In keeping with the departmental goals of promoting global awareness and language achievement among students, the Foreign Language Laboratory serves all language programs at Southern University-Baton Rouge, and provides audio, computer, and video facilities and equipment for student and faculty use in the language classes. The laboratory supports academic instruction by providing faculty opportunities to videotape student-led skills and other presentations for review. Foreign language videotapes and films are available for language, literature, or culture classes.
Faculty assigns individual video tasks to students in the video lab.
Tapes in the video library are available to all university faculty and students for use within the department. Faculty assesses student achievement using the Analyzer, a component of the Sony audiolab which facilitates examination evaluation. The audiolab has a presentation unit and video distribution unit available for demonstrations, viewing, and testing. Students attend the computer lab as a class or on an individual basis for tutorial purposes. Professional Development Foreign Language Laboratory staff and student assistants are knowledgeable of all aspects of the laboratory facilities and assist language teachers and students in the use of equipment and production of materials.