Discusses Concordia University Colloquium in July 1981 whose theme was a renaissance for the language laboratory. The primary conclusion was that the language laboratory of the past is destined to become the open learning center of the future and that communicative drills must replace mechanical manipulations of language. (Author/BK)

Paper presented at the Fall Conference of the National Association of Language Laboratory Directors at Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, October 16, 1971. (DS)

French and English versions included. (DS)

This article discusses a cataloging and coding system especially designed for language lab courseware. (Author/NCR)

Gives history of use of language laboratories in second-language learning and suggests ways to make time spent by language students in the language laboratory more worthwhile. Claims technological advancement needs effective hardware combined with an understanding of how students learn languages. (Author/BK)

Describes a laboratory structure based on the open classroom model, consisting of various "skill stations," such as the "listening comprehension and pronunciation station," and designed to allow for flexibility, stimulation, variety, and contact between teacher and student. (AM)

Discusses recent studies giving conflicting answers, mostly unfavorable, to the question of whether the language laboratory is effective. Also, it is argued that children learn their native language by a process very different from foreign language learning and that research on the stages of language learning is urgently needed. (WGA)

The article encourages the use of the language lab and gives creative suggestions for student activities under teacher direction. (NCR)

Describes a college language program in which modern feature films in German are used as the core material in the curriculum. (RL)