Language
Center
Resources and
Services
The
Language Center at City College of San Francisco supports credit courses
in American Sign Language, (Cantonese and Mandarin) Chinese, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Pilipino, Russian, and Spanish, as well as (Modern) Greek in the non-credit program.
Audio
and Video Stations
The Language Center houses 37 Mac stations, 20 PC stations, four DVD stations, nine VHS
stations, 40 audio stations, and six 8mm video stations for student use.
Language-Learning Software
We provide instructional software for American Sign Language, (Cantonese and Mandarin) Chinese,
French, German, (Modern) Greek, Italian, Japanese, Pilipino, Russian, and Spanish.
Online
Language Lab
Many of the Language Center audio materials are available on the Language
Center’s Online Language Lab. You must obtain a user name and password
from your instructor to use these resources. Check the Online
Language Lab page to see if the audio files you need are available.
Internet
Access
The Language Center provides internet access to students enrolled in
Foreign Language Department courses with internet-based assignments.
The Language Center’s website also has language-learning links for all
languages taught in the credit program at City College of San Francisco as well as for (Modern) Greek in the non-credit program.
Language
Center Classroom
The multimedia classroom (R-205E) can be reserved by foreign language
and ESL instructors for a variety of presentations and activities. There
are 33 audio/PC stations with internet access, an instructor’s console
with projection system, multistandard DVD and VHS players, karaoke,
and laser disk player. You may view the Language Center Classroom
reservation schedule online.
Instructor
Training
Instructors are encouraged to make individual or small group appointments for informal training in the technologies of their
choice. Formal workshops are also offered on FLEX days, throughout the semester and by special request. Click here for more information about
workshops offered at the Language Center.
Library
of Materials for Instructor Use
The Language Center maintains a collection of foreign language and language
instruction-oriented DVDs, videos, audio cassette tapes, laser disks,
and other media that can be checked out by instructors for use in their
classes. Please come into the Language Center or consult the Materials page for any individual language.
Duplication
Services
Some audio materials may be copied onto audio cassettes for student use.
The Language Center’s duplication service takes 3 working days. Please check with the
Language Center to see whether your audio resources may be duplicated onto tapes or are available
for purchase in the CCSF Bookstore. Please click here for tape duplication instructions. Students may also request tape duplication from the Castro, Downtown, Marina, and Mission campuses.
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Updated:
11/03/2009
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