Mission

The SALC is a supportive environment which aims to foster lifelong learner autonomy by providing learners with opportunities to develop skills for: taking charge of their language learning, individualising the learning experience, making informed choices, and utilising appropriate resources.

Specifically, our objectives are to support students in:

• -becoming more aware and in control of their language-learning processes
• -achieving their language-learning goals
• -becoming confident language users
• -developing language skills for future study and careers
• -maximising their opportunities for interdependence and interaction with others

We do this by:

• -providing a wide range of quality materials - both commercial and ones created in-house
• -providing shared learning spaces
• -offering a high quality advising service
• -providing self-directed learning modules, class-based courses and workshops
• -providing administrative support
• -ensuring our staff are engaged in ongoing training and professional development
• -being informed by ongoing research