The John L. Garcia Jr. Language Center

The Language Center at CSU-Pueblo is a socio-academic space where students can improve their foreign language skills. We offer a variety of activities and events open to students, faculty, staff and community members.

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E-mail: csuplanguagecenter@gmail.com

Location and Hours

The Language Center is open Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. We are located in 147 Psychology Building.

Study Space

The Language Center is an excellent study space for all students, not just those enrolled in foreign language classes. We have twelve computers, a printer, tables with chairs, and a comfortable seating area.

Club Meetings

The Language Center is also the meeting place of student organizations, such as foreign language clubs and the Political Science Club.

Language Circles

Language circles provide the ideal environment to practice speaking in another language. The circles are open to anyone, regardless of level of language, and are lead by one of our student workers. The schedule is below:

Mondays: 3:30-4:30 pm: French language circle
Wednesdays: 1:00-2:00 pm: English language circle
Fridays: 1:00-2:00 pm: Spanish language

Each week there is a different theme and there are short vocabulary presentations to help participants communicate better in that language. The themes for the Spring 2016 semester can be found here.

Academic Support

One of our main focuses is providing academic support to students studying foreign/second languages. We have tutors available upon request. Our shelves are lined with textbooks and resource guides to help students if they need or want extra practice. We also have computers and a printer. We at the Language Center are eager to aid students of foreign language any way we can!

Foreign Films

Our space is also ideal for showing films in foreign/second languages. All films include English subtitles. Other films in other languages are also shown (schedule varies). All films include English subtitles.

Special Events

We host a variety of special events in the Language Center. If you would like to have an event held in the Language Center, contact us and we’ll put you on the schedule!

Campus Safety: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

We have a number of individuals working on a plan to ensure that we are prepared to take care of our students and employees in the event our campus is directly impacted by the coronavirus.

More Information

COVID-19 Update: Remote Operations in Effect

Contact Information:

Dr. Alegría Ribadeneira

Head of Foreign Languages and Language Center Supervisor