Charles E. Culpeper Language Resource Center

Dr. Joel Goldfield, LARC founding director, Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures (DMLL)

The Language Resource Center or “LARC” is located on the second floor of Canisius Hall, overlooking Long Island Sound. The LARC supports some of the multimedia language/culture needs of students, faculty, and staff, especially those engaged in the study and teaching of modern languages and literatures. The multi-station facility uses fiber optic technology to network Apple Macintosh computers equipped with DVD/CD-ROM burners players. Wi-Fi is available to link all types of personal computing devices. A variety of films in DVD and videotape format and audio-visual devices are also available. Outside of a few hours per day when classes are held in the LARC, faculty and student assistants are often available for tutoring and can assist visitors in using varied resources to enrich the language learning or teaching experience.

The LARC is used both by reservation as a classroom extension

for orientations and special technology-assisted lessons

and as a library-style, walk-in facility (directly above).

Faculty from Modern Languages & Literatures and from International Studies at a LARC Workshop

The importance of language study is borne out by Fairfield University’s support of ten languages at present: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, and Spanish. Fairfield University is one of several hundred American universities or colleges requiring language instruction at the Intermediate level for satisfaction of the foreign language/culture requirement. Illustrating this commitment by the University below is a short video clip (about 9 seconds’ duration, 1 Mb in size) with a recent statement by Dr. Orin Grossman, Professor Emeritus of Visual and Performing Arts and former Academic Vice President of Fairfield University.

Dr. Orin Grossman, AVP, 9-sec. video 1

Click on the image to see the video clip.