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Study intensive advanced Kiswahili in Arusha, Tanzania from June 17 to Aug. 6 This seven-week program will take place at the MS-Training Center for Development Cooperation (MS-TCDC) in Arusha, Tanzania. Eligibility: Applicants must be: U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States Graduate and professional students with a focus on […]

The Leap Motion bloggers gave a shout out to the new language learning lab in Gordy Hall, dubbed the holodeck. At Ohio University’s Athens campus, there’s a room where students can travel virtually anywhere on Earth. Popularly known as the “Holodeck,” it uses projectors, Google Earth, and the Leap Motion […]

By Jill Wallenhorst, Compass What sounds more appealing: going to class or going to the moon? There is a place on Ohio University’s Athens Campus that allows students to do both. Welcome to Gordy 015. One component of OHIO’s Language Resource Center, this high-tech facility dedicated to language learning now […]

  “Learning a new language can be a challenge, as new vocabulary and grammatical rules can be hard for some people to grasp. To address this issue, several linguistics graduate students are examining how a person’s working memory capacity, which is how well a person can process and retain knowledge, […]

  In Voyage, a new game developed by Ohio University students, players will have to learn Arabic to get off the island. Voyage will set the player on an island as a shipwrecked sailor after a monstrous storm. On the island, only Arabic is spoken. The player must explore the […]