A SEQUENCE OF STEPS FOR ESTABLISHING LANGUAGE LABORATORIES ARE DELINEATED IN THIS REVISED PAPER. THE ORIGINAL PAPER WAS PRESENTED TO THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY ON THE "LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN HIGH SCHOOLS" (OCTOBER 1960). INCORPORATED IN THE REVISED PAPER ARE MANY SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE CONFEREES,…

REPORTS FROM SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE USE OF AND PLANNING OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES ARE PRESENTED. LABORATORIES SHOULD BE ARRANGED FOR FLEXIBLE USE. THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAN USE A LAB PROFITABLY FOR 20 TO 25 MINUTES. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED. THE SATELLITE LAB IS DIVIDED BY A…

THE MANY POSSIBLE VARIATIONS OF LANGUAGE LABORATORY SYSTEMS WERE DESCRIBED, AND RELATIVE ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF EACH WERE DISCUSSED. DETAILED GUIDANCE ON PURCHASING LANGUAGE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH (1) DEFINITION OF HIGH-QUALITY SPEECH REPRODUCTION, (2) DISCUSSION OF TECHNICAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT ITS ACHIEVEMENT, AND (3)…

Specifications are presented covering the components of electronic and electro-mechanical equipment, non-electrical materials for the teacher-student positions, and other items of a miscellaneous nature to provide for a complete, workable language laboratory facility. Instructions for the use of specifications are included for the purchaser,…

Lists 38 titles of work dealing with language instruction and language laboratories. (RL)

INTENDED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND AUDIOVISUAL SPECIALISTS, THIS MONOGRAPH EMPHASIZES A DYNAMIC VIEW OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN CHAPTERS THAT DISCUSS THE HISTORY AND CURRENT USE OF LANGUAGE LABS, CURRENT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND APPLICATION OF LANGUAGE LAB PRINCIPLES TO NEW MEDIA. APPENDIXES INCLUDE GRAPHICS OF THE…

A MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES STAFF HAS COMPILED A SELECTIVE, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, LISTING APPROXIMATELY 230 BOOKS AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES, MANY OF WHICH ARE BRITISH PUBLICATIONS CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE TO BRITISH USERS. THE SECTIONS ARE--(1) BIBLIOGRAPHIES, (2) GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNTS DESCRIBING…

VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTION EQUIPMENT AUDIOMETERS, AND SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL CONSOLES WERE PICTURED AND BRIEFLY ANNOTATED IN THIS DOCUMENT. PROTOTYPES OF NEW EQUIPMENT WERE ALSO INCLUDED. OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES ARE ED 003 738 THROUGH ED 003 746. (TC)

To evaluate reel audio tape, tests were performed to identify: signal-to-noise ratio, total harmonic distortion, dynamic response, frequency response, biased and virgin tape noise, dropout susceptibility and oxide coating uniformity. (SCC)

THIS PAPER WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON THE PLANNING AND OPERATING OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES DISCUSSES THE EQUIPMENT CONTENT OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MECHANICO-ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WERE GIVEN UNDER THREE HEADINGS--(1) STIMULUS GEAR, COMPONENTS THAT PRESENT AUDITORY AND VISUAL MATERIALS, (2) RESPONSE…

This specification covers the components of electronic and electromechanical equipment, nonelectronic materials for the teacher-student positions, and other items of a miscellaneous nature to provide for a complete and workable language laboratory facility. Language laboratory facilities covered by this specification are of two types: (1)…