Please read this section carefully as changes will be implemented starting Spring 2024. 

 

Who can request to use the Language Space?

• SDSU language and linguistics faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants.
• CAL and language program academic coordinators, on behalf of their program or department.
• Faculty, instructors, lecturers and teaching assistants in the College of Arts & Letters and the Digital Humanities.
• SDSU graduate and undergraduate students are also welcome to book the Language Space for special activities related to language learning, or for club and organization meetings and events.

Guidelines 

1. The reservation holder must be present during the entire scheduled time and is responsible for ensuring all participants follow use guidelines.
2. All reservation holders must complete a walk-through of the Language Space before their first use. This includes all new reservation holders, as well as any regular reservation holders when significant hardware/software updates have been made to a room.
3. No food or drinks are allowed in the Language Space (close-lid water bottles are okay and should remain on the floor).
4. Only LARC staff are able to make software/hardware or furniture changes.
5. Electronic doors must remain closed at all times. Please avoid propping doors open.
6. Resources available in the Language Space should remain in the space at all times, including devices and their peripherals.
7. Future approval of reservations is dependent on upholding Language Space policies and guidelines.
8. For technical difficulties or assistance, or help accessing our rooms, contact our Language Space staff located in SH 204, SH 207-C, and SH 204-B, or reach us by phone (619-594-6177) or email [email protected]. 

Each semester, the Language Space accepts reservations in two stages:

(1) Language department chairs and coordinators will schedule courses in the Language Space one year in advance (in March for Spring of the following year, and in October for Fall of the following year). 
(2) Once courses have been scheduled by language department chairs and coordinators, faculty, staff, and student groups are welcome to make their reservation requests for the upcoming semester.

If you would like to teach in the Language Space for the entire duration of the semester (up to half of your class sessions each week), or have done this in the past and would like to continue, please contact your language department chair or coordinator. 

If your department or program has placed your course in the Language Space, please contact our Learning Technologies Coordinator, Mari Ocando Finol at [email protected]. 

For all other requests including reservations for selected class sessions and events, reservation requests will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, in accordance with the following priorities:

1. Selected class sessions that prioritize technology mediated language teaching during their time in the Language Space.
2. Workshops or training sessions that advanced the use of technology mediated language teaching. Selected class sessions that prioritize collaborative work, student-led and student-centered language teaching practices.
3. Selected class sessions in which a new instructor will explore the resources and technologies available in the Language Space.
4. Selected class sessions that will use technology for assessment/testing.
5. Courses whose current/prospective enrollment will maximize the seating capacity of the requested room.

*If conflicts in priority arise, groups that maximize the Language Space’s seating capacity will be prioritized. 

Please read carefully the Scheduling Priorities section above. Starting Fall 2024, reservation requests can only be made through this form during the second stage of the reservation process.

To request to use the Language Space, please complete our reservation request form.

All requests are subject to availability.

Reservation requests should be made at least 5 business days in advance and must indicate how you will use the technology available in our space.