Language Learning Center at MSU
117 Old Horticulture Building
(517) 355-8374
About the Language Learning Center
The Language Learning Center provides media services, computing and audio-visual facilities, and consulting in the use of technology to support language teaching and learning, as well as research.
The Language Learning Center, located within the College of Arts and Letters, serves as a resource unit to the language teaching departments. The Center maintains media resources for language teachers and learners, including audio, video, and software, and consults with language instructors on issues related to computing and language teaching.
The physical facilities of the Center consist of two state-of-the-art computer labs, and audio-video lab, digital recording studio, media development lab, satellite television distribution, and an extensive network of web servers. Much of the Center's media resources are available to students online, giving language learners 24/7 access to media resources for their courses. The LLC has partnered with language departments to implement technology enhancements to existing courses, and to initiate new kinds of courses, including web-based distance learning, distributed learning, and self-access courses.
The LLC is an active partner in the research programs of many faculty. The Center's facilities are used for data collection for language acquisition research, and the Center writes custom software to be used as research instruments.
Location:
The Language Learning Center is located in the Old Horticulture Building on East Circle Drive. Old Horticulture is marked red on the following map:
Resources:
The resources and facilities available at the LLC include a digital media lab, teaching lab, testing lab, recording studio, software development facilities, television channel (LLC-TV), CD and DVD duplication, films, and more. To learn more about the resources available at the LLC click here.
Research:
The LLC serves as an environment for second language acquisition research. Studies have involved computer-assisted language learning, computer-mediated communication, oral production, and audio perception. The LLC has assisted MSU faculty and graduate students in the development of research instruments, setting up data collection environments, and task design.
To learn more about research at the LLC, click here.
Projects:
Online Chinese Learning: a website of interactive exercises following the flow of Integrated Chinese. Currently supports years 1 and 2 of the text series.
Portuguese Distance Learning: a CIC-wide initiative to create a hybrid distance-learning course. The course consists of online and tutorial activities.
POPAI: a program to enable audio homework over the web.
See us if you want to:
- host your digital video projects
- arrange television programming
- use the lab
- use special software, or need custom computer setup
Helpful Links:
Information for Instructors:
- Professional Development
- Videoconferencing at the LLC
- LLC-TV Schedule
- Interested in reserving the lab for your class?
- Reserved lab times for room 112
- Reserved lab times for room 141
- Purchase tapes for your language class in room 141.