Icesi University, founded in 1979, is a private university with high quality institutional accreditation granted by the Colombian government. The university is widely recognized as one of the best private universities in Colombia for its academic quality and its social impact on the local and national community. The university offers 28 undergraduate programs, 24 master’s programs, 1 PhD program, and more than 30 specializations. (For more information, visit the Webpage: www.icesi.edu.co).

The Foreign Language Department at Icesi is an academic unit committed to research in Applied Linguistics as well as innovation in language teaching practice. The department offers a variety of language courses in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Mandarin for a population of more than 6000 students in the various undergraduate and graduate programs.

Objectives:

• To promote the learning of foreign languages in undergraduate and graduate students.
• To offer training courses in English for the university and the local community.
• To partake in national and international bilingualism projects.
• To foster teaching practices through research in Applied Linguistics.