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Student Option in Lab for Credit
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Kunkle, John F. – NALLD Journal, 1975
The University of Southwestern Louisiana has made a previously required language laboratory course an elective course and has changed the regular two-hour-per-week requirement for those who enroll to a twenty-hour semester total requirement. Laboratory equipment presently in use is shown and described. (SCC)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Language Programs, Laboratory Equipment, Language Instruction
From Language Laboratory to Language Learning Room
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Hammerly, Hector – NALLD Journal, 1976
The language learning room planned for the French Language Training Center proposed for Simon Fraser University is described. It is planned to accommodate a variety of pedagogical philosophies and programs--lockstep audiovisual, lockstep audiolingual, individualized audiolingual, and other tried or experimental approaches. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids
Points and Student Motivation
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Pflanz, Barbara – NALLD Journal, 1977
A description of a complicated evaluation system to stimulate student motivation in university level German language courses. The total evaluation is based on points distributed throughout the course. The process, including advantages and disadvantages, is discussed in detail. Copies of the syllabus are available. (AMH)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, German, Grade Point Average, Grade Prediction
The Use of Subtitled Films with a Frame Reduction Plate in Foreign Language Teaching
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Wegner, Hart; Look, Kent – NALLD Journal, 1977
A discussion of the use of films in foreign language teaching. A particular problem is the lack of readily available foreign language films without subtitles. A procedure for modification of the sixteen millimeter projector in order to obscure subtitles is described in detail. (AMH)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, College Language Programs, Educational Resources
The Use of Videotape in Foreign Language Instruction: A Survey
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Odom, William – NALLD Journal, 1976
In 1975 all four-year and two-year colleges in the country offering two or more foreign languages were surveyed regarding use of videotape in language instruction. Questions were asked regarding types of equipment, use and acceptability, and answers indicate great interest in videotape potential and pedagogical value. (CHK)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
A Survey of University Student Attitudes Toward the Language Lab.
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Bedford, David A. – NALLD Journal, 1985
A survey of college students' attitudes toward use of the language laboratory found that an initial positive attitude toward the laboratory in the first semester becomes more negative during the second semester, suggesting that new instructional materials are needed to maintain the initial favorable attitude toward the laboratory. (CB)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Student Attitudes towards Language Lab Facilities at Temple University.
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Lawrason, Robin, E.; Lugo, Carlos – NALLD Journal, 1979
Student replies to a questionnaire evaluating the use of the language laboratory revealed positive attitudes regarding the effectiveness of the individual practice the lab provides. They emphasized the need for a language lab monitor. Cross tabulations examined attitudinal differences among old and new users, professorial encouragement, and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), French, Hebrew