The Foundation is organized to accomplish charitable, educational, scientific, and research goals relating to the teaching and learning of languages, including, but not limited to, the following:

• To implement a research and development program that will generate new knowledge and inform and improve the quality of English language teaching and learning;
• To promote the application of research to practical language problems;
• To collect, organize, and disseminate information and research on the teaching and learning of languages;
• To influence the formation and implementation of appropriate language education policies, recognizing the importance of indigenous languages and cultures worldwide, and of English as an international language;
• To promote the professionalization of English language education by offering services such as program reviews, presentations, and professional development; and
• To support early career scholars with their research in English language education.
• To solicit, receive, hold, invest, administer, and distribute funds for the Foundation’s purposes.