Language Resource Center
The Language Resource Center (LRC) is an innovative facility dedicated to promoting communities of language and cultural inquiry through interactive environments, technology enhanced learning, and nonlinear research and pedagogies.
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Arabic Placement Exam
Arabic course placement is accomplished through the Avant STAMP (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) language test.Chinese Confirmation Exam
French Confirmation Exam
German Confirmation Exam
Hebrew Placement Exam
Hebrew course placement is accomplished through the Avant STAMP (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) language test.Italian Confirmation Exam
Korean Placement Exam
Korean course placement is accomplished through the Avant STAMP (STAndards-based Measurement of Proficiency) language test.Russian Confirmation Exam
Spanish Confirmation Exam
AMB 01A Media Group Viewing Room
AMB 01A plays domestic and international DVD, VHS, international digital packages, Netflix, and other sources to accommodate groups of up to six people. The room also offers a glassboard with CopyCam for brainstorming and group discussion.AMB 01E Practice Presentation Room
Provides a space for students and faculty to practice a presentation in a realistic environment. It can also be used for small meetings requiring the use of projection or videoconferencing equipment.
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AMB G001B Graduate Seminar Room
AMB 01B supports graduate seminar courses and group ethnography sessions. Contains a projection system and Zoom room capabilities.AMB G002 The Makery
Supports open-format activities and makerspace language initiatives from the adjoining room.AMB G002A (The Holodeck)
The Holodeck has a 270degree immersion space to allow teachers to orient students to 360degree and XR projects and assignments.AMB G003 TELL Classroom
The Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) Classroom seeks to improve foreign language instruction by exploring the potential of emerging technologies. Used to assess the impact of foreign language instructional technology on students.AMB G006 Digitization Room
The Digitization Room consists of a Mac Pro and every conceivable peripheral to convert analog media (paper, vinyl albums, cassette tapes, slides, filmstrips, videocassettes, DVDs, etc.) to digital files (PDF, MP3, PNG, MP4, etc.).AMB G007 Course Tests & Exams
AMB 7 provides comprehensive assessment services for MFLL courses, with an emphasis on placement confirmations, hybrid courses and other high-stakes language assessments.
About us
Bryan Fribourg
Douglas Canfield
Douglas W. Canfield is the Coordinator of the Language Resource Center. His background is in French instruction via hybrid courses with significant online modules. His research explores music and videoclips as catalysts for the Chomskyan "Language Acquisition Device", the creation of discourse and gaming communities for language instruction and research, and the leveraging of open-source and low-affect technologies in language resource centers. He is a member of the International Assocation for Language Learning Technology (IALLT), the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
Education
- Ph.D., Learning Environments and Educational Studies, University of Tennessee (2016)
- Dissertation: The Discursive Construction of Language Learning Communities in Multiuser Virtual Environments, directed by Professors Sébastien Dubreil and Trena Paulus.
- M.A., French (Medieval Studies), University of Utah (1995)
- B.A. French (History), Weber State University (1992)
Language Resource Center
Shaun Washington
Bryan Fribourg
Douglas Canfield
Language Resource Center
Shaun Washington