If you are interested in studying languages at Carleton, the Language Center has a variety of options to choose from:
- Provide or direct you to self-study computer programs
- Direct you to various supplementary materials, such as mobile apps, websites, and media. We also have links to outside website help with various languages on our Outside Links page.
- Or provide you with on-the-spot speaking practice with any of our assistants. See our staff schedule to see which languages are spoken here and when our assistants are working.
For more information, please contact the Language Center.
Note: All of our self-study programs are offered not-for-credit.
Digital Materials
Currently, the Language Center supports:
Antidote
Antidote is a software designed specifically to help French students with their writing.
Copies of Antidote can be found on computers in LDC 221, 241 (computers 1-18) and 242 (computers 7-9) on the Mac side only. –(These desktop copies are currently unavailable. Instead, we have web versions for students of French which will be provided to you via ITS).- If you are in a French class that regularly uses this software, you should be getting an email about this near the beginning of the second week of classes once rosters are more stable.
If you are looking for help on how to use the web version of Antidote, read more about this version, or watch this video.
We also have some instructional videos on the web version:
Audacity
Audacity – Software for recording and editing audio, particularly useful for speaking samples or recording conversation homework.
Audacity can be found in LDC 221, 241, and 242.
Mango Languages
We currently have a large number of licenses to Mango Languages for Carleton students, staff, and faculty. Please see their site for languages available, and contact the Language Center directly for access.
Rosetta Stone
We currently have a limited licenses to Rosetta Stone. We have 10 total copies.
6 copies may be checked out up to 3 weeks at a time, and 4 copies will remain at the Language Center for use in our small computer room. The following languages are available:
- Arabic
- Chinese (Mandarin)
- Dutch
- English (American, British)
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Persian (Farsi)
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish (Spain)
- Spanish (Latin American)
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Turkish
- Vietnamese
Please come to the Language Center (LDC 220) for more information and to register.
Wenlin
Wenlin – A program for reading, writing, and editing Chinese texts.
Wenlin can be found in LDC 221, 241, and 242.
Outside Source – Transparent Languages via the Northfield Public Library
Students can apply for a library card at the Northfield Public Library (see College Student application). With your card, you can log into Transparent Languages Online from campus. Currently, the self-learning program supports the following languages:
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Altai
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Azerbijani
- Balinese
- Baluchi
- Bashkir
- Belarusian
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Breton
- Bulgarian
- Buriat
- Cambodian (Khmer)
- Chechen
- Chinese
- Cree
- Croatian
- Czech
- Dakota
- Danish
- Dari
- Denaakk’e (Koyukon)
- Denesuline
- Dutch
- English
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Farsi
- Finnish
- French
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Haitian Creole
- Hausa
- Hawaiian
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indonesian
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kalmyk
- Kazakh
- Koasati
- Korean
- Kwakwala
- Latin
- Lativian
- Lithuanian
- Luxembourgish
- Macedonian
- Malagasy
- Malay
- Maori
- Mirandese
- Mongolian
- Nahuatl
- Naskapi
- Nepali
- Nogai
- Norwegian
- Oji-Cree
- Ojibwe
- Pashto
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Quechua
- Romanian
- RussianScottish Gaelic
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Somali
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tajiki
- Tamil
- Thai
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Tuvan
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Vietnamese
- Welsh
- Wolof
- Yoruba
- Zulu
Text/Audio Materials
We have self-study books/CDs in the following languages ready for checkout at our help desk:
- Arabic
- Chinese (Mandarin)
- Czech
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Spanish (Latin American)
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Vietnamese
Magazines/Newspapers
Currently the Language Center has physical copies of the following newspapers or magazines. All physical materials will remain in the Language Center.
French
- Bien Dire and Bien Dire Initial
German
- Deutsch Perfekt
- Presse und Sprache
Hebrew
- Hebrew Today
Japanese
- Hiragana Times
Spanish
- Punto y coma