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Seferian, Marie-Alice – System, 1976
This article describes an experiment conducted at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Romance Languages with first-year students. It was concluded that the language laboratory could best be employed to improve aural comprehension and to permit a more direct approach to contemporary French civilization. (Text is in French.) (Author/POP)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
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Perelle, Ira B. – System, 1975
A study compared the relative values of listen-respond and listen-respond-compare language laboratory methods. College-level language students were examined and it was determined that the listen-respond method caused greater comprehension gain. Student recording was found ineffective for first-year students, and may be a definite hindrance. (CHK)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Learning Levels
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Nord, James R. – System, 1975
A self-instructional technique for developing listening fluency in foreign language laboratories is reported. (RM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Autoinstructional Aids, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
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Rojas, Ana Maria; Lasch, Miguel – System, 1978
Presenting minimal pairs in context to the student of English as a foreign language requires him to discriminate between two phonemes that may sound the same. Methodology for student exercises with minimal sentences is presented. (SW)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
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Harvey, T. Edward – System, 1984
Explains that the speech compressor/expander is a piece of electronic equipment useful in second language learning laboratories. Considering the relationship between technology and its use as an aid in achieving fluency in comprehension, the theory of rate alteration in second language learning is supported as a viable tool to enhance any…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency, Listening Comprehension