Reports on the lab's activities as a center for the development of university language lab courses and for research into contemporary oral colloquial French, a part of the applied linguistics research area, and a center for the development of a language lab grammar for Zurich German. (RM)

Discusses an experiment in freer language laboratory use in which oral communication was elicited with the help of illustrations, vocabulary, and a model. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This compilation of selected articles from the "TESOL Newsletter" is devoted to various practical aspects of teaching English as a second language. The following articles are included: "In a Word...,""The Functional Approach to Language Teaching,""A Challenge to Traditional Teaching of Reading: A Thirty Year-Old Methodology Repudiated,""Tak (Th)em…

A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, COMPILED BY A CLASSROOM SPECIALIST IN THE DIVISION OF INDIAN EDUCATION IN ARIZONA, WAS PRESENTED. THE MATERIAL WAS ALSO RELEVANT FOR OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS. INCLUDED WERE PUBLICATIONS ON INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, TEACHING TECHNIQUES, LANGUAGE LABORATORIES, ADULT EDUCATION, SECONDARY…

THIS EXPERIMENT COMPARED MERITS OF FOUR COMBINATIONS OF AUDIO-ACTIVE, AND RECORD-PLAYBACK ARRANGEMENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH LANGUAGE LABORATORIES FOR 120 SOPHOMORES MATCHED ON FIVE PREDICTIVE MEASURES. ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES, GRADES, AND RATINGS BY THREE INDEPENDENT JUDGES WERE STATISTICALLY ANALYZED. BEST PERFORMANCE WAS ACHIEVED BY THE…

AMONG THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE AFFECTED FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING PERHAPS ADVERSELY, THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY EXEMPLIFIES WELL THE EMPHASIS PUT ON TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICS AND THE TENDENCY IN OUR TIME TO "TRAIN" A PERSON RATHER THAN TO "EDUCATE" HIM. THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY CAN BE USED TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP AUDIOLINGUAL SKILLS, BUT IT IN NO WAY…

IN ORDER TO INFORM ADMINISTRATORS AND PURCHASING AGENTS OF THE MINIMAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE SIMPLE, YET EFFECTIVE INSTALLATION OF A QUALITY LANGUAGE LABORATORY, THIS GUIDE OFFERS BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS, GENERAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS, BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS, AND REPAIR SERVICES. THE TEACHER CONSOLE AND STUDENT POSITIONS IN THE…

PART ONE OF THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES HELP IN THE TWO CRITICAL AREAS OF MASTER TAPE PREPARATION AND DUPLICATION. SUPPLEMENTED BY NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS OF EQUIPMENT AND DUPLICATION TECHNIQUES, THE BULLETIN DESCRIBES MASTER PROGRAM DUPLICATION USING LANGUAGE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, A PROFESSIONAL MASS DUPLICATOR, A TAPE RECORDER, A RECORD…

IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, RESEARCH IN STRUCTURAL LINGUISTICS, AND NEWLY-DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN LANGUAGE-TEACHING METHODS. TO ACHIEVE AN IDEAL METHOD, THE POSSIBILITIES INHERENT IN THIS PROGRESS MUST BE EMPLOYED, AND THE…

CONCENTRATED FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME INSTITUTED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. REASONS INCLUDE--THE REALIZATION THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN OTHER LANGUAGES, THE U.S.'S PIVOTAL POSITION AS A LEADER IN THE WORLD, AND THE GENUINE INTEREST AND AWARENESS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE…

THE ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ONE INSTRUCTOR CAN TEACH TWICE AS MANY STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME, WITHOUT IMPAIRING THE QUALITY OF STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT, BY MAKING EXTENSIVE USE OF THE MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING LABORATORY IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH CLASSROOM ACTIVITY. THE OBERLIN COLLEGE STUDY CONTINUED FOR 4 YEARS. THROUGH USE OF A VARIETY…

RECENT TRENDS IN EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED ARE PRESENTED. PROVISIONS FOR GIFTED STUDENTS ARE TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND, HOWEVER EMPHASIS SHOULD BE SHIFTED FROM MERELY PROMOTING THE NEEDS OF THE GIFTED TO SOLIDIFYING THE GAINS ALREADY MADE IN THIS DIRECTION. ENRICHMENT BRINGS NEW DISCIPLINES INTO THE CURRICULUM, AND NEW COURSES ARE DEVELOPED IN SUCH…

A SURVEY OF 83.5 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA SHOWS THAT IN 1965 (THE YEAR THAT FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY WAS MADE MANDATORY IN THE SIXTH GRADE) ENROLLMENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K-8) WERE 573,355, COMPARED WITH 187,294 IN 1961, THOUGH FEWER STUDENTS WERE STUDYING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN GRADES K-4 THAN IN 1961. THE ENROLLMENTS IN…

An appraisal of the language laboratory attempts to clarify its purpose and its proper use. The first part of the article describes the various advantages of laboratory instruction, stressing the value of individual study and progress and the need for a "live" teacher. Types of equipment in a "Dialog" laboratory are explained and illustrated in…