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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Check out upcoming “Global Café” sessions in the ISSO

If you're an international student or a Canadian student interested in connecting with international students (maybe practicing a little language 😉), be sure to check out the biweekly Global Café sessions offered by the ISSO.  Sessions are held every second Tuesday in 482 MacOdrum Library. Click here to check out the... More

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Polyglot Meet-up Group

ulwimi / język / språk / limbă / cànain We recently participated in the Carleton Expo event and were blown away by the number of students we met who are working independently on learning a whole range of different languages.  In fact, we were so blown away that we decided to plan a meet-up... More

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Linguavision Video (2024)

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

🍿 So many films in other languages

Don't look now Carleton, but there are A LOT of foreign films happening in Ottawa over the next two weeks. Not only is the European Union Film Festival underway (with films from all 27 countries in the EU), but you can also catch "Under Snow" the last showing at this year's Goethe-Institut Ottawa's monthly... More

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Planning meeting for Linguavision 2024

Mark your calendars.  The 7th annual Linguavision Singing Contest is set to hit the stage the evening of 3 April, 2024.  What is Linguavision?  It’s a singing contest for Carleton language students; individuals and groups sing in the languages they’re learning (with instruments or with a karaoke track) in front of a live audience... More

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Netflix Original series: “Transatlantic”

Are you studying German?  You may be interested in checking out the Netflix Original series... More

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Carleton Expo

The Language Learning Resource Centre is here to support language learners and we need your input. Tell us a bit about yourself and let's stay in... More

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Linguavision Video (2023)

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Last Week’s Board Game Event – Spyfall!

Last Wednesday, we had a fantastic board game event where we played Spyfall. For those unfamiliar with it, Spyfall is a social deduction game that involves players taking on different roles in a given scenario. One player is randomly (and secretly!) assigned to be the spy, and all the others (the non-spies) are assigned... More

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Heads Up! – Netflix’s New Game Can Help With Language Learning?

Heads up language learners! Do you have a Netflix subscription? If so, have you heard the news? Last year, Netflix released their version of Heads Up!, originally popularised on Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. The premise of the game is simple; one person has their device held up in front of their forehead, and the... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Board Games – Enrich your life!

Everybody knows the classics. Whether it’s Monopoly, Clue, or Pictionary, it’s likely that your family has at least one board game in their libraries. However, the world of board gaming is so much larger than that. The board gaming is an ever-growing industry that has seen increasing popularity, despite the rise of technology. Recently,... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Games2Teach Review – Does UOregon have the key to optimized language learning?

Games2Teach is a simple website designed by two American language instructors to help learners and teachers leverage games for language learning. The site is split into 4 sections: Home, Learn, Download, and Explore. From the Home section, the designers let us know that: “[They] believe that games can challenge and motivate learners to use... More

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