The primary role of the Academic Resources 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 textbooks 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, the most usable of which are listed below. However, the Web has largely replaced language labs as a source of authentic materials for learning a particular language.
Duolingo.com is a helpful free site and app to study English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and more. The company is also developing Duolingo Stories to help contextualize language learning in mini-dialogues.
BBC Languages also has some useful materials for beginners in these and other languages.
For more advanced students, a web search should turn up news, home-made videos, and other sources of authentic language. One recommended site is Asymptote Journal, which presents literary texts in the original language and in translation.
UF language clubs, especially FLO (Foreign Language Organization) may offer conversation opportunities or chances to tutor or be tutored in a language. Look on Facebook for a local group.
Those materials listed below which are kept in Academic Resources may not be removed.
| Language | Elementary | Intermediate/Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Alif-Baa, Al-Kitaab: Books and all course materials Tell Me More (on computers in Turl 1317) | Al-Kitaab 2 and 3 : Books and all course materials AUDIO: Eastern Arabic (book and CD) Moroccan Arabic (book and CD) Iraqi Arabic (book and CD) |
| Chinese | Tell Me More (on computers in TUR 1317) | VIDEO: Practical Business Chinese (DVD & book) |
| French | French in Action (1987), 52 1/2-hour episodes (with book) --Available Online We have a book in the Studio. | |
| Japanese | Tell Me More (on computers in Turl 1317) | VIDEO: Erin's Challenge (book & DVD) |
| Spanish | VIDEO: Destinos (1992-3), 52 1/2-hour episodes (with book) --Available online We have a book in the lab. | VIDEO: Nuevos Destinos, telecourse for hispanohablantes -- Available online |
| Xhosa | AUDIO: Teach Yourself Xhosa (Book & audio CD) Practical Course in Xhosa (book & audio) |