The aim of this paper is to present a preliminary version of a multilingual audiovisual guide of introduction to a laboratory of Chemistry which is currently being designed by an interdisciplinary group of professors at the University of Jaén (Spain) within the framework of a Teaching Innovation Project awarded by the Vicerrectorado de Ordenación Académica, Innovación Docente y Profesorado of the aforementioned university.

The design of this type of material has been motivated by:

a)The importance of acquiring a good proficiency in a second or even a third language, the mastery of which will enable our students to increase their labour opportunities and exchange scientific ideas with people from different countries and cultures.
b)The necessity of fostering the use of other foreign languages within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), one of the main aims of which is to promote international mobility.
c)The low use of new technologies to the teaching of English and other languages in the specific field of chemistry.
d)The lack of multilingual teaching materials incorporating audio-visual resources.
e)The lack of teaching materials aimed at non-Spanish students of Science who are in need of using the basic terminology required in a laboratory of Chemistry during their stay in Spanish universities.

The contents present in this multilingual guide, also elaborated thanks to the special collaboration of the students of Chemistry of the University of Jaén, include, among others, basic safety indications, an inventory of common reagents, glassware and appliances, laboratory techniques and self-evaluation activities.