Describes the development and implementation of state-of-the-art hardware and software for New Jersey's Kean University ESL Program, aimed at transforming the program into a model for computer-assisted interactive language learning. Discusses changes in students' language skills including production of more written language, frequent global…

Description and review of recently introduced computer software focuses on word processing in non-Roman character sets for the MacIntosh, courseware developments using recordable CD-ROM drive, desktop video and graphics equipment, and a language lab management package. (CNP)

Discusses how computers have fundamentally changed the nature of the college language laboratory, examining specific computer programs and computer-based tools and systems. Computer-based language instruction will allow more individualized instruction, give students more control over what and how they learn, and expand the study of foreign…