Language teaching at Liverpool

The University of Liverpool provides a supportive, stimulating and thriving language learning environment.  

Our approach to teaching and learning languages is founded on seven key pedagogical principles:

Building transferable skills for the workplace In a computer room, a teacher points at a computer screen whilst a student sits at the computer looking at what the teacher is pointing at

Building transferable skills for the workplace

Customising language learning and teaching for all levels Three students recording a podcast using a microphone and headphones in a computer suite.

Customising language learning and teaching for all levels

Building intercultural bridges Three students sat in front of microphones talking to the camera.

Building intercultural bridges

Language awareness and knowledge Three students sitting in a library at a table with a laptop and books in discussion with each other.

Language awareness and knowledge

Language is diverse, inclusive and accessible A teacher holds a book in a library pointing at something in the book whilst a student looks at it

Language is diverse, inclusive and accessible

Translating, interpreting and subtitling A student sitting at a large desk that has multiple microphones and headsets on it, on the screen is another student talking whilst the other listens with a headset

Translating, interpreting and subtitling

Using digital tools and technologies A group of students working on computers in a computer lab

Using digital tools and technologies