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Monday - Thursday
8:30 am - 7:00 pm
Friday
8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
Come visit the LLC at:
303 University Hall |
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The Listening
Center is the heir to the old Language Lab. Instead of using cassette
tapes of the analog workbook tracks, the new LC uses digitized
sound files, hosted on the LLC’s Server. Using a computerized
interface, they retrieve the mp3 tracks. Faculty have also put
foreign language DVDs on reserve in the LC for their students
for “cultural
enhancement.” In the LC, students can also make mp3 quality
voice recordings for reviewing and grading by faculty.
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The Computerized
Multimedia Classroom is an historical innovation at BG. For the
first time in the school’s history students studying non-Roman
font languages such as Chinese, Japanese, or Russian, can listen
to, read, view on the internet, and write on a computer in their
respective subject languages. The
iMacs can play video movies/clips using Quicktime, Real Player,
and Windows Media Player, and can burn CD’s of their voice
recordings, or other digital
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WBGU’s streaming video TV in German, Chinese, Japanese, and
French. Also, a Zone-Free DVD player, for DVD’s originating
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The final
area of the LLC is really a set of areas. The main Video Viewing
Area, is located at the northern-most part of the LLC, adjacent
to the CMC. It is equipped with an LCD projector, a VCR deck and
a Set-top Box, like the CMC. It also contains a special multiformat
TV/VCR setup, which allows students to view VCR tapes from international
sources that cannot be viewed on standard American format VCRs or
TVs. While there are no computers organica to the
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both internet and LCD connections are available. The individual
stations of the VVA are located at the south end of the LLC, and
consist of three 24-inch TV/VCR combo sets. Like the main VVA and
the CMC, these stations are equipped with Set-top Boxes for streaming
video feeds from WBGU. They can also play standard American VCR
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