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Nimmons, Phyllis B. – ADFL Bulletin, 1982
Describes how the outdated language lab at Houston Baptist University was renovated and updated. Discusses the university's language internship program which grew out of the renovation. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Facilities Improvement, Higher Education, Language Enrichment
Gartman, Max D. – 1986
A change in language laboratory use at the University of North Alabama has given new meaning to the lab requirement and role. While developing a language program, the developer reviewed the language lab's traditional role and found a mixed history with many negative aspects. Personal experience also revealed problems, including: students and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures
Paramskas, D. M. – SPEAQ Journal, 1980
A review of stages in the evolution of the language laboratory shows that its function has changed in the past 20 years. Originally it was described as a way of providing a means for abundant practice of audiolingual drills. Currently, it is described as a learning center with multiple resources and functions. It might be characterized as a…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Language Laboratories
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Bedford, David A. – NALLD Journal, 1985
A survey of college students' attitudes toward use of the language laboratory found that an initial positive attitude toward the laboratory in the first semester becomes more negative during the second semester, suggesting that new instructional materials are needed to maintain the initial favorable attitude toward the laboratory. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Aubert, Jean-Phillipe – SPEAQ Journal, 1980
The experience of the second language team at the "Centre de Langue Francaise" (CLF) at McGill University (Montreal) is reported. The emphasis placed on designing courses and laboratory experiences in response to student needs is reviewed from the late 1960's until the present. Some of the factors that were operative in curriculum change were the…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Higher Education, Independent Study, Language Laboratories
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Williams, Ursula – IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 1992
The renovation of the Language Lab at the University of Notre Dame and the creation of the Language Resource Center are described. Challenges related to poor facility design and limited equipment are recounted, along with the role played by the university's director of foundation and corporate relations. (LB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Church Related Colleges, College Second Language Programs, Facility Improvement
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Bakker, Connie – IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, 1992
After a brief review of trends in language labs, the history of Wisconsin's Learning Support Services (LSS) lab, which grew into an independent department serving all foreign languages, is traced. Its evolution included the development of an extensive library, audio studio, video service, and special cataloging and outreach system. (11 references)…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Electronic Classrooms, Higher Education, Language Laboratories
Molholt, Garry; And Others – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes applications of speech processing equipment that can communicate clearly with students about the patterns of sound and can teach students to monitor their own progress in second language acquisition. Discusses equipment being used at West Chester University (Pennsylvania) for learning pronunciation and stress in several different…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education
Helot, Christine – 1989
The role of the language laboratory in current language teaching and learning is discussed. Four main aspects of audio technology and its relationship to language learning are covered: (1) the technological aspect: what a language lab is and what kinds of labs are available in Ireland; (2) the research aspect: what kind of research is being…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audio Equipment, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Morris, Beth – Journal of Educational Techniques and Technologies, 1987
Baruch College's (New York) Speech Communication Laboratory provides both tutorial and classroom settings and audio, video, and computer-interactive materials to help its large population of non-native English language students improve their language skills. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Doble, Gordon – 1985
The language laboratory could make a larger impact than it does on undergraduate language study. The growth of attractive new technology makes even more important the careful evaluation and exploitation of existing technology. A major obstacle in doing this is the lack of careful and rigorous research about the effectiveness of the language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization, Foreign Countries
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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
Frankel, Carole N. – 1994
To address the special second language learning needs of deaf college students, a project was undertaken at Gallaudet University (District of Columbia), the world's only four-year liberal arts university for the deaf, to create 36 videotaped lessons in grammar, signed in American Sign Language, for first-year French and Spanish instruction. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Second Language Programs, Communication Problems, Deafness
Ecklund, Constance L. – 1985
Teaching conversation will always pose a great challenge to the foreign language instructor. Even by the third year of language study, the typical time for this skill's development, students have neither the fluency nor the confidence necessary to speak easily. Also, since many are ill at ease in conversing in their native language, getting these…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Communication, College Second Language Programs, College Students
Buzash, Michael D. – 1994
The evolution of a 2-week summer honors program in French for high school students, inaugurated in 1980 and conducted on a university campus, is chronicled. The program was designed to offer enriching experiences in language review, new skill building, French culture, understanding of French phonology, and conversation on topics of interest to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Second Language Programs, French
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