Resources for Instructors

- Teach Language and Culture Online (Webinar: Video URL)
- Learning Languages Online: The Hybrid Format (Dr. Robert Blake): Video URL
- 5 ZOOM ROOM Teaching  Tips: Advice for Language/Literature/Culture Instructors (Dr. Robert Blake): Video URL
- What does the digital world have to offer L2 teachers (Dr. Robert Blake): Video URL
- Keep Teaching: Strategies and Resources 
- SITT 2020: Video Recordings & Resources
- Human-in-the-loop Automated Writing Feedback and More! Peer and AI Review + Reflection in Spanish Heritage & ESL Classes. Video URL
- Interactive Learning Modules: A Framework for Supporting Students and Instructors- Discipline-Specific Digital Literacy Skills and an Interactive Course Technology Policy. Video URL

Automated Speech Evaluation:

• Online activity generator that automates speech evaluation for second language learners and educators. Please check these video explanation & user's guide [TOP]

BLC's Library of Foreign Language Film Clips:

• The Berkeley Language Center (BLC)'s Library of Foreign Language Film Clips is a tagged, structured collection of clips from foreign language films. The database and clips are intended for the sole use of instructors at participating institutions as part of their foreign language course curriculum. These clips can only be used within the Fair Use Guidelines of U.S. Copyright Law. [TOP]
  • Tutorial Video, Visual Guide
  • All films and clips in the LFLFC Master Collection are available for instructional use. Please contact the DLC to add them only till Version 2.0 is released (scheduled January, 2018).

Computer Classrooms:

• You can reserve the DLC facilities for foreign language instruction, cultural activates, testing, research studies, viewing multiple-region DVDs or VHS tapes, student performances, videotaping, etc. [TOP]
  • Lab Descriptions
  • Reservations
  • Active Learning Space: Login for Touch Screen, Projecting a Device via Zoom on the Touch Screen, Projecting a Device via a Cable on the Touch Screen, Using Zoom Meeting System in Olson 18, Login and Basics for Chromebook, Language Inputs and Accented Letter

Course Materials Development Suite:

• The DLC supports faculty and instructors in developing their own teaching and testing materials with multimedia applications (Olson 63). [TOP]

Guides, Handouts and Tip Sheets:

• Click Here for guides, handouts, and tip sheets that accompany various DLC resources and tools. [TOP]

Placement Exam Programs:

• The DLC ofers placement exams for French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Russian, etc. Please see the Placement Exam page for more information. [TOP]

PAL Program (i.e., Program for Language Exchange or Language Partners)

• The PAL Program matches UC Davis undergraduate students from different countries and cultural backgrounds for weekly conversation sessions. Participants can increase their intercultural awareness, learn about a target language, and develop friendships. They may earn 1 unit of EDU 198.
• PAL Program at Services for International Students and Scholars(SISS)
• An example of PAL Flyer 2026 Winter.  [TOP]

Reserve Materials:

• A library of reserve materials is maintained by the DLC. UCD textbooks, workbooks, AV materials, etc. are available for check-out, with a limit of two hours. Click here for available titles. [TOP]

Technology Training:

• The DLC is happy to provide technology workshops for students to aid them in completing class projects such as digital story-telling with still images and narration, simple video editing, etc. Please contact the Center with your request. [TOP]

Virtual Listening Lab:

• In Room 57, the DLC has a computerized listening-speaking system, X-Class, that allows instructors to pair or group students for oral conversations or text chat. The audio files in either WAV or MP3 format can be saved on the local computers or can be downloaded to your own device for assessment and research studies. [TOP]

Additional Software

• Davis Language Center
• External Sites [TOP]