As an MMLL student, you will have more 鈥榗ontact hours鈥� than some of your friends taking other humanities subjects, but you will also spend lots of your time reading and working independently.听 But there are听lots of resources to help you and comfortable spaces to work in.听 You will soon find your听favourites, whether it鈥檚 your College Library, the MMLL Faculty Library, one of the University Library鈥檚 big reading rooms, the Language Centre or a quick hour between lectures at a听caf茅听near the Faculty.听 听听
MMLL Faculty Library
The Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Library supports teaching and learning in European languages, literatures and cultures and in linguistics. The Library holds over 115,000 books and 3,500 films as well as European听magazines and听newspapers,听e-books,听e-journals听and a small selection of听scholarly print journals.听MMLL undergraduates should find all the material they need for their studies in these collections. As well as offering a quiet location for independent study, it听organises听tea breaks, and offers听help with bibliographies and study skills.
澳门六合彩开奖记录 University Library
From as early as the middle of the fourteenth century, the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 owned and kept in its treasury a collection of books. Since 1710,听the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 University Library has been听among the nine privileged libraries of copyright听 in the UK: it is legally entitled to a copy of every book published in this country. It听is now home to over 8 million books, journals and other items, and听has one of the largest听collections on open shelves听in Europe.
With over two million volumes housed on open shelves, you can benefit from immediate access and unparalleled opportunities for browsing. Uniquely for a legal deposit library, much of its collection may be borrowed by students.听
The Library is听ideal for in-depth research, and there are seven large reading rooms perfect for private study. Many of its collections can also be accessed online, so that you can use the UL听wherever you are. 听It runs tours throughout the year and subject specific research skills classes to help you navigate the听collections.
Online resources
All your courses make resources and materials available on Moodle, the Virtual Learning Environment. Online resources (often custom developed by members of the Faculty) provide essential support to language courses and opportunities for independent study.
The Language Centre
Independent from the Faculty and open to all members of the University, the听听supports the teaching and learning of languages throughout the University. If you want to learn another language, there is the option of taking a course at the听Language Centre听to obtain a further qualification. Courses are available in basic and intermediate Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Persian, Swahili and Urdu; and in basic, intermediate and advanced French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Portuguese Russian and Spanish.听 In addition, the Language Centre can help you find a conversation partner, and has extensive resources for the independent study of pretty much any world language.
