Multimedial Languages Centre (CLMA)

Multimedial Languages Centre

(CLMA)

President
Prof. Domenico Cusato

Scientific Director
Prof. Rosario Portale

Via A. di Sangiuliano 197
I-95131 Catania

The Multimedial Language Centre

The Multimedial Language Centre of the Athenaeum (CLMA) was founded in 1995 by the University of Catania for the promotion of foreign languages and is supported by the use of multimedia aids. The Centre joined the AICLU (the Italian body for all University Language Centres in Italy) in 1998 using qualified mother tongue speakers and a variety of other highly skilled professionals to best teach foreign languages. Teachers and trained IT experts work together closely for the creation and the establishment of teaching methods and processes. All courses are open to the general public and not only to university students. The CLMA also acts as a service centre for the whole university (one of its teachers travelled as an interpreter to the G8 Congress in Japan in 2008) and is very well designed to integrate with both the public and the private sectors.

The Centre has 2 frontal teaching classrooms and 3 multimedia labs allowing both staff and students to gain a better understanding and practice of the common use of language. Each single lab is equipped with 15 computers (among these is an Apple lab) affording students the opportunity to utilize CDs, video-recorders and the Internet.

The CLMA has stipulated several agreements, on behalf of the University of Catania, with various international language associations, for the organization of the following International English tests: TOEFL iBT, Cambridge CAE, FCE and PET.

The CLMA is regarded as being among the best language centres in Italy and is always available for discussion in order to find the best solutions for more effective teaching and learning of foreign languages.

Contacts
 

President
Prof. Domenico Cusato

Scientific Director
Prof. Rosario Portale

Management
Mara Maugeri
E-mail: maramau@unict.it

Address
Via A. di Sangiuliano 197
I-95131 Catania

Phone (+39) 095 7307 087/081
Fax: (+39) 095 7307 077/079
E-mail: clma@unict.it
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