SOAS Language Centre provides a range of learning support activities and resources to its students.
Language Centre students are given usernames and passwords at the beginning of their course. The Language Centre ID card will allow you to use the SOAS library online sources and print and photocopy anywhere on the SOAS Campus. All cards are valid until your course finishes.
- SOAS gmail account
- Information on using personal equipment, e.g. wireless access and printing at SOAS is provided by Library and Information Services (LIS)
SOAS Language Centre offers a wide range of learning materials online through the Bloomsbury Learning Environment or Moodle.
- BLE (Bloomsbury Learning Environment) ble.soas.ac.uk
Download your choice of online language learning materials here. Then play them, on the move, on your mp3 player. You need your SOAS username and password to access these resources.
Your teacher will also recommend supplementary materials that you can easily access from a variety of sites through Google or similar search engines.
The different languages also have their own specific links to sources of language support, tips and advice for learners of the specific language. For example, for Japanese, you can access:
Jinrikisha - How We Learnt Japanese
Award-winning! Reports from SOAS Language Centre learners of Japanese talking about their joys and frustrations in learning the language. Lots of useful study tips.
How We Learn Languages
Inspired by the 'Jinrikisha' - How We Learnt Japanese project, we asked more language learners to share their do's and don't's with us. Click on each student's name to read more about their learning experience, including their most embarrasing faux-pas!
Learners are encouraged to do out-of-class learning to back up their time in class.
- Further advice on how you can make the most of your independent language learning time can be found here: Independent Language Learning.
- For more resources and support, visit the CETL pages.
The Library at SOAS houses over 1.2 million volumes and a growing number of electronic resources. The Library offers training sessions in the use of its language resources.
Short Course students are allowed only reference access to the Library, whilst Certificate and Diploma students are granted full access.