Collections/Archives

Language Teaching Resources
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Books, journals and other print materials on language teaching methodology and second language acquisition. This collection also includes video recordings of Lecture Series offered at Berkeley by scholars in the field of second language acquisition theory.

• About 500 volumes located in room 34 Dwinelle Hall

Language Learning Media
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Instructional media (mostly audio and including a growing number of video recordings and multi-media) is more than 100 languages. Many items in this collection are textbook components adopted for first and second year, college-level language courses. Other collection items are supplementary materials such as lectures, plays, poetry and authentic materials for more advanced language students.

•About 1,000 series; copies available for circulation from rooms B50 and B22 Dwinelle Hall

Language Learning Books

Textbooks, workbooks, laboratory manuals, tape scripts, etc. to accompany the BLC Language Learning Media collection.

•About 1,000 volumes available for circulation from room B50 Dwinelle Hall

Audio Archive of Linguistic Fieldwork
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Archival sound recordings of native speakers participating in linguistic field work. This collection contains linguistic data, stories, songs/chants and other material in about 90 languages; mostly endangered or rare languages. The largest group of languages represented in the archive is the result of field work sponsored by the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (UC, Berkeley, Department of Linguistics).

• About 200 collections; copies available for circulation from room B50 Dwinelle Hal

Audio Archive of UC Berkeley

Lectures and Events
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Archival sound recordings of selected University-sponsored lectures, poetry readings, public addresses and colloquia dating from the 1960s through the late 1990s; including many notable speakers and a wide range of topics. Some samples from this archive are available through a collaborative project with the Media Resource Center, Moffit Library. At present this archive continues to record and preserve campus lectures sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate Council.

• About 1,700 series; copies available for circulation from room B50 Dwinelle Hall.