ABOUT OUR LAB

• Improving grammar
• Pronunciation
• Cultural Enrichment
• Live interaction in the target language
• Revising
• Oral Proficiency

***At FLMC, you can work one-on-one with a drill instructor, or you can work on your own with the many hand-outs and audiovisual materials in our reference and resource library. The drill instructors will help you with all aspects of the language learning process. Our lab has state-of-the-art computers for word processing, internet research, and multimedia software .

The Foreign Language Media Center's Electronic Classroom is equipped with 6 computers, all of which are connected to the Internet, have CD ROM drives, and have the latest software that can assist in the learning process.

All foreign language students are welcome to use the lab. Simply bring a current schedule on your first visit. Make sure you also bring a 3.5-inch floppy diskette if you plan on using the computers for word processing or for saving text information from the Internet.

Our staff consists of four talented individuals:

Lisbeth Smith-Palliser,  Director
Noris Tamayo, Tutor
Marina Marinas, Tutor
Judy de la Cruz, Student Assistant

WHAT IS THE FLMC The Foreign Language Media Center is a multi-media language center for students of foreign languages, located in room 9204. Although part of the setting resembles the typical setting of a language lab, the Center has much more to offer. Video, audio, video-laser disc, interactive computer based programs are just the beginning...

SEATING CAPACITY:

The room has been designed to accommodate up to 46 people working comfortably in the lab: 26 students working in the booths with language programs, 6 working in computer stations, 10 working at the tables, two teachers operating the main console, and two staff members at the desks.

EQUIPMENT:

The Tandberg IS-10 audio-visual equipment comprises 25 work-stations or booths, a work-station for the physically impaired, and a master control console. All stations are equipped with audio-cassette recorder, video monitor, and headset.

The main console has access to five different channels: A, B, C, D, and F or free which can all be used to listen to audiocassettes. Channels A, B, and C are conected each to a VCR (videocassette recorder) and Channel D to a Video Laser Disk player. The F channel or FREE allows students to use their audiocassettes individually. There is a video monitor at the right hand side of the master control console, which allows control over the viewing material. Two TV sets, connected to the console can receive any down link signal, and have access to local TV channels.

In addition, there are 6 computer stations, one of which is also a computer station for the physically impaired and 4 printers. Two study tables and fifteen chairs complete the ensemble.

SOFTWARE:

Video-laser disc, CD-Rom-, computer-, video-, and audio-based programs, text books and workbooks, and printed material are available in different languages. Our most popular language-courses are French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

STUDENT CARD Students are required to keep a record of their work at the Foreign Language Media Center by filling out the student card provided by the department. They are asked to state what language, course and level they are taking, the material used, the time spent in the lab, the sequence number, the name of their professor, and their telephone number. Every day, this important information is transferred from the cards to a database in the computer, in order to prepare a report for the professors of each course. NOTE: It is up to each professor to decide the weight of the lab work per course and per student.

MATERIAL Students are asked to fill out the same card every time they come to the FLMC. When they request the material they need, they are asked to state the language they are learning. Since our language lab is relatively small, it is easier for both the student and the personnel to advise about the language and the chapter they need material for. All codes on the tapes, whether video or audio, are more useful when students request a duplicate of the material at the Audio-Visual Media Center. Neither tapes, videos, nor books can be checked out of the FLMC. All the materials are resource material for all students and must remain available at all times.

THE BOOTHS Each working station is numbered from left to right per row. Each station has a cassette recorder, a video-monitor and a headset. All cassette recorders control the volume for both video and audio. The master-volume is intended to provide the student with a clear sound of the material. The student-volume is intended for students to record their voices and to hear the instructor when necessary. Perhaps the most useful feature cassette recorders have in the lab is the bookmark. It provides an easy reference tool for students to mark the beginning, the end, or any particular part of an exercise. Four sections may be marked with bookmarks. If a fifth section is added, the first mark will automatically disappear of the screen and no bookmark will be found on that first section.