Students generally prefer "custom-made" laboratory tapes, as opposed to "traditional" commercially supplied tapes. (LG)

This article describes the use of an immediate, repetitive replay recording system. Photographs and text describe the system and its combination with another system to achieve the desired listen/record/compare sequence. (CHK)

In adopting a taped foreign language course, whether purchased or self-made, one must consider goals, organization of learning units, type of exercises, language correctness stimuli, age appropriateness, and (for self-made courses) pause length, voice alternation, tone quality, speed of talking, and lesson length. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Advocates increased use of language laboratory facilities. Suggestions for improving the acoustic and pedagogical quality of recorded materials are made. (PMP)

Describes the experience of some EFL teachers in producing a slide-tape program of practice drills in forming questions. (KM)

A test was conducted with Japanese students learning English as a second language to determine the most effective language laboratory system. Three systems, two types of instant playback systems and one long delay playback, were compared. The instant playback methods facilitate learning more effectively than long-delay playback. (CHK)

Discusses general strategies and specific devices to motivate intermediate and advanced students to use the language laboratory frequently and efficiently. Suggests types of materials most effective for language laboratory use. (PMJ)

This paper discusses the history of language laboratories. It was Edison's invention of the tin foil phonograph in 1877 that made the first language laboratories possible. It was used for a foreign language class for the first time in 1891. At first, records were mainly used to preserve rare languages, but in the late 1800s and early 1900s,…

The article encourages the use of the language lab and gives creative suggestions for student activities under teacher direction. (NCR)

Part 1 appeared in numbers 18-19, 1972. (DS)

Foreign language study at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in Budapest aims to develop the ability to use the language as a native would in a particular business or profession, and to help the student become fully aware of the political, historical, sociological, and geographical background of the foreign country and the…

Advocates the use of dictation in teaching English as a second language. The steps in preparation, administering and correcting classroom dictation are outlined, and a method of organizing material on a language laboratory tape is suggested. In this procedure, students administer the dictation and correct it themselves. (CHK)

Discusses the use of compact cassettes in the context of individualized foreign language teaching in laboratory work at the university level. Presents and comments on some technical data regarding the relative merits of cassettes v reels. (IFS/WGA)