to help students acquire the English language proficiency required for their undergraduate studies,
to help students gain autonomy in language learning through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools both in and outside class studies,
to help students deepen their understanding of global issues via exposure to global themes and topics and to encourage them to produce language about these issues,
to help students acquire study skills through a variety of collaborative tasks, projects and activities as part of in-class & outside-class studies.