Program Coordinators Jeff Magoto Pacific 121 Tel: (541) 346-4319 ylc@uoregon.edu Sermsap Vorapanya Pacific 114 Tel: (541) 346-1543 flstudy@uoregon.edu Wondering how you can apply your language study? The links for each language (at left) list scholarships, study abroad, and, of course, numerous language learning opportunities.

Keys to Success

1) Come to class with a question, a dialogue, or text; use your classmates, tutors, and others for daily practice.
2) Do something in (not just with) the language everyday; reflect (in your portfolio) what you've learned and how you've learned it.
3) Get familiar with the resources at Yamada.
4) Get lots of input (see a film or watch the news once a week.)
5) Pay attention to meaning more than form (focus on understanding, rather than memorizing.)

Out-of-Class Practice

Out-of-class communication is possible through YLC's virtual language lab, chat programs, and your Blackboard course web site. YLC's Language Exchange may help you find a conversation partner; activities sponsored by the ISA (such as the weekly coffee hour) and OIP are good ways of meeting international students at UO and getting exposed to many different cultures.

Links: Academic Resources for Self-Study Language Learning & Testing

UCLA Language Materials Project Index Pages
URL: http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/
Comprehensive database of LCTLS: language profiles, learning centers, and materials for instruction. Excellent resource for Swahili and Turkish.

* Foreign Language Achievement Tests - FLATS
URL: http://flats.byu.edu/test_info.php?x=6
Students looking to receive OUS credit (and fulflill their BA requirements) can take one of these tests.

* Council Net
URL: http://www.councilnet.org/
Foreign language, language learning, language teaching, Council, NCOLCTL, LCTL, Less Commonly Taught Languages. Includes links to LangNet, the U.S. government's initiative for selfstudy language learning.

* CARLA: Less Commonly Taught Languages
URL: http://carla.umn.edu//lctl
Excellent resource for both teachers and learners of LCTLs. Includes a database of where LCTLS are taught in North America.

* Autonomy and Independence in Language Learning
http://ec.hku.hk/autonomy/

* Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madion
URL: http://languageinstitute.wisc.edu
Resources on strategies for better language learning, learning styles, and much more. Excellent resource for Swahili and Indonesian.

* Less Commonly Taught Languages at Michigan
URL: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/information/degrees/lesslang.html

* Special Language Program at Stanford
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SLP/index.html

Self-Study Language Program •Yamada Language Center
121 Pacific Hall • 1236 University of Oregon • Eugene, OR 97403-1236
(541) 346-1543 Fax: (541) 346-3917
email: flstudy@uoregon.edu