Language Learning Center @ MSU

Resources:

There are many resources available at the Language Learning Center for language teachers at Michigan State University.

Equipment available for short-term use:

Digital Camcorder
Digital still camera
LCD Projector
CD/DVD duplicator (contact us for details)

Facilities:

Digital Media Lab: Room 141 Old Horticulture is the home of the LLC's digital media lab. Hosting 36 Macintosh cube computers with DVD drives, foreign-language support, and high-speed internet connections, this modern lab represents the state of the art in language-teaching computing. The lab is available for walk-in use, and language teachers can reserve the lab for their classes. Contact Michael Kramizeh for more information.

Teaching lab: Room 112 Old Horticulture houses a walk-in lab that is designed especially for teaching. The 28 computers are arranged in pods, and a special projection system called Robotel can broadcast a computer's video output to all other computers in the lab.This feature is useful for demonstrations and presentations. The instructor's station is equipped with a videodisk player and VCR. Videos can be broadcast to individual machines through Robtel.

Testing lab: Students can listen to audiotapes, view videos, and take tests in the AV testing lab in room 141 Old Horticulture. Each of 18 stations is equipped with a cassette deck, 13" television monitor, and headphones. Remote controls allow students to control the video output.

Recording studio: The LLC boasts a professional-quality recording studio. Audio is recorded direct to computer using a Digidesign board. Digital audio can be burned to CD or DVD, streamed from the web, or recorded to cassette tape. This facility is available for sponsored use only. Contact the LLC for more information.

Software development facilities: Language teachers can use the LLC's development stations to createtext, graphic, video, and audio materials using powerful computers. Computers are connected with equipment such as flatbed scanners, slide scanners, video digitizing boards, VCR, CD and DVD burners, and printers. The lab must be reserved in advance.

CD, DVD duplication: The LLC can make copies of teacher or student-produced CDs or DVDs for a small fee.

Films:

For a list of films available at the Language Learning Center click here (list will open in a new browser window).

Foreign Language Television:

LLC-TV, the Language Learning Center's own television station, is Channel 13 on the campus cable television network. The channel exists mainly to rebroadcast foreign language programming from the LLC's satellite dishes, but student-produced programming can also be included for broadcast. Instructors may contact us to request programs to be broadcast. See the LLC-TV schedule here.

To see the TV listings, click here and select "International Channels" or "Dish Latino" for Spanish Programming under "Online Channel Guide". We receive the following channels: ALJAZ (Arabic), CCTV4 (Chinese), GERTV (German), ISRLI (Hebrew), TVJPN (Japanese), PHNIX (Chinese), RAI (Italian), RTVI (Russian), RTVI+ (Russian), and TV-5 (French). For African programming (AIT) click here. The schedule for German-TV is also available here.

Programs may also be recorded onto cassette tape for classroom use. Contact us for details.