Language and Intercultural Learning Center
LINC is for all students
Meet the LINC TEAM
LINC Tutors
LINC is powered by a passionate team of professional and student staff dedicated to language study and intercultural exploration. Meet the individuals who make LINC a vibrant welcoming space for the Valpo community.
Laetitia – French tutor
Charles – German tutor
Charles is majoring in Computer Engineering and German. He enjoys music, fencing, and video games. Charles looks forward to helping you progress in your German abilities.
David – Spanish tutor
Macy – Spanish tutor
Macy is an Economics and Spanish double major. She studied abroad in Paraguay for one year. Macy co-leads the Spanish Table and is eager to work with beginning and intermediate students!
Carol Goss, M.A. – LINC Director
LINC Director Carol Goss ’92, M.A. is in her 29th year working at Valpo and is also an alumna. She is deeply passionate about serving students in their language learning and intercultural development.
LINC Supports
Intercultural Learning
LINC facilitates intercultural learning to help students, faculty, and staff develop intercultural competence. If you are curious about intercultural perspectives, or are already committed to developing your intercultural competence, we invite you to explore!
For Students — Language groups, language and intercultural programs, and engaging activities for reflection.
For Faculty & Staff — Professional development opportunities include IDI Planners Groups and seasonal reading groups.
The Intercultural Development Inventory®, or IDI®, is a cross-culturally valid instrument for measuring intercultural competence. The IDI is a launchpad for students, faculty, and staff to explore intercultural perspectives. At LINC, intercultural competence refers to a person’s capacity to effectively and appropriately experience cultures and with people across cultural, reflecting a person’s capacity to:
- shift perspective and behavior
- based on commonalities and differences
- by experiencing cultures and individuals
- with greater levels of complexity.
Intercultural competence is relevant in a variety of settings – both global and local, personal and professional – and can be developed over time and with focused effort. Intercultural learning refers to the actions an individual explicitly takes in order to build their own intercultural competence. Intercultural learning is purposeful, developmental, and challenging. This learning process is unique to each individual who intentionally commits to furthering their intercultural competence.
LINC objectives