In the knowledge society of the 21st century, language competence and inter-cultural understanding are not optional extras, they are an essential part of being a citizen. Language skills are also vital in improving understanding between people here and in the wider world, and in supporting global citizenship by breaking down barriers of ignorance and suspicion between nations. - DES, 2003

SOAS degree courses Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish, Caucasian languages Swahili, Amharic, Somali, Hausa, Yoruba, Zulu Hindi, Urdu, Nepali, Sanskrit, Sinhala, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil Indonesian/Malay, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian/Khmer, Burmese

UCL degree courses Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese Hebrew, Yiddish

Non-degree courses only SOAS: Azeri, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kurdish, Pashto Berber, Tigrinya, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Shona, Twi, Igbo Panjabi, Bihari UCL: Albanian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Slovene Mandarin, Japanese Arabic, Greek

CETL staffing Director Administrator Secretary Half-time researcher in language pedagogy 2 half-time multi-media programmers 4 half-time teacher trainers 4 half-time learning advisors 1 half-time assessment and curriculum specialist

The CETL will develop new multi-media language learning resources

Example: Hindi script tutor

Example: Virtual Dutch

The CETL will promote the study of less commonly taught languages

The CETL will develop resources for the learning and teaching of UK community languages

(Some thoughts on Panjabi) Anjali frm east london i myself speak punjabi, n i fink its a gr8 language! also i luv punjab!!! goin der dis summer!! yay!!! Yuvraj from south staffs i think panjabi is a very good language and to me it is like english as i speak it every day. i only know a few words and sentences but i understand it fully.

The CETL will design and provide training courses in language teaching skills for new teachers in the teaching of community languages in language learning skills for new students in the preparation of learning and teaching materials

The CETL grant will enable us to upgrade language learning facilities at SOAS and UCL

The CETL will provide a focal point for research in the teaching and learning of less commonly taught languages