multicultural environment.
- To promote the teaching of foreign languages as an integral and necessary part of students’ education.
- To promote intercultural communication.
- To give direct access to high quality educational programmes.
The Centre
The Centre
The Language Centre (LC) of the Cyprus University of Technology has been operating since 2007 – it offers students, staff and the broader public an opportunity to learn a foreign language. The contemporary methodological approaches used in combination with the new digital technologies available provide the possibility of learning foreign languages for Specific Academic Purposes within a complete educational framework.
Language Centre Specialisations:
- Language Learning for Specific Academic Purposes (LSAP)
- Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
- Teacher training in educational topics, such as pedagogical methods in language teaching, teaching LSAP, TELL, etc.
Vision
- The continuous development of an internationally recognized model center for language learning, with a focus on innovation and linguistic diversity.
- The promotion of multilingualism and interculturalism within the local, European, and global multicultural society.
- The provision of knowledge and language competence within the academic community.
- The connection between Higher Education and the contemporary, demanding labor market and business world.
- The bridging of the language gap between people and the promotion of intercultural communication.
Mission
As a Language Centre, our mission is based on three main axes:
Expression - Communication - Understanding the world
More specifically, it is based on:
- high quality education and learning in the context of modern methods and strategies,
- the development of communication skills of people across borders and cultures,
- language learning based on students’ needs and the ever changing demands of the competitive job market.
The LC Aims
- To acquaint students with the specific language of their field of study.
- To support students in their acquisition of language skills in order to understand and produce scientific texts and be able to respond to oral and written communication situations which fall within their specific scientific field of study.
- To prepare students to adapt to the global multicultural environment.
- To promote the teaching of foreign languages as an integral and necessary part of students’ education.
- To promote intercultural communication.
- To give direct access to high quality educational programmes.
