This article addresses the question, "Does the introduction of a language laboratory improve the functioning of a given teaching method?" Four experiments with the language laboratory are described and analyzed: the Keating and Lorge experiments in New York, the Jalling experiment in Sweden, and the Freedman experiment in Great Britain. These…

This article discusses the relationship between audiovisual methods and pedagogical strategies, or between technology and instruction, in second language teaching. Currently, the relationship between audiovisual methods and language instruction is one in which the audiovisual component is subservient, and plays a supplementary rather than a…

Describes a laboratory structure based on the open classroom model, consisting of various "skill stations," such as the "listening comprehension and pronunciation station," and designed to allow for flexibility, stimulation, variety, and contact between teacher and student. (AM)

Discusses recent studies giving conflicting answers, mostly unfavorable, to the question of whether the language laboratory is effective. Also, it is argued that children learn their native language by a process very different from foreign language learning and that research on the stages of language learning is urgently needed. (WGA)

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

Discusses how the audio-tutorial system originated, how it is currently implemented at Purdue University (independent study sessions, general assembly sessions, and small assembly sessions), and some factors which may determine the effectiveness of its application. (VT)

Nine applications of the ordinary language laboratory to the training of simultaneous translators. Functional and technical descriptions of each application are given. These modes of interpretation practice in a university setting substitute for the more sophisticated facilities used by major professional schools. (AMH)

Using concrete examples, it is shown how the language laboratory can be used for preparation for and follow-up of discussions (e.g., of the British educational system). This is meant to be an alternative to the customary use of the lab for language drill. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This article describes the development and use of an audiovisual center at the University of Trieste in Udine, Italy. The hardware and software of the Center are described in detail. The courses in French, Spanish, Russian, English, and German are listed. (Text is in Italian). (CFM)

The third in a series of the Journal of Educational Techniques and Technologies surveys showcasing state-of-the-art learning laboratory systems. Distributor and end users of this system answer questions about its features and use. Distributor responses are in interview form; end users' responses are in tabular form. (Author/LMO)

Assessment of the effectiveness of workstations teaching English-as-a-second-language content, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions through an adventure film found that the workstations were highly motivational and stimulating, while their effectiveness depended on the students' individual learning styles. (Author/CB)

Classifies several kinds of readily available foreign language computer programs. Most of the programs fall into either game/activity or testing categories. In all the programs, feedback to the student who has made an error is limited. Sees the computer as a specific information resource in self-directed learning programs. (SED)

This article describes how the system for coordinating the teaching of its beginning languages works at the Department of European Languages and Literature at the University of Hawaii. As well, it describes how some of its procedures have involved and affected the local high school and college community. (Author/RK)

Describes a college language program in which modern feature films in German are used as the core material in the curriculum. (RL)

Revised version of a lecture presented November 28 in Norderstedt and December 12, 1972 in Kiel, West Germany. Reviews findings of the Pennsylvania Foreign Language Project and the European Symposium on Work with the Language Laboratory in a Media Context, March 2-3, 1972 in London, England. (RS)