The Language Houses are designated floors located in Moffat Hall, in John W. Ashton Center. Here, students practice speaking French, German, Yiddish, Dutch, Russian or Spanish in order to increase their proficiency in theirrespective language, as well as develop a better cultural understanding of the people thatspeak these languages. The Language Houses consist of two floors, one for the men and one for the women. Allstudents live in a single room, though two room suites may be requested. There is a loungeon each floor as well as a large formal lounge adjacent to the building.
Students also share a laundry facility and mini-kitchen.
Language House residents additionally haveaccess to many of the other features of Ashton, such as a computer lab, a branch of the campus library, and therecreation lounge located on the lower floor of the Center Building. Residents of the Language Houses have a chance to take advantage of severalopportunities to increase their fluency in their language. All three houses host alanguage table each week, where students and faculty have dinner in the Ashton Cafeteriaand practice speaking. Some departments, such as the French and German departments, host a coffee hour once a week to practice speaking and enjoy a good cup of coffee. The addition of other programs is decided by the students.