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When "Less is More": The Optimal Design of Language Laboratory Hardware.
Kershaw, Gary; Boyd, Gary – SPEAQ Journal, 1980
The results of a process of designing, building, and "de-bugging" two replacement language laboratory hardware systems at Concordia University (Montreal) are described. Because commercially available systems did not meet specifications within budgetary constraints, the systems were built by the university technical department. The systems replaced…
Descriptors: Equipment Evaluation, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Language Laboratories
Language Laboratories in South Africa.
Blacquiere, Arie – Aspects of Educational and Training Technology Series, 1992
Reviews trends in language instruction and the use of language laboratories in South African higher education from 1962 to 1990, paying particular attention to racial differences and the movement from an audio-lingual method to a communicative language technique. Questions the wisdom of equipping institutions with sophisticated hardware without…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Designing a Small Language Laboratory for the 1980's.
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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
Rate-Alteration Technology and Its Place in the Second Language Comprehension Curriculum.
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Harvey, T. Edward – System, 1984
Explains that the speech compressor/expander is a piece of electronic equipment useful in second language learning laboratories. Considering the relationship between technology and its use as an aid in achieving fluency in comprehension, the theory of rate alteration in second language learning is supported as a viable tool to enhance any…
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Language Laboratories, Language Proficiency, Listening Comprehension
The Multi-Component Language Lab.
Mancini, Marc – 1987
The conventional language lab, though it motivates few students, lingers on at many institutions. While poor study habits contribute to the lab's low impact on language acquisition, an equally credible possibility is that the traditional language lab's "audio-only" technology is ill-suited to the primary cognitive styles of today's video-oriented…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Instructional Innovation
Proposal for the New Language Media Laboratory in Clemens Hall, Amherst Campus.
Loew, Richard S. – 1975
The language media laboratory described in this proposal is intended to provide for the implementation of broader instructional objectives than language laboratories of previous years, including the dial access type. The proposal is divided into three main sections: (1) program rationale; (2) programs and services; and (3) design of the language…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, College Language Programs, Educational Media