INTENDED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND AUDIOVISUAL SPECIALISTS, THIS MONOGRAPH EMPHASIZES A DYNAMIC VIEW OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN CHAPTERS THAT DISCUSS THE HISTORY AND CURRENT USE OF LANGUAGE LABS, CURRENT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE LAB PRINCIPLES TO NEW MEDIA. APPENDIXES INCLUDE GRAPHICS OF THE…

THE EFFECTS OF A NUMBER OF VARIABLES BASIC TO THE LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE VOCABULARY WERE REPORTED. THE LANGUAGE SELECTED FOR LEARNING WAS RUSSIAN. SUBJECTS IN THE FIRST EXPERIMENT WERE 409 STUDENTS FROM AN INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY COURSE. FROM AN ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY, A PRELIMINARY LIST OF COMMON VERBS WAS SELECTED WHICH REPRESENTED AN…

Portions of Mendoza-Harrell's article, which is a rebuttal of an earlier article by Allen, are mentioned and criticized. Allen's earlier article discussed the efficacy of language laboratories and proposed student use of cassette recorders. (RM)

This is the first inquiry in a series designed to facilitate the exchange of information among members of the National Association of Language Laboratory Directors. This inquiry identifies, by means of a chart, systems used by fifty-nine institutions in their language laboratories. (AM)

Speech presented at the national convention of the Department of Audiovisual Instruction (DAVI) of the NEA (National Education Association) April 29, 1969, Portland, Oregon. (DS)

A report is made of a study tour to Europe and Japan. The status of language laboratories and audiovisual education is discussed and machinery and methods described. (RM)

One evening not too long ago, a well-known American TV news analyst just back from his summer holiday travels was giving wry consolation to less fortunate stay-at-home viewers by sharing his opinions on a few of the risks today's vacationer might encounter upon venturing beyond his own computer-free back yard. To support some pithy comments on the…

Article first published in pamphlet form in Japan in 1968. (DS)

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, RESEARCH IN STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS, AND NEWLY-DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN LANGUAGE-TEACHING METHODS. TO ACHIEVE AN IDEAL METHOD, THE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THIS PROGRESS MUST BE EMPLOYED, AND THE…

This article addresses the question, "Does the introduction of a language laboratory improve the functioning of a given teaching method?" Four experiments with the language laboratory are described and analyzed: the Keating and Lorge experiments in New York, the Jalling experiment in Sweden, and the Freedman experiment in Great Britain. These…

This article discusses the relationship between audiovisual methods and pedagogical strategies, or between technology and instruction, in second language teaching. Currently, the relationship between audiovisual methods and language instruction is one in which the audiovisual component is subservient, and plays a supplementary rather than a…

TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO MODERN METHODS OF OF MODERN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION ARE GIVEN. THE MODERN METHOD TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS A NATIVE ONE IS LEARNED, THROUGH A PROGRESSION FROM LISTENING AND IMITATION TO CONVERSATION, TO READING, AND THEN TO WRITING.…