The mission & purpose of the Academy is to promote cross-cultural understanding through language instruction and teacher training.
The Intensive English Program serves non-native English speakers whose objective is to improve their English proficiency in order to study in a U.S.
institution of higher learning or for other purposes.
WAL also trains students in a number of world languages and offers graduate TESOL Certificate Programs .
University credit is offered for these TESOL certificate programs through City University of Seattle.