About the LRC

The Language Resource Center (LRC)

Our Mission

Our Mission at the Language Resource Center is to provide a wide range of technological and traditional resources to enhance and promote the study of foreign language, literature, and culture at Rice University. We provide technological resources, support, training, and development for the Center for the Study of Languages.

The Language Resource Center is a state of the art facility created to support the needs of foreign language study.

We provide…

• Resources for classroom instruction and independent study.
• Information and training for use of equipment and software.
• Support for technology-enhanced curriculum development.
• Professional and knowledgeable staff to assist you.

Services Provided for Language Faculty

• Space reservations for orientations to teach students how to use software programs required for their courses.
• The LRC's own Learning Management System, ExTemplate, which enables faculty to develop web based multimedia exercises with complete record keeping in all languages offered at Rice.
• Workshops in integrating technology into the foreign language curriculum.
• Digitizing and streaming of frequently used videotapes and audio recordings for more widespread use.
• Videotaping of classes and instructors.
• Server space for faculty web pages, audio and video files.

Services Provided for Language Students

• Internet access to all digital audio and video material required for foreign language classes.
• Forty computers for the use of foreign language software programs only available in the LRC.
• Technical support for input and browsing of non-Western languages and all the software programs required for language courses.

Faculty Development Lab

The Development Lab is equipped with three Windows computer stations and two Macintosh stations to assist faculty with webpage design, audio recordings, digital video edits, and web-based exercises.

Two Computer Classrooms

Forty Windows computer stations installed with software programs to supplement the study of thirteen languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English (ESL), French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili; a teacher station at the front of each classroom is equipped for on-wall projection. Both classrooms are available for class use or library mode for students.

Items for Checkout

• Over 1500 films and documentaries in twenty languages (videotapes and DVDs).
• Over 170 CD-ROMS and DVDs with a variety of foreign language software to support language learning.
• 6 Portable CD/audiocassette/AM/FM boom boxes.
• 20 High-quality Marantz audio recorders.
• 1 Analog video camera and 3 digital video cameras.
• 1 Digital photo camera

Address & Location

The Language Resource Center is on the Rice University Campus; it is located between the Fondren Library and the statue of William Marsh Rice, facing the Academic Quad.

Mailing Address:
Language Resource Center, Rayzor Hall 119
Rice University
6100 Main Street, MS 37
Houston, TX 77005-1892

Phone: (713) 348-6157, on campus - x6157
Fax: (713) 348-6168
E-mail: lrc@ruf.rice.edu

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