Language Learning Centre (LLC)
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NEW!
From week 2 onwards also open on a Saturday from
11:00am 'till 3:00 pm.
Located on the first floor of the Ferens Building, the Language
Learning Centre allows you to:
- Use a variety of language learning materials
- Work independently on your language learning in a comfortable
and well-resourced environment
- Receive personal and individualised language learning advice by
using the helpline for language learners - The Language Learning Advisory Service
- Widen your knowledge of language learning strategies and
activities
- Find the materials you needs, either by browsing the shelves or
using the online catalogue
- Practise your listening and speaking skills in a private
area
- Work in a small group in dedicated rooms, bookable in
advance
- Meet your tandem or learning partner, if you have one, for
shared activities (e.g. watching a film or TV programme)
- Use a range of equipment to enhance your language learning
experience
- Practise your pronunciation in the Pronunciation
Room
Opening times (Semester 2, 2011-12)
Week 1
| Monday- Thursday |
9:00am - 5:00pm |
| Friday |
9:00am - 4:00pm |
| Saturday |
Not open |
Week 2 onwards
| Monday- Thursday |
9:00am - 9:00pm |
| Friday |
9:00am - 4:00pm |
| NEW! Saturday |
11:00am - 3:00pm |
Equipment and resources
The equipment available for use in the
Language Learning Centre includes:
- Tape recorders with playback and recording facilities to allow
for the checking of pronunciation
- Computers with access to the Internet and specialised language
learning programs
- 2 email checking points
- Satellite TVs, currently with access to 16 different
channels
- DVD players
- A wireless quiet study zone
- A speaking area
- A photocopier and printing facilities are available
The range of resources includes:
- Language learning materials (e.g. course books, workbooks,
examination papers)
- Magazines
- Reference materials (e.g. dictionaries, grammars)
- Audio-cassettes
- Video-cassettes (e.g. films, recordings of TV programmes)
- DVDs
- CD-ROMs and on-line resources, including foreign language
newspapers.
See the Language Learning
Centre Catalogue for more details of these
resources.
The Centre also stocks resources for language teachers, as a
result of the Links
into Languages project.
All materials must be
used in the centre. There are no borrowing facilities.
For a guide to using the Centre, please
click here.