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Smith, Philip D. – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Research
Davison, Walter F. – 1973
This 780-item bibliography is an attempt to bring together an extensive listing of publications on the language laboratory which have appeared between 1950 and 1972. The bibliography is arranged in the following categories: (1) bibliographies; (2) general and miscellaneous; (3) methodology and utilization; (4) hardware-equipment; (5)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Adams, E. N. – 1969
A language-learning system is described in which individual practice in the learning laboratory is the central activity, both of learning and of testing. The system includes as one component an audio/visual device controlled by a digital computer. The system is designed to achieve a high quality of instruction by good management of the student's…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Instruction

Obanya, Pai – System, 1978
An experimental year of oral testing using the language laboratory at Victoria University is described. A new first-year 12-credit course is primarily a language course based on audiovisual/lingual methods. The content, evaluation, and administration of oral expression tests and performance tapes are covered. (SW)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education

Plastre, Guy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Starting from the premise that the assessment of second language learners' competence is a must at several points during the learning process, discusses the usefulness of laboratory testing. Argues that it allows for standardized testing, facility of test administration, easy scoring, objective measures, reliability and validity of results. (MES)
Descriptors: English, French, Language Laboratories, Scoring

Dahms, G. R.; Ciceran, A. J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
Discusses the planning, preparing, assessing, and evaluation of language laboratory technology and pedagogy. (AM)
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Higher Education

Haggstrom, Margaret – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
Provides an overview of the most widely used methods of classroom oral testing, as well as evaluations of their practicality and conformity to the goals of communicative teaching and testing. Also described are ways the video camera and task-based activities have successfully been used to make oral testing a more realistic communicative…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), Interviews, Language Laboratories
Dannerbeck, Francis J.; And Others – 1975
This paper describes the University of South Carolina's self-paced FL program, which was designed to help overcome language program weaknesses relating chiefly to college textbooks. This program uses conventional college texts accompanied by special learning activities packets. Three self-paced programs, in Spanish, German, and French, are…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Language Programs, Independent Study, Language Instruction
Pond, Karl S. – National Association of Language Laboratory Directors Newsletter, 1967
Claiming that the actual learning of basic language skills takes place in the language laboratory, the author states four requisites for effective use of the laboratory: (1) a clear statement of specific objectives, (2) instructions for the student, (3) realistic objectives, and (4) student rewards. Testing, learning theory, applied linguistics,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Laboratory Equipment
Bourque, Jane M. – 1976
This presentation attempts to describe the current situation of French language instruction in the United States. As far as materials are concerned, there is a general tendency to emphasize communicative skills. Less attention is paid to literature, and more to the day-to-day activities of young French or Canadian people. Textbooks are generally…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Educational Technology
Mackey, William F. – 1967
This book is addressed to language teachers, teachers in training, school inspectors, local education authorities, and researchers. Its three concerns are the analysis of language, method, and teaching. Under language analysis, attention is directed to language theory, description, differences, and learning. The section on method analysis begins…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis
Stack, Edward M. – 1970
The basic mechanical functions of the foreign language laboratory described in this report enable utilization of authentic target language, linguistically effective learning devices, visuals, and facilities for monitoring and testing. Brief descriptions of 11 laboratory functions include: (1) isolation (physical, acoustical, and psychological),…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Equipment, Educational Technology, Facilities
Byram, Michael, Ed. – 2000
This encyclopedia of language teaching and learning is an authoritative handbook dealing with all aspects of this field of study. It has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals, but can also be used as a general reference work for academic studies at a postgraduate level. A comprehensive range of articles on contemporary…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Bilingualism, Curriculum Design, Language Acquisition
Willetts, Karen – 1992
Increasingly, technology is incorporated into second language teaching and learning both in and out of classroom situations. The computer alone has many capabilities for enhancing language learning, but when combined with other technologies, the possibilities multiply for information retrieval, interactive audio- and video-assisted learning, use…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cultural Education
Lindell, Ebbe – Didakometrie und Soziometrie, 1968
This report presents the working model for a study to evaluate methods of teaching German in Sweden. The study, which has construction, revision, and normalization phases, involves researchers, textbook authors, publishers, teachers, and students (including a student control group). The questions to be considered are: (1) What verbal intelligence,…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, German, Interference (Language)