CLCS Aural Learning Group

Centre for Language and Communication Studies

The Centre for Language and Communication Studies (CLCS), in addition to its role as an academic department occupied with teaching and research in general and theoretical linguistics, is responsible for the provision of language-learning facilities for the College as a whole. These include the language laboratories and computer laboratory, which students of French will use, particularly for Self-Access work. The general office is in room 4091, which is where you should go to borrow books for your Self-Access grammar sessions. You should then take the material into the laboratory and computer room (4074). The office and laboratory are open from 9 to 5 daily (including lunch-time). The Centre includes a variety of self-tuition materials (books, audio tapes, videos, CD-ROMs) and a number of feature films in French, which you can use on a self-help basis in rooms 4073 and 4074. Room 4074 houses a bank of television monitors receiving a variety of foreign stations by satellite, including France 2. You are free to watch this at any time. Note particularly the news bulletin at 13h00 French time. The neighbouring room, 4073, provides you with language resources on computer, including Internet access to many sites in France. Aside from the self-access work included in your course, we encourage you to use these resources as often as possible.