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Faria, Ann-Marie; Bergey, Rebecca; Baird, Ashley Simpson; Lishinski, Alex – American Institutes for Research, 2019
Although English language learners (ELLs) have an increasing presence in postsecondary education, their unique needs are often unmet by institutions of higher education, partly resulting from their diversity--they vary in their educational backgrounds, English proficiency levels, career goals, and reasons for learning English. Many ELLs spend…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, English Language Learners, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Adams, E. N. – 1969
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…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Instruction
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Gunn, James – NALLD Journal, 1984
Recounts the decision-making processes involved in the acquisition (or renovation) of a language laboratory for a small college. Of critical importance was the determination of how the laboratory would best be utilized as well as how it would operate. These decisions determined the best choice of equipment. (SL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Laboratory Equipment, Language Laboratories
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Blake, Robert – ADFL Bulletin, 1987
The successful incorporation of computer-assisted language learning into the college-level foreign language curriculum is a much-needed improvement over language laboratories. Foreign language departments have developed software packages for the Macintosh microcomputer involving language pattern drills and language error-analysis. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Biemiller, Lawrence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Multimedia computer programs that can be produced in a few hours by faculty or language laboratory staff could change the way colleges teach foreign languages. New tools allow exercises to be custom tailored to suit student interests and skill levels and to use authentic texts in new ways. Initial response by faculty users has been enthusiastic.…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Sanders, Carol, Ed. – 1981
The papers in this volume discuss practical approaches to some of the current problems of degree-level language teaching. Section one discusses non-literary registers in advanced language teaching including the use of texts in teaching, suggestions for a course in practical sociolinguistics, and exercises for advancing from paraphrase to an…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Practices, French, Group Instruction
Fryer, T. Bruce, Ed.; Medley, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – 1986
Selected papers from the 1984 and 1985 meetings of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching include: "Perspectives on Proficiency: 1985"; "Developmental Stages in Functional Language Proficiency"; "Cultural Understanding, Oral Proficiency, and Study Abroad: Getting It All Together"; "Developing Functional…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques