Mission Statement : The mission of ARILAC (Asia Research Institute of Language and Culture) is to provide training and research opportunities for graduate degrees in applied linguistics and specialized translation, leading to literacy and translation work around the world. Goals : Via the ARILAC program we aim to: 1) Train graduate students to become experts in language-based development work 2) Provide an internationally recognized holistic training program for students 3) Train developing country leaders for language related work