<p>I don’t have room in my schedule this quarter to take a foreign language class but I do want to study abroad in the summer/next school year. I’m a pretty good self-teacher so I thought that I would check out the language lab and see what they have to offer there. Where is the lab located? What services do they provide there? Do you have to be enrolled in a linguistics class to use the lab? Any info would be appreciated! =]</p>
<p>google “ucsd language lab”</p>
<p>The linguistics dept is located in Muir, i had no idea there was a language lab like that to self-teach yourself but that’s pretty cool</p>
<p>astrina, of course I did before I posted this and I got little info. all I read was that I could check out books and audio tapes but it did not list those books or any services for that matters. it did have a book/audio search feature but obviously I don’t know any books to search for.</p>
<p>ucsd915, yea I read about it on CC but it was just a comment someone made in passing so I didn’t get many details out of it. sounds interesting!</p>
<p>californiaxo, the website i sent you has information on directed study, which is what i think you’re looking for. </p>
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<p>Independent Study / Linguistics 19
Directed Language Study, Self Paced Course</p>
<p>Linguistics Directed Study - Language (LIDS) 19 is a course that allows you to learn basic conversation in one of over 65 languages including Cantonese, Arabic, Swahili, Hindi, Vietnamese and Albanian. Under the supervision of a linguist, you work independently on weekly assignments in the Language Lab (AP & M 3432A). All materials are provided.</p>
<p>Thank you, that’s exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately it looks like it’s only offered during Winter and Spring quarters (or at least they were offer Winter and Spring 2010 but are not offered this quarter). Maybe it has been renamed/discontinued?</p>
<p>was it offered FA09? and you can check the course catalog to see if it’s still there – if it is, it hasn’t been renamed, and just isn’t offered every quarter.</p>
<p>Yes it was. I emailed the director to see what’s going on. It said on the website that there was an in-person registration period during the first two weeks of every term so maybe you have to register then instead of online? I don’t know, I’ll see what’s going on when she emails back! Thank you!</p>
<p>I’ve been in the language lab a bunch of times. I always used Rosetta Stone on the computers there. It’s free!</p>