Speech delivered at the national convention of the Department of Audiovisual Instruction (DAVI) of the National Education Association (NEA), April 29, 1969, in Portland, Oregon. (DS)

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)

Presented as a paper at the meeting of the National Association of Language Laboratory Directors (NALLD), New York, New York, December 28, 1968. (DS)

Suggests that the 16mm. Pennsylvania films with the "Viewer's Guide are the best, most complete tools presently available for formally and informally teaching good laboratory and attendant materials usage. Films were prduced by Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. (DS)

Distinguishes between true programs, which are self-instructional, and pseudo programs, which are not. Stresses importance of language teacher in development of true language programs. Bibliography appended. (FWB)

Describes how the outdated language lab at Houston Baptist University was renovated and updated. Discusses the university's language internship program which grew out of the renovation. (EKN)

Gives history of use of language laboratories in second-language learning and suggests ways to make time spent by language students in the language laboratory more worthwhile. Claims technological advancement needs effective hardware combined with an understanding of how students learn languages. (Author/BK)