Language Resources Centre

About the LRC

The LRC provides a friendly environment for all King's and King's Language Centre students and staff wishing to engage in language learning. Our resources are always free to access.

We are a specialist language library offering a wide variety of resources to help you develop reading skills, grammar and cultural understanding in the language you are learning.

During term time, we host student workshops and cultural events - see our Event Listings for full details.

We also provide speaking practice with native speakers from our staff team and student buddies from across the university - scroll down for more information on how to participate.

The Business Support Team and our team of multilingual Language Learning Advisors are always on hand to help you make the most of our facilities. We work both on site and remotely to ensure we provide support in person and a quick response to any email enquiries should you currently be unable to visit us on campus.

Please bookmark our page, as we update it regularly and follow us on social media @kings_LC

Free speaking practice scheme

Speaking Practice for term 1 has now ended and will reopen on Monday 6 January 2025. Slots are released one week in advance so please do not worry if you do not see any availability now. Please note that availability might be very limited in the first weeks of January and we encourage you to keep visiting our page to check for any new slots uploaded. If you are interested in booking a session, please read the section 'Language Learner? Find out more and book your session'. If you are interested in becoming a buddy, please read the section 'Interested in being a Speaking Practice Buddy? Find out more' Please feel free to email language.resources@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Resources & facilities available in the LRC

Laptops available to borrow by students for use in the LRC
Wifi access
Foreign language textbooks, grammar books, dictionaries, readers, comic books and games
Weekly newspapers and magazines
Feature films and documentaries on DVD
A selection of language learning audio CDs
Friendly and welcoming staff to advise on how to make the most efficient use of the open learning facilities
Comfortable reading area
Short course students are also able to access all of King's libraries using their ID card

Language workshops and events

King's Language Centre runs a variety of different cultural and language workshops during the academic year. These workshops provide cultural insights into our languages and deliver exciting learnings on cultures from all over the world as well as helping you with grammar, vocabulary and exam preparation.