CASSETTES
- General information
- Cassette length
- Language-specific information
- Acceptable brands of audio cassettes
- Labeling your audio cassettes
- Texts and lab manuals
- Return to Lab Tour
General information
In some courses you will need to purchase audio cassettes onto which the instructional material will be recorded periodically by the Language Lab staff. Most of the time, the cassettes will be recorded on both sides (Sides A and B).
We accept only exact-length cassettes in order to ensure a proper recording on both sides of the cassettes. If the cassettes are shorter than the specified length, the end of side A - and definitely the beginning of side B - will be cut from the recording. If the cassettes are longer than the specified length, all the material will be recorded, but the recording on side B will not begin at the beginning of the side B. Also, since cassettes longer than 90 minutes tend to be rather fragile, we avoid them.
For these reasons, we will process only cassettes of the length as specified below for each course.
Cassette length
Course: Cassette Length
Chinese all courses: one 90 minute
French 101: one 90-minute
French 102: one 90-minute
French 201: two 60-minute
French 202: two 60-minute
French 210: two 60-minute
French 203: one 90-minute
French
204: one 60-minute
German 101, 102, 201, 210: no cassettes
German 202: one or two 60-minute
Japanese: no cassettes
Russian 101: one or two 90-minute, optional
Russian 102: one or two 90-minute, optional
Russian 201: one or two 90-minute, optional
Russian 202: one or two 90-minute, optional
Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202: no cassettes
Spanish 210: one 90-minute
Language-specific information
French 101 and 102: Submit your 90-minute cassette only once a semester.
Acceptable brands of audio cassettes
Normal bias of the brands listed below:
BASF, Fuji, JVC, Maxell, Memorex, RCA, Scotch (3M), SONY, and TDK.
SONY tapes are the least reliable of the brands listed here.
It is possible to purchase audio cassettes at the Instructional Design Center in Henzlik Hall 122, where you will be guaranteed to obtain an appropriate product. Just tell them which length you need.
The hours of the Instructional Design Center during Fall and Spring semesters: Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please check their summer hours at the link above.
Labeling your audio cassettes
Label your audio cassettes on Side A of the cassettes, on the spine, and on the front of the liner with your name, course, and section number as illustrated.
Label your cassettes following the pattern below.
Texts and lab manuals
Every textbook has its own way of setting up its exercise and lab manuals. Please explore your textbook and its accompanying manuals.
Take a look at what all goes on in the Lab. The Lab Tour will help newcomers to find their way around in the Lab.
