The Language Resources Centre

Avenue Campus, Room 2155

The Language Resources Centre is open to all students and staff who wish to refresh a language they have already studied or begin a new one. The Centre and Links into Languages Resources room are also available for use by members of the public.

Facilities at the Avenue Campus include:

  • a large open learning area
  • dedicated French, English, German and Spanish resources rooms
  • two language laboratories

Learners have access to:

  • an extensive multi-media collection of topic-based materials
  • self-access courses in around thirty languages
  • reference books
  • multi-lingual dictionaries
  • European newspapers and periodicals
  • satellite television from around the world
  • a large library of audio and video recordings
  • a range of computer workstations
  • email and Internet facilities
  • foreign language word processing (Dutch, French, German and Spanish)
  • multimedia language learning software

On-line language learning resources (weblinks) consist of:

  • dedicated language learning software, including multimedia courses
  • electronic dictionaries
  • encyclopaedias
  • newspapers on CD-ROM