Language Lab Student Services

Audio Files

Audio files for Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese can be accessed on any computer in either the teaching or student lab. Audio files can also be accessed through your language program's TITTANium community site.

Our current audio files are:

  • Arabic (not available)
  • Chinese
    • Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1 and 2
    • Integrated Chinese Level 2
  • English (various TOEFL, check in lab)
  • French
    • Affaires a suivre (audio and workbook)
    • Contacts
    • D'accord
    • Interaction La Grammaire
  • German
    • Fokus Deutsch
    • Na Klar (audio and workbook)
    • Phonothek
    • Wirtschafts
  • Italian
    • Insieme
  • Japanese
    • Genki
    • JAPN 307
  • Korean (not available)
  • Persian (not available)
  • Portuguese
    • Brasil!
  • Spanish
    • Conversacion y repaso
    • Conversaciones creadoras
    • Pasajes 6th ed
    • Plazas 2nd ed
  • Vietnamese (not available)

 

Instructions for Accessing Audio Files in the labs

  1. To access the audio file in the lab, open the media player called "Sanako Media Assistant Duo"
  2. On the menu bar, select File, then select Open File
  3. This will lead you to two folders called "All Languages" and "Professor's content"
  4. Select "All Languages" and open
  5. Choose your language and look for your appropriate textbook

 

Copying Lab Audio CDs

Lab Audio is available for students to listen to in the Media Center or on TITANium. Students may also obtain a copy of the lab audio if they provide their own blank CD to be copied.

  • The Media Center does not provide blank CDs
  • Blank CDs can be purchased at the Titan bookstore for about a dollar per CD
  • Lab Audio can be copied as one CD in the smaller MP3 format to be played on their computer or as several regular audio CDs that can be played in a CD player

Employment

Each year the media center hires student assistants to help in the running of the labs. We look for people with experience in both technology and modern languages. Student assistants work between 10-20 hour weeks. Hours depend on your class schedules. Pay starts at $9.00/hr.

If interested, applications can be made at the Modern Language Department Office in H835–A.

 

Keyboards

The media center is set up so that you can type using characters in all languages.

To change the keyboard language:
  1. On the bottom right or on the top of the screen you will see two letters, like EN or JP
  2. Click on the letters and open the drop down menu
  3. Select the language you want to use

 

Policies

  • No food or drink is allowed in the teaching or student labs
  • Cell phones are to be turned off or put in silent mode
  • The viewing of improper content (such as pornography) is not permitted
  • The downloading of copyrighted content is also not permitted
  • People who violate these policies will be asked to leave the media center

 

Printing

Single-side printing in black and white is available in both labs with your Titan Student Card

  • Cost is 10 cents a page, no cash is accepted
  • Students may add cash to their card online through the Titan Portal or by cash in the library
  • We do not have a photocopier. Photocopiers can be found in the Titan library

 

Recording

You may record your voice using the Sanako Media Assistant Duo player. All files are saved as MP3s.

  1. Open the Sanako Media Assistant Duo player by clicking on the icon
  2. To record your voice press the red button (to pause, you also press the red button)
  3. To stop, you press the blue button
  4. To save a recording, select FILE from the menu, then choose SAVE AS (Name file with your name)
  5. Choose a destination folder (your professor's folder) or a drive such as a USB flash drive
  6. Click OK to save


NOTE: You cannot record music or a CD—only your voice

Software

All computers in the teaching and student lab use Windows 7 OS. They all use the following software:

  • Adobe Package (Acrobat XI Pro, Content Viewer, Reader XI)
  • Audacity
  • 3D Photo/Video maker
  • GMAT Prep (TM)
  • Google Chrome
  • Handbreak
  • Internet Explorer
  • Kompozer
  • Lertap 5.10
  • Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage
    • Loaded with Proofing Tools 2003 for all languages
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Quicktime 7.7.5
  • Sanako Media Assistant Duo
  • Sanako Study
  • Skype
  • SPSS 20 for Windows
  • Windows Media Player
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • Windows Fax and Scan


Additionally, there is an instructor computer with additional software for faculty use.

  • Adobe Acrobat Distiller XI
  • MajicJack


For faculty training go to the Faculty Development CenterOpens in new window , Office: PLS 44 — Comp. Lab: PLS 44F.

Tell Me More

TELL ME MORE language learning software is a fun and interactive way to learn language using dialogues, videos, speech recognition and written exercises.

You can choose your level from Complete Beginner to Expert. Tell Me More covers all the skills to learn a language from speaking and listening, to reading and writing, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. It also includes the latest speech recognition technology, giving you the most effective way of assessing your pronunciation.

You will improve your language conversational skills with graphs and 3D animations, while interactive dialogues with the computer make your language learning experience fun.

Tell Me More is available in the following languages:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish