Yes, it’s true, it is that time of year again! Don’t know what we are talking about? Click here to see

To access the English–> Pirate talk translator click here

Oh look, you can talk like a pirate….in German!

And here are a couple of videos from the Pirate guys (Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy) themselves… the first one is a pronunciation drill:

And the second one is a sing -a- long:

Enjoy, everyone! AAAAAARRRRRGGG!

We are looking for students interested in exploring World of Warcraft and Second Life for language learning.

Yes, you heard correctly…gaming, virtual realities and language learning. If you are interested… please drop us a line at languages [at] oberlin [dot] edu.

You need to be in at least a 200 level language class here at Oberlin.

“What we do is what you just can’t do…”

PS: And lest you think we are totally bonkers here…lookit what a professor at UC-Irvine is doing (and lookit how much money they are spending on their study!) And here is an article from the EDUCAUSE Review that shows some other research that is going on about virtual worlds, higher ed, and education

The fun of scheduling our student workstaff during the hours we are open. Snaps and thanks to Benji for making it happen.

We are open: M-TH 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. // Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. // closed Saturday// Sunday 6 p.m. – 11 p.m

Need to know who is working when? When the lab is free? When you could borrow a smart cart for class? All of our calendars can be found here

Need we say more?

This is a classic. If anyone out there knows of other videos we should post here (see growing selection below!), please click on the comment link below and send us a message!