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Smith, W. Flint; Hocking, Elton – NALLD J, 1969
Indicates that "ease of access to equipment makes no less important the need to plan how each session of machine-guided practice is to be integrated into the instructional sequence, and that improvisation can impede learning. (DS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Classrooms, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Smith, W. Flint; Hocking, Elton – NALLD J, 1969
Originally published under the title "The Student's Attitude in the May 1969 issue of Northern California Foreign Language Newsletter. (DS)
Descriptors: Electronic Classrooms, Language Laboratories, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning
Download full textSmith, W. Flint; Hocking, Elton – National Association of Language Laboratory Directors Newsletter, 1969
Some of the advantages and disadvantages of the electronic classroom are described, with particular reference to the scheduling of equipment use. An experiment with first-year language students in high school, some of whom used the electronic classroom, and some, a combination of conventional classroom and language laboratory, is discussed in…
Descriptors: Electromechanical Aids, Electronic Classrooms, Equipment Utilization, Experimental Teaching
Smith, W. Flint; Littlefield, Lael – 1967
An experiment involving two groups of 193 beginning secondary school students of French, German, and Spanish considers the instructional value of the electronic classroom as an alternative to the conventional language laboratory for the presentation of exercise materials. Experimental design hypotheses state that since more practice is possible…
Descriptors: Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Equipment, Experimental Groups, Experiments
Smith, W. Flint; Hocking, Elton – Northern California Foreign Language Newsletter, 1969
An experiment in which secondary school French, German, and Spanish classes at a large comprehensive high school were conducted in three different kinds of classroom settings is described, with emphasis on student rating of machine-guided language practice. Classroom settings included (1) a conventional classroom with a few weekly half-periods in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Equipment, Experimental Programs
Smith, W. Flint; Littlefield, Lael – 1969
Research described in this report compares the relative achievement of three groups of secondary school students beginning language instruction in German, French, and Spanish using the electronic classroom, the record-playback laboratory, and the broadcast language laboratory with that of a control group. The second major area of research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiolingual Methods, Educational Equipment, Educational Experiments
Hocking, Elton; Smith, W. Flint – Das Sprachlabor, 1969
Presented in this article are trends in the use of the language laboratory in the United States and an overview of relevant language laboratory research. A section on trends discusses language laboratory popularity, prospective technological innovations, scheduling, different types of installations, and the increasing desirability of having…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Dial Access Information Systems, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
