Department of World Languages and Cultures

The World Languages Learning Center

 

General Information

Field House 2330
(419) 530-5959 
Spring 2020 Hours: Closed

The World Languages Learning Center will be closed for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester in an effort to prevent the spread of the Corona Virus.  Please make sure to use the following resources while you are attending your classes remotely.

Student Food Pantry – Both pantries will be open M-F between 8:30 am – 5pm. A third option is being explored to place some pantries in the residence hall for students to use after hours or weekends. Lancelot Thompson Student Union Room 2504, open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., foodpantry@utoledo.edu

Counseling Center – Most likely, sessions will be via teleconference. 
419.530.2426
419.255.9585 (after hours)

Main Campus Health Center – The health center will remain open.  If you exhibit symptoms of the flu, you should call (419) 530.3451 before arriving to the Center.  You will not be charged a fee.

 

The Foreign Language Learning Center (also referred to as the FLLC or Language Lab) is a media driven learning lab for the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Toledo. Located in Field House 2330, the learning center is a computer lab that contains many educational resources. The Foreign Language Learning Center is strictly reserved for students who study a foreign language or are foreign language majors. It is tailored specifically to the needs of these students and is a great learning resource for them.

The lab currently consists of 54 Apple dual-platform (Windows/Mac) computers. Students have access to the internet and to black and white laser printers. The computer lab can be used for listening to digital audio for their classes, working on class projects, reading authentic books, comic books, and magazines in foreign languages, watching videos from our extensive library of foreign language films, watching live and pre-recorded Dish Network international programming, and general internet usage. Students may rent out foreign languages films for one day, or watch them in the lab. Students may also obtain copies of CDs that accompany textbooks free of charge if he or she provides a blank CD-R.

Together with Dish Network and SnapStream Media, foreign language satellite TV programming is available on every computer in the lab. Currently we support a diverse array of programming in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, and Spanish. Students may record future programming for later viewing as well as peruse recordings that we have already made.

Our Resources:

 

Students may watch foreign language televison right on our computers.

(Spanish, left, Japanese, Right)

 

Students may use dictionaries and other language aids in the lab.

We also have Japanese comic books, or manga.

 

Students may read foreign language magazines just study without a computer in our study corner.

We have a variety of foreign language films on VHS and DVD.