Our Vision

Our Vision. Committed to transformative education, INTERLINK strives to promote mutual respect, cross-cultural understanding, and peaceful coexistence by enabling participants to: recognize and appreciate cultural differences; communicate in accurate and thoughtful ways; and become creative and humane leaders..

Our Mission. Guided by standards of quality and fairness, we provide English language instruction, academic preparation, cross-cultural orientation, and professional development training in ways that empower participants to become engaged students, independent learners, critical thinkers, and effective communicators..

Values. Committed to excellence in online and in-person training, we believe that honesty, openness, and compassion are fundamental to successful program operations and meaningful interactions among diverse groups of people. All our actions stem from a single focus – disciplined attention to student needs, satisfaction, and success. Our faculty embody the highest standards of professionalism manifested with care, concern, and commitment. Our administrators are clear that they lead best by serving and serve best by meeting participants’ needs..

Cross-cultural Learning. Cross-cultural learning increases students’ understanding of their own and other cultures; it enhances one’s knowledge of the norms, values, and behaviors that exist in cultures. And it allows the student both to discern and communicate cultural differences with sensitivity and confidence. Thus, as a result of the cross-cultural training, sojourners are usually better adjusted to their new cultural milieu..

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The need to communicate fuels language learning. Students learn best through interacting with each other in authentic ways..

Rather than prescribing specific grammar points or requiring a set vocabulary list for each level, students’ language production indicates to instructors what needs work or practice and thus it becomes the focus for subsequent classes..

Learning takes place when students are allowed to do as much as possible on their own. Student work drives the content of the class. The teacher focuses on the student while the student focuses on the language..

A student’s primary role is that of a critical thinker, problem solver, and innovator. Students learn the language as they progress through the stages of the project..

Through self-awareness and active participation, and with focus on nuances of the language, students develop “inner criteria for correctness,” a set of principles or standards (asking self whether it is right or wrong) through which they judge/conclude about correctness..

Reflection helps students to develop skills of self-awareness, analysis, critical thinking and problem solving. It allows learners and teachers to increase their efficiency and success by building on strengths and addressing developmental needs..

Students learn by doing! Learning happens when students are using the language. Students learn to write through writing, and to speak through speaking..

Heuristic or discovery-based learning presents students with opportunities to discover patterns and information from noticing and analysis. Discoveries are documented and become the criteria for student assessment..