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From your time as a student to your post-graduate experience as an alumni, Kingster’s support and amenities continue, as a result of your connection to the KU Alumni Network, now over 150,000 people.

Quotes From Figures

  • To have another language is to possess a second soul.

    Charlemagne/ Charles the Great
  • If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

    Nelson Mandela
  • The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

    Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.

    Frank Smith
  • Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.

    Flora Lewis

Our Vision

To become a center of research excellence in foreign language learning, teaching, and assessment, aimed at sustainably advancing the quality of language education at national and international levels. 

Our Mission

  1. To conduct interdisciplinary research in the contexts of learning, teaching, and assessing Dutch, English, German, and Indonesian as a Foreign Language (BIPA) that yields impactful and internationally reputable scientific publications.
  2. To develop and validate standardized curricula, instructional materials, and assessment instruments for implementation across various educational levels.
  3. To foster active research collaborations with academic partners and international institutions annually to disseminate best practices in language education.

Area of ​​Specialization

Technology Enhanced Language Learning

Neurodivergent literacies

Language and Disability

Foreign Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment (Dutch, English, German) and ILFL

Foreign Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Special Needs Speakers

Work Area

Research

Conducting interdisciplinary research on learning, teaching, and assessment to produce globally impactful scientific publications.

Product Development

Designing and validating standardized curricula, instructional materials, and foreign language assessment instruments.

Teacher Professional Development Program

Providing continuous training and mentoring for language educators to disseminate best practices and inclusively enhance teaching quality.

Institutions we've worked with