This bibliography, containing 73 annotated entries, is designed as an aid to researchers who may wish to experiment using automatic speech recognition in programed instruction, computer assisted instruction, or task simulation devices. The bibliography samples recent literature on the technology of automatic speech recognition, on efforts to…

s2400 is intended to help students learn, review, and reinforce their knowledge of basic Spanish grammar. The computer contains the entire body of knowledge to be taught, presenting it to the student in a manner predetermined by an instructor. The language lab program at West Chester State College is described. (POP)

This paper begins with a brief account of the development of automatic speech recogniton (ASR) and then proceeds to an examination of ASR systems typical of the kind now in operation. It is stressed that such systems, although highly developed, do not recognize speech in the same sense as the human being does, and that they can not deal with a…

A language-learning system is described in which individual practice in the learning laboratory is the central activity, both of learning and of testing. The system includes as one component an audio/visual device controlled by a digital computer. The system is designed to achieve a high quality of instruction by good management of the student's…

Teaching Black English as a foreign language can improve communication between individuals and enrich the language patterns of Standard English. Essential areas of study in such a course (vocabulary, grammar, translation, and to some extent, environmental exposure) can be programmed on a computer. In fact, a computer supplies the perfect tool for…

The first article in this issue is a response by Dieter Mindt to articles in the January, 1974, issue on the language laboratory versus the portable cassette tape recorder, in which it is argued that although the cassette recorder has many uses it cannot replace all the facilities offered by the stationary language laboratory. James R. Nord…

"Education and Culture is a publication of the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the Council of Europe. The autumn 1969 issue is a special number devoted to modern languages. (DS)

The applications of computers to the design of a course in Greek and to teaching it are discussed. Among the topics discussed are the role of the computer in teaching morphology and the use of individually tailored, computer-prepared textbooks. Hardware is also discussed. (RM)

The uses of a computer-based instructional system known as PLATO in teaching Russian, both in audio-lingual and reading-translation courses, at the University of Illinois are described. Examples of a variety of drills are given. An evaluation of the method is made. (RM)

Paper given at the ADFL session of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, St. Paul, Minn., April 27, 1973. (DD)

This issue begins with a description by R. Ariew of a computer-assisted system for teaching French. Called Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations (PLATO IV), the system is in use at the University of Illinois. The remainder of the issue is devoted mainly to the language laboratory and the cassette recorder. These articles deal with the…

Comparisons are made between two introductory German sections at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, one of which had a conventional language laboratory and the other a computer assisted instruction laboratory. A brief description of the instructional arrangements is followed by descriptions of experimental comparisons, making up the…

The theme of this conference, "New Directions in Foreign Language Teaching," is introduced by Theodore Buebener and is expanded in the five papers comprising this volume. The papers included are "New Directions in the Teaching of Foreign Languages--An Evaluation" by Peter M. Boyd-Bowman, "An Appraisal of Audio-Lingualism in Historical Perspective"…

Different theories of programed instruction are compared and contrasted, and their application in the language laboratory is discussed. Chapters on programing theories include: (1) Skinner and linear programing, (2) Crowder and intrinsic programing, (3) Pressey and complementary programing, (4) Gilbert and mathetics, and (5) computer assisted…