Language Learning Lab
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Welcome
to the LLL!
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is
very pleased to provide a technology-rich and comfortable environment to
study and practice a second language. At the LLL, we provide technical
support and instructional media for students taking courses in the
various languages taught by our department. To our faculty and
instructors, we provide a place to integrate audio, video, computer and
internet resources into language teaching, by which students can gain
communication skills and an authentic cultural experience. A seat in the
LLL is like a passage to virtual world travel.
The original Foreign Language Lab was located in Building A, Room 133.
The room was renovated in 1993 with a Tandberg IS-10 cassette player and
lab console with IBM 486 Windows 3.1 computers. To make way for Windows
95, 98 and ultimately Windows XP, Dell OptiPlex GX1 computers were
installed in 1998. By 2003, it was evident that the FL & L Department
needed further technological upgrades, and a new multifunctional space
for both classroom teaching and independent language study. The immanent
renovation of Building A to make space for the College of Business and
Management provided a quick catalyst for this change. The old lab (as
pictured left) remained open until the end of the Fall 2006 term, while
the new facility was under construction. Some portable audiovisual
equipment and the Department's software, audio and video collections
were moved that December, maintaining a long tradition of service to
language learners and teachers at NEIU. In the tradition of Viking
shipbuilders, elements of the old are built into the new, so the soul of
the ship lives on through time.
The current Language Learning Lab (pictured right) is located on the 4th
Floor of the Ronald Williams Library in Rooms 451, 450 and 449. Digital
recording, communication and classroom management software has replaced
the hard wired intercom and tape players of the past. Opened in January
2007, the new LLL has evolved from its previous incarnations, thanks to
extensive cooperation between University Media Services, University
Computing Services, the Office of Academic Affairs, the College of Arts
and Sciences and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
This page is maintained by
The Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures
Northeastern Illinois University -
5500 North Saint Louis Avenue -
Chicago, Illinois, 60625-4699.
For more information about the Lab visit LIB-451, call (773) 442-4753, or
click the menus on the left.
