Studying a Language on Your Own
The primary role of the Language Learning Center is to provide multimedia support for instructors teaching language courses at UF, and for their students. Many of our audio and video materials are designed to accompany textboks and lab manuals used in a course guided by an instructor.
Over the years we have accumulated a library of audio and video materials for language study. Thus, a strongly motivated independent student might be able to design for himself or herself a course of self-study in certain languages. In some cases, the student would need to obtain a copy of the textbook and/or lab manual. In a few cases, we have the books in the lab.
The materials listed below are kept in the Language Learning Center and may not be removed. The student needs to check out any video or CD-ROM, and some audio materials, using a Gatorlink identification card. On the first visit, we will enter a few information items (usually just the name of the user) for our records.
In general, we recommend using video telecourses where they are available. They provide the most complete picture of the cultural and social as well as linguistic worlds of the target language.
| Language | Elementary | Intermediate/Advanced |
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| Arabic |
Alif-Baa, Al-Kitaab: Books and all course materials VIDEO: Access to Arabic (1 VHS, no book) SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 & 2 Tell Me More (on computers) |
Al-Kitaab 2 and 3 : Books and all course materials VIDEO: Advanced Standard Arabic (U. of Michigan) AUDIO: Eastern Arabic (book and CD) Moroccan Arabic (book and CD) Iraqi Arabic (book and CD) |
| American Sign Language | VIDEO: A Panic Course in Signing (1 VHS, introduction to signing by Mike Tuccelli) | VIDEO: 23 VHS from Florida First Coast Signing Videos (mostly memoirs and cultural history with no voiced comment) |
| Chinese | AUDIO: Speaking Chinese in China (book and audiocassettes) SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 & 2 Tell Me More (on computers) |
VIDEO: Practical Business Chinese (DVD & book)
Chinese Breakthrough, VHS for Newspaper Chinese course. |
| English |
AUDIO: Pronouncing American English VIDEO: Connect with English (1997), 48 15-min episodes (with books) ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Levels 1 & 2 |
VIDEO: Perfect English Pronunciation (2 VHS)
SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 3 |
| Farsi | SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Levels 1 & 2 | |
| Finnish | AUDIO: Finnish for Foreigners 1 and 2 (book and tape series) Teach Yourself Finnish (book only) |
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| French | French in Action (1987), 52 1/2-hour episodes (with book) ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. |
France Panorama, a news magazine (1988-98; property of Romance Languages and Literatures) 56 VHS of newsclips, arranged by subject matter, with study guide for each. |
| German | Alles Gute (1989), a 26 VHS episode telecourse (with book) | Streifzüge durch die deutsche Kulturgeschichte (1991) 52 15-min. episodes, each on a different German town |
| Greek | VIDEO: Greek Language and People, 10 VHS | |
| Hindi | AUDIO: Teach Yourself Hindi (Book and audio CD) | VIDEO: New Directions, New People (20 episodes with accompanying CD-ROMs for study) CD-ROM: Intermediate Hindi Reader |
| Hungarian | SOFTWARE: Talk Now! | |
| Italian | VIDEO: In Italiano, 25-episode telecourse (with book) | VIDEO: Ecco l'Italia, clips from RAI news (1990-91) |
| Japanese | SOFTWARE: Tell Me More (on computers) | VIDEO: Erin's Challenge (book & DVD) |
| Indonesian | AUDIO: Bahasa Indonesian SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 |
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| Korean | AUDIO: Teach Yourself Korean (audio CD with book) Pimsleur Basic Korean & Conversational Korean (Audio CD) SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 |
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| Norwegian | AUDIO: Spoken Norwegian (Book & audiotapes) | |
| Portuguese |
VIDEO: Travessia, 12 DVD episodes (with books). AUDIO: Com Licença , Brazilian Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (Book & audiotapes) Fast Track European Portuguese |
AUDIO: Leituras Brasileiras Contemporaneas |
| Russian | Contact (1990) 14 VHS of Soviet Russian newsclips, with transcripts | |
| Spanish | VIDEO: Destinos (1992-3), 52 1/2-hour episodes (with book). ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE. AUDIO: Living Language Spanish: A Conversational Approach to Verbs Patterns of Spanish Pronunciation (Bowen & Stockewell) |
VIDEO: Nuevos Destinos , telecourse for hispanohablantes. ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE
BOOK: Barron's SAT II preparation |
| Swahili | SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 | |
| Turkish | SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 | |
| Vietnamese | SOFTWARE: Rosetta Stone Level 1 | |
| Xhosa | AUDIO: Teach Yourself Xhosa (Book & audio CD) Practical Course in Xhosa (book & audio) |
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| Yoruba |
AUDIO: Yorùbá dùn ún so, book one SOFTWARE: Talk Now |
