Language Lab

WHERE: Root Hall A-107

FOR WHOM: Students and faculty of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

WHAT: Main features of the lab include:

24 student work stations, each equipped with networked computers with CD-ROM and DVD drives (18 PCs, 6 Macs)
5 TV/VCR stations with headset for individual viewing of video tapes
Large-screen overhead computer/video projection unit
Networked laser printer

Special Capabilities:

CD/DVD production equipment
High-end audio and video digitization and editing

Equipment:

VCRs--both domestic [NTSC] as well as multi-standard for use with foreign videos from anywhere in the world
Laser video disc player
Cable television
Digital camera
Scanners (Mac and PC), both with multi-lingual optical character recognition software
Laptop computers (PC and Mac)
Faculty instructional computers with portable internet connections (Airport bus)
Sona-Graph 6061B speech analyzer
Overhead projector
High-end audio recording equipment
AM/FM/Short-wave radio
Turntable
7” reel-to-reel tape recorders

Language Instruction Resource Materials (Arabic, Chinese, English as a Second Language, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish)

Instructional software:

Word-processing software in French, German, Japanese and Spanish
Grammar tutors
Reading proficiency software
Foreign language lexicons on CD
Short stories and novellas on CD
Perseus on laser disc
Additional resources such as Final-Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, PageMill, OmniPage and OmniForm

Videos (instructional and commercial international videos)

Video series such as Destinos, French-in-Action, and French Panorama and PICs selections
Films
Recordings
Maps
Slides
Film strips
Reference collections
Foreign language instructional games

Additional instructional resources in art, architecture, culture, history, literature, and music

Contact

Language Lab