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Download full textHanson, Edwin M. – National Association of Language Laboratory Directors Newsletter, 1968
Seven reasons excerpted from "Language Laboratory Learning" (1960) by Fernand Marty are cited for a preference for individual rooms or closed booths to language laboratories with open booths. The author specifies additional psychological and acoustical advantages of the closed booth system. Weaknesses inherent in the open booth laboratory are also…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Audiolingual Skills, Colleges
Hutchinson, Joseph C. – 1964
Language laboratory effectiveness in secondary schools and related research are discussed. Criteria for five elements determining the laboratory's effectiveness are described: (1) the teacher, (2) the teaching materials, (3) the testing and grading programs, (4) the student practice sessions, and (5) the equipment. Some general remarks are made…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grading, Laboratory Equipment, Language Instruction
Smith, Philip D. – National Association of Language Laboratory Directors Newsletter, 1968
A summary of the purpose of the project, a discussion of experiment design, some statistical analysis of test results, and implications are included in this article. Attempting to determine which of three audio-assistance systems--the audio-active, audio-record language laboratory, or the classroom tape recorder--is most effective in foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audio Equipment, Audiolingual Methods, Educational Research
