Speech presented at the NALLD California-Nevada Chapter Meeting, October 31, 1970. (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…

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.…

"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 high school language laboratory is approached from the standpoint of (1) planning for the laboratory facilities, (2) the function of equipment in relation to student learning activities, and (3) operation of the laboratory facilities. Considered in the section on planning are laboratory rationale, place in the school program, methods and…

An educational survey of British language teachers concerning the use of the language laboratory focuses primarily on function, facilities, and performance specifications. Read in conjunction with two other reports published by the Ministry of Technology, this study is meant to help teachers, architects, and administrators develop language…

Revised version of a lecture delivered on November 12, 1969 at the Padagogische Hochschule Niedersachsen, Abt. Vechta, West Germany. (WB)

Selected papers of a conference dealing with development and use of language laboratories in the early 1960's are presented in this publication. Selections include: (1) F. R. Morton's "Recent Developments in Language Laboratory Equipment for Teaching and Research", (2) Pierre Delattre's "Testing the Oral Production of Language Students", (3)…

While it is theoretically possible to exploit individualized instruction in the language laboratory, in practice this rarely happens. This article suggests transforming the language laboratory into a tape library, in order to achieve self-paced, individualized use of the lab. This solution is preferable to the traditional laboratory use from the…

The basic mechanical functions of the foreign language laboratory described in this report enable utilization of authentic target language, linguistically effective learning devices, visuals, and facilities for monitoring and testing. Brief descriptions of 11 laboratory functions include: (1) isolation (physical, acoustical, and psychological),…

This report outlines in detail the proceedings of a symposium held on the integration of audio-visual aids into the teaching of modern languages in the classroom. The following topics were discussed: (1) textbooks, a new look; (2) an audio-visual course, its structure and content; (3) radio and radio-vision, and film and videotape as course…

During the past fifteen years, educators and electronics specialists have been experimenting with language facilities, usually by modifying equipment components which were originally designed for other purposes. The rapid growth, wide diversity, and newness of these electronic aids to language learning have created the need for a study of the most…