Modern Language Resource Center

The Modern Languages Resource Center (MLRC), located in the Humanities Building (122) at Scripps College, is a space designed for learning, teaching, promoting, and exploring languages and cultures.

The MLRC is open to students, faculty, and staff from The Claremont Colleges, regardless of whether they are enrolled in a language course. The center, which previously served primarily as a language lab for individual student use, is now a language institute whose purpose is to provide students and faculty with an inclusive and communal study space in which linguistic diversity is valued and promoted daily.

Students can drop in for tutoring with the MRLC Language Consultants, watch a film from the Center’s extensive film library (movies Arabic, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish) or just use the space for quiet study.

The MLRC is a community that brings together languages and cultures from all the corners of the world.

Location: Scripps Humanities Building, Room 122

View our hours to see when we’re open this semester. And remember to check out the various language resources for students and faculty that the Center has compiled for language study!

Computer Programs and Software:
The center is equipped with 4 computers, 3 PCs and 1 Mac with large screen monitors. We have software for language practice (including speech-recognition technology) for French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Arabic. Audacity is installed for making voice recordings for speaking assignments and practice.

Viewing DVDs and Videos from Film Library:
In addition to the computers and standard DVD players, there are 2 stations equipped for viewing PAL, Region 2, DVDs from Europe.

Smart TV
The MLRC is now equipped with a 50″ flatscreen smart TV with access to Netflix. The TV is also connected to a Mac computer Power Point presentations, YouTube videos, or other programs and websites.

Contact Info:
Resource Center Consultants: x79802
email: [email protected]

Director: Dr. Sara Mattavelli ([email protected])