The CLC seeks to accomplish the following goals:

To provide learners with the tools to function successfully in a different language, culture, and social situation.

To provide practical, real-world language materials to augment the learning environment to simulate life in the target countries.

To ensure that students can continue studying the target language in the future by giving a strong foundation in the basic structure of each language.

To provide the opportunity for the students to communicate with native speakers inside and outside the class as much as possible.

To serve as a resource for cultural/language education to the faculty, staff, and students of The University of Alabama; and,

To encourage students to learn to function respectfully in countries and cultures different from their own, as global citizens.

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