Media Library
The Vanderbilt Center for Languages has an extensive media library available for instructor use in classrooms and beyond.
Search our media catalog here to access items for instructional use.
Technology Support
Equipment
VCL offers technical equipment for Vanderbilt faculty.
We are equipped with:
- A small computer lab (2 Macs, 2 PCs, one HP Laserjet printer)
- Laptops (MacBoook pros and PCs), iPads, and digital recorders
- A video camera, tripod, and lapel mics for filming sample teaching videos
- Large, flat screen TVs and microphones for professional Skype interviews
- All-region DVD and Blu-ray players
Digital Tools
See below for a list of helpful tools that are aligned with the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do statements.
Video and Audio
Embedding Comprehension Questions in Videos
Collaborative Tools
Multi-language Content Websites
Self-assessment or Comprehension Questions
- Chegg Prep (flash cards)
- Google Forms
- Learning Management Systems
- Quizlet
Reading Tools
Blogging/Teaching
Participation
Video Collaborations for Calling
Podcasts and Listening
- Notes in Spanish
- Learn German
- PracticingSpanish.com
- Radio Ambulante
- Spanish Listening
- Spanishpod101.com
- Spanish Listening
Creative Tools
- Animoto
- Canva
- Capture
- Creative Commons
- Keynote
- Mentimeter
- MindMeister
- Morgue File
- Skitch
- Storybird
- ThingLink
General Practice Activities and Cultural Resources
International Media Outlets
We believe hearing from multiple perspectives is essential to thriving in a multilingual society.
- Arabic: Al Jazeera
- Chinese: CCTV Channels 1-11 via HAO 123
- Egyptian: ERTU TV2
- French: i24 News
- Galician: TGV en directo
- German: NDR Fernsehen Niedersachsen (Variety), Hamburg 1, N-24
- Italian: RAI 24h News
- Norwegian: TV Haugaland
- Spanish: RTVE (Spain), Telemadrid News 24h (Spain), Telesur News (Argentina)
- Turkish: Canli Yayin