Language Center and Creative Media Commons

Due to construction on campus, the Language Center is temporarily closed in Kohlberg Hall. Contact lmc@swarthmore.edu for questions and requests concerning available Language Center resources and services.

The Language Center and Creative Media Commons at Swarthmore College are two dynamic and flexible learning spaces that support digital initiatives and encourage technological exploration. The Language Center is located in 326 Kohlberg Hall, while the Creative Media Commons is in 130 Martin Hall. Our mission is to provide a wide range of technological and traditional resources to enhance and promote the study of foreign language, literature, film, media, arts and culture at Swarthmore College. These resources support a wide array of disciplines at Swarthmore and enhance College goals directed at preparing students for engaging and contributing to a diverse and global environment. We pride ourselves on being a locus of innovation on campus, and we encourage community members to share new ideas.

Interesting Phrases

Language students discuss some of their favorite words and phrases.

Digital Storytelling

Students in Associate Professor of French Carina Yervasi's first-year seminar, Love and Friendship in French Literature, had a challenge for their mid-term assignment: choose an image from a collection and write an accompanying short narrative that develops an aspect/concept of love of their choice, as long as it centers on one central idea or theme. Students had to convey this central idea not only in the short narrative they wrote, but also in their voice-over, choice of images, editing, and added music. But there was one hitch - the entire assignment had to be completed in three hours.