Students face the instructor in sound-dampening booths.
The digital version of a traditional language lab, with software that emulates the "teacher console" and "student cassette player," allows the use of a wide variety of materials.
All the headsets are linked to each other and can be set to allow various types of paired or grouped communication.

 
--Software includes MS Office, browsers, and the Sanako lab system.
--There is no printer
--All computers see the Crossroads directory, and can open files from or save files to selected folders.
Instructors listen in on what students are doing and can intervene to correct or help with pronunciation, etc.
--The instructor can play for the students recordings on cassette tape, VHS (foreign as well as US standard) or DVD or CD. (Many, though not all, websites with audio or video can also be accessed in the lab.)
--Any audio, video, or text  that needs to be manipulated by the students should be digitized or otherwise prepared for class use (allow 24-48 hours for us to accomplish this).
--Digitized audio or video can be altered in the lab by the addition of textual "subtitles" (for example, with blanks to be filled in by the students).
 --Instructors can also pair students for role-playing or information gap "telephone" activities or for collaborations. A system allows the instructor to distribute complementary materials to half the students at a time.
--Instructors can create folders on the Crossroads directory and use them to distribute powerpoints or documents for viewing on individual screens. A digital camera also allows projection of documents to student screens.
Students can record their voices while listening to a "master" recording, or simply by pressing the Speak button on the Sanako interface.  They can work on transcribing digitized audio or video. The software allows the recording of dialogues between students sitting anywhere in the lab.
--Students or teachers will need to request copies of the recordings if they wish to keep the recording.
Testing: a speaking/listening test can be administered either from a pre-recorded audiocassette or from the instructor's own reading of instructions or questions. The examinee recordings will be automatically collected and can be rated in the lab or copied to CD for home rating.

Because this is an open lab, accessible via 1317 Turlington during LLC open hours, walk-in computer users are usually allowed to occupy empty seats during class time. Instructors should discuss this with the director if they wish to ban such use.

Instructors who want media digitized, subtitled, or otherwise prepared should discuss this several days or a week in advance. We can also customize the desktops with complementary materials so that students can be paired to play roles or exchange information.

Instructors using the lab should request to have the course home page linked to the lab home page. The lab home page also links to sub-pages with language-specific links, and recommendations for additions and changes on these pages  will be given immediate attention.

Little 225 & 215  each seat 30 students at computers, with stations set up so that students face the walls; students may also sit at tables in the middle of the room, which instructors may rearrange as they wish. The instructor station is equipped with a projector, with a visualizer (electronic camera/overhead), VCR and DVD player.

--All the student computers have headsets with microphones. 
--The labs are equipped with printers. 
--All computers see the Crossroads directory, and can open files from or save files to selected folders. They can also access these files from the Turlington labs.
--The lab build includes Sanako Media Assistant, NJ Star Chinese and Japanese wordprocessing, Tell Me More Chinese and Japanese software, Yoruba textbook CD, MS Office, and various audio recording/playback programs such as Praat and Audacity.

These rooms are used only by classes, that is, students accompanied by an instructor. The rooms are locked and protected by a security alarm when no class is in session. See Policies and Procedures in Little Hall.

Instructors using the lab should request to have the course home page linked to the lab home page. The lab home page also links to sub-pages with language-specific links, and recommendations for additions and changes on these pages  will be given immediate attention.

Instructors who wish to add new software or capabilities should alert the LLC staff at least 6 weeks before the beginning of the new term.