Schaffer Library, room 222
The Language Center is designed to meet the needs of students and faculty in Modern Languages and Literatures, but serves many others in the Union community. Our facility offers state of the art equipment. We have a Smartboard, PC and Mac computers.
Our friendly staff is here to help you with your specific language needs.
Check our Language Assistants and Language Mentors‘ office hours for help with your assignments or simply to engage in great conversation.
We have headsets with microphone and audacity for voice recording made easy.
Here you can type in many different languages. We do have East Asian Languages enabled on our machines!
We host several events every term such as International Trivia, Around the Globe Karaoke, International Board Games. For the next upcoming event, consult the campus calendar.
Class/Lab schedule
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Monday
10:30-11:35 SPN 376
11:45-12:50 SPN 202
1:50-2:55 FRN 101 -
Tuesday
9:15-10:45 MLL 490
11:00-11:45 SPN 101 lab
12:00-12:45 SPN 101 lab
1:00-1:45 JPN 101 lab
2:00-2:45 RUS 101 lab
3:00-3:45 CHN 101 lab
4:00-4:45 JPN 101 lab
5:00-5:45 CHN 101 lab -
Wednesday
10:30-11:35 SPN 376
11:45-12:50 SPN 202
1:50-2:55 FRN 101
3:00-4:00 RUS 101
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Thursday
9:15-10:45 MLL 491
12:00-12:45 SPN 101 lab
1:00-1:45 JPN 201 lab
2:00-2:45 RUS 201 lab
4:00-4:45 JPN 201 lab
5:00-5:45 CHN 201 lab -
Friday
10:30-11:35 SPN 376
11:45-12:50 SPN 202
1:50-2:55 FRN 101
Language Center staff
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Language Assistants Winter 2020
Language Assistants are native speakers. They are available to answer questions, practice conversation, give grammatical explanations and help with composition during their office hours on a first come first served basis.
Chinese: Ting-Fang Wang (Katrina)
Thursday 1-3 pmFrench: Lucie Marchand
Tuesday 7-8 pm
Wednesday 2-3 pm
Thursday 4-6 pmJapanese: Noriko Mitani
Thursday 4:30-6:30 pmRussian: Viktoriia Stadnikova
Monday/Tuesday 3-4 pm
Friday 12-1pmSpanish: Daniela Castillo
Tuesday 2-3 pm
Thursday 3-4 pm -
Language Mentors Winter 2020
Language Mentors are available as an additional resource to practice speaking, help with studying, play games in the target language, answer simple questions etc. For help with complex grammar, composition and more advanced questions please see a Language Assistant.
Chinese:
Chen "Yolanda" Anzhe:
Monday 5-6 pm
Wednesday 5-6 pm
Sunday 7-9 pm
French:
Kenza Mourji: Tuesday 11- 1pm
Iliyas El Arif: Wednesday 6-8 pmGerman:
Liana Ralli:
Tuesday 6:15-7:15 pm
Wednesday 3-4 pmHindi:
Dhea Kothari:
Monday 12-1 pm and 2-3 pmJapanese:
Hana Brown:
Monday 4-6 pm
Wednesday 6-8 pmRussian:
Ziyi Hu:
Tuesday/Thursday 6-7 pmSpanish:
Andreina Negretti Benito:
Monday 12-1 pm
Wednesday 12-1 pm and 2-3 pm
Carolina Missura:
Monday/Wednesday 3-4pm
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Center Consultants 2019-2020
Senior Consultants: Belissa Baez and Zineb Hajjaj
Consultants: Belissa Baez, Cameron Bechtold, Hana Brown, Anzhe "Yolanda" Chen, Michelle De Leon, Iliyas El Arif, Erendira Garcia Pallares, Anyergui Jimenez, Dhea Kothari, Omar Lebbar, Veronica Leitao, Emma Marlow-Benedick, Carolina Missura, Kenza Mourji, Andreina Negretti Benito, Mohammed-Noor Omane, Garyfallia Ralli, Yalena Terrero Martinez, Benjamin Zeresko and Emmanuel Visoso-Morales.
Audio materials
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Chinese students
Integrated Chinese 3rd Edition: We have the CDs for you to use in the Language Center for your convenience.
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Independent learners or for additional material
Visit the Language Center to use language methods and supplemental material.