Stop by our table in the GCC Foyer on Tuesday, March 11 between 11:30 and 1:00 to learn more about what the Language Lab is, what LangLabbies do, and what fun language-themed events are on the agenda this semester!
Language Plaza Open House!
Come tour the Language Houses as part of the Housing Application process for the 2025-2026 school year! House Advisors and Language Scholars for each house will be available to give tours of each house and answer questions about the selection process. Food and drinks will be available!
When: Sunday, March 9 from 12-2 pm
Where: Language Plaza
Drops of God: Patricio’s Recommendation of the week!
All things Chinese literature with Deltas!
Today we’re checking in with Chinese tutor Deltas, a native speaker from Tianjin, China! Deltas has been tutoring me in Chinese this year, and I can say from personal experience that he is very knowledgeable, even when I throw a weird grammar question at him. We chatted about Tianjin dumplings, Zhang Ailing, and traditional Chinese roof tiles!
Leilani: First, could you tell me a little bit about your background? How long have you been speaking Chinese and what do you do at Reed?
Deltas: I’m an international student from Tianjin (天津), China. I’ve been speaking Chinese since I was born, it’s my native language. I study Math-Stats at Reed. I used to study literature, but I kind of found it wasn’t my thing. Too much English reading. So I switched to Math-Stats, and math is pretty fun, completely different taste. And I also do Chinese drop-in tutoring and individual tutoring. I also play for the Frisbee team.
Continue reading “All things Chinese literature with Deltas!”Le Scaphandre et le Papillon: Patricio’s recommendation of the week!
Submission deadline extended! Reed College Translation Symposium
The deadline to submit your translation to the Reed College Translation Symposium has been extended! Submit your own translation of a short text by 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 20 to be part of the event! Need the submission link? Ask a LangLabbie or send us an email 🙂
Love is in the air…. and in the Lang Lab!
Stop by the Language Lab to make friendship bracelets, press flowers (in language dictionaries!), and enjoy sweet snacks!
When? Wednesday, February 12th at 6-8 pm
Where? Library 33 (Lower Library Level)
Amores Perros: Patricio’s recommendation of the week!
Master the AZERTY keyboard with French typing tests!
One of the first things I did while taking French 110 (now 111/112) was add a French keyboard to my laptop and phone. What I didn’t know as a beginning French student was that even the French keyboard layout is different!
This layout is called AZERTY, with all the additional French characters (ex. ç, é, and à) arranged on number and symbol keys. It also swaps the positions of Q/A, W/Z, and M, which actually helps you type in French faster, believe it or not! As you advance in French, improving your typing (“la dactylographie”) skills will make a difference in typing emails, essays, and texts. Here are two typing practice recommendations to boost your AZERTY typing skills!
Continue reading “Master the AZERTY keyboard with French typing tests!”Mexican media for Spanish learners!
If you’re learning Spanish and are particularly interested in learning how it’s spoken outside the classroom, watching movies and reading books is a great way to learn it. If you’re interested in how Spanish is spoken particularly in Mexico, please for the love of God don’t watch Emilia Pérez. There’s so many things wrong with that movie I could write a whole blog post about it. Instead, here are some recommendations for you to watch! I ranked them in order of the level of Spanish I estimate you need to comfortably understand what’s going on, from easiest to hardest.
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