Welcome to the University of Richmond's Global Studio! More of the virtual Global Studio exists at its website and in the Out of the Basement blog.

The Global Studio has a number of resources for language learners. Although many must be used within the Studio, others are available via the campus computer network. This wiki holds links to the SCOLA Insta-Class lessons distributed by the Studio to any member of the University of Richmond community.

SCOLA Insta-Class lessons are short (2-4 minute) video clips chosen from target language news sources. Each lesson includes the video clip, the MP3 of the video's audio track, and a PDF that contains a transcript, a translation, and usually a short comprehension activity.

SCOLA Insta-Class lessons are available to members of the University of Richmond community, because Richmond is a SCOLA affiliate. Therefore, you must be using the University's network or be running the University's VPN in order to have access to any of these files. For help, contact the Help Desk.

Lessons are currently available either as downloadable .zip packages. The Studio will eventually begin to distribute the current lessons as podcasts.

To download lessons and get the URL for the podcast, click on the page(s) for the language(s) in which you're interested.

Don't see the language that interests you? Contact the Global Studio to receive a username and password (available only to members of the University of Richmond community, so use your UR e-mail address).