This study examined 29 second-year undergraduate students of Spanish using a self-access learning environment for the first time, focusing on their language attitudes and learning strategies. The results show that, even as modern languages majors, the students possessed a model of language and strategies for learning that were significantly…

Evaluates the effectiveness of lexical-field instruction for intermediate level English-as-a-Second-Language students in a language laboratory setting. Findings reveal that the lexical-field instruction is an effective procedure for teaching general language knowledge through the meaning system. (45 references) (Author/CK)

This paper describes the 3-year development of the Language Resources Centre at the University of Southampton. The Centre provides a range of self-access resources and facilities in a pleasant working environment for language learners. It offers assistance for languages taught at the university as well as for languages not taught at the…