{"id":546,"date":"2018-04-11T17:19:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T00:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/?page_id=546"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:24:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Language Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome!<\/h1>\n<p>Our Location: Library lower level next to the IMC<\/p>\n<p>Hours Open: The Language Lab is open for the fall semester with the same hours as the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.reed.edu\/imc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMC<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Please check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reed.edu\/language_resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> for more Language Lab information.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Language Lab Staff<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact us at our group email: langlabbies(at)groups.reed.edu<br \/>Feel free to reach out to individual Langlabbies and we will get back to you during our hours of operation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 60%; padding: 0 10px 0 0; float: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/iss-sara-tapal.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/iss-sara-tapal.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2341\" style=\"width:376px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/iss-sara-tapal.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/iss-sara-tapal-300x290.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hi there! I\u2019m Sara and I\u2019m a physics major (sounds terrifying, I know) who is deeply interested in history, astrophysics, journalism and anything radioactive. I was raised in a multilingual country (Kazakhstan), so learning languages has been the backbone of my childhood!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-background\" style=\"background-color:#e9eaeb\"><strong>Languages<\/strong>: Russian (first language), Kazakh (native) German (B1), English (like duh...)<br><br><strong><strong>Music recommendation<\/strong>:<\/strong> Viktor Tsoi, Dos-Mukasan, Sade, Alanis Morissette, Linkin Park, Kings of Leon and just any house music<br><br><strong>Favorite reads<\/strong>: Anything by Chengiz Aitmatov, \"Christmas\" by Vladimir Nabokov and \"Portrait of Dorian Gray\"<br><br><strong>Favorite Spot on Campus<\/strong>: International Student Services office :) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hiya. I\u2019m Chloe (she\/her) \u201828, a Chemistry major who\u2019s been learning various languages throughout my education (including while abroad in Barcelona). I have also been known to toss a frisbee on the Great Lawn and sing with the Herodotones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Languages:<\/strong> English (native), Spanish (B2\/C1), Catalan (B1), Mandarin Chinese (A1\/A2; I took a bit of it at Reed), French\/Italian\/German (un peu\/un po\u2019\/a bisserl).<br><strong>A few musicians I enjoy listening to:<\/strong> Snow Tha Product, Rosal\u00eda, Li Jian, Ghali, M\u00e5neskin, 01099.<br><strong>Favorite spot on campus:<\/strong> The Canyon!<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1-1024x750.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1-1024x750.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1-768x562.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-1.jpeg 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! My name is Annie (they\/she\/he) and I\u2019m a sophomore Theatre major, German minor. I am continuously reminded of the deeply unfortunate fact that there is not enough time to learn every single language in existence, but if you want to teach me a phrase here or there I\u2019ll try to be satisfied with what I can get!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Languages:<\/strong> English (first language), German (C1), Spanish (if you count two years in middle school\u2026), and I just did a summer program which involved performing in both Greek and Japanese (though I need a lot of work before holding actual conversation)!<br><br><strong>Music recommendation:<\/strong> Silent Communication - Naomi Akimoto<br><br><strong>Film recommendation:<\/strong> Aim\u00e9e &amp; Jaguar (dir. Max F\u00e4rberb\u00f6ck)<br><strong><br>Favorite spot on campus:<\/strong> Performing Arts Resource Center<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2-1157x1536.jpeg 1157w, https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/files\/2026\/09\/image-2.jpeg 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Howdy! My name\u2019s Hannah (they\/she), and I\u2019m a sophomore French major. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, theatre, calligraphy, and taking walks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Languages:<\/strong> English (native), French, a bit of Arabic, and I just started learning Latin!<br><strong>Favorite movie:<\/strong> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari<br><strong>Favorite Spot on Campus:<\/strong> Stone bench outside of the ETC<br><strong>Favorite Comfort Read:<\/strong> Asterix and Obelix (in French or English!) <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! Our Location: Library lower level next to the IMC Hours Open: The Language Lab is open for the fall semester with the same hours as the IMC! Please check out our website for more Language Lab information. 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