MISSION STATEMENT:
Language Center International is dedicated to providing quality English as a Second Language training for academic or personal purposes to speakers of other languages and to promoting both American and global cultural understanding through its educational programs.
CORE BELIEFS:
- All languages and cultures must be respected and valued.
- All students deserve the opportunity to learn.
- All students have potential for progress.
- Students must be guided to take responsibility for their own learning.
- Participation requires active mental involvement in class activities.
- Learning is more likely to occur when the learner feels relaxed and emotionally connected with the people in his/her learning environment.
- Curricula should support clearly defined learning objectives.
- Instructors have a responsibility to plan and execute effective lessons which support course objectives.
- Activities that support student interaction and productive language use should be used to meet course objectives.
- Technology provides useful learning tools, but technology should never replace human interaction in the learning process.
- Successful instructors are flexible in their methods of instruction, bearing in mind that learning takes place in both a traditional and non-traditional environment.
- Students’ learning styles, cultural backgrounds, existing skill sets, knowledge levels, needs and goals should be taken into account in classroom methodologies, assessments and all interactions with students, whether verbal or written.
- Assessments should be varied, on-going and performance-based.
- Continuous professional development should be supported and is essential to best teaching practices.
- Our future success depends on working for continuous improvement with a desire to learn, an openness to adjust our core beliefs based on new knowledge, a consistent application of evaluation and analysis, and a willingness to take risks consistent with our beliefs.
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