ESOL - Hillsboro Language Lab
Faculty Contact: Steven Swint
The Hillsboro Center (HC) Computer Lab is available for all currently enrolled PCC students, faculty, and staff. It is a great place for ESOL students to learn how to type and use computers, practice English pronunciation and grammar, do homework, check email, and work on projects. ESOL students can borrow headphones and microphones in the ESOL Office.
Open Lab Hours
PCC students can use the Lab whenever a class is not in progress. Usually the lab is not available during morning hours (9am - 12 noon) and evening hours (6pm - 9pm). Check the schedule next to the door, or ask Steven.
- Click for Summer Hours
PCC students can use the Lab during summer, Monday through Thursday, 8am to 4pm, when a class is not in session.
HC follows the eight-week Summer Term schedule. The building and its facilities close after Summer Finals Week and re-open the week before Fall Term begins.
Available Software
- Microsoft Office 2007:
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Typing:
- Keyboarding Pro
- Beginning ESOL:
- Live Action English, Oxford Picture Dictionary
- ESOL Pronunciation:
- American SpeechSounds
- Advanced ESOL Reading:
- Ultimate Speed Reader
- Internet Browsers:
- Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
- ESOL Grammar:
- Grammar in Context