INSUFFICIENT OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE EXISTS AS TO THE BEST WAY TO USE LANGUAGE LABORATORIES IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. THIS STUDY WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHAT PROPORTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SHOULD BE ALLOTTED TO THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY WHEN 80 PERCENT OF THE LABORATORY TIME IS AUDIOACTIVE AND 20 PERCENT IS AUDIOACTIVE-RECORD-PLAYBACK. ONE…

ALTHOUGH THE VALUE OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IS WELL ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, THE NEED FOR SUCH LABS IN SMALL "TEACHERS OF ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES" (TESOL) PROGRAMS IS NOT YET SO WELL RECOGNIZED. VALID OBJECTIONS SUCH AS GREAT INITIAL EXPENSE AND LACK OF SPECIAL PREPARED MATERIALS HAVE BEEN…

At Worcester Technical College, two new language laboratories are being planned to be more flexible and better suited to the needs of adult students. (EB)

Discusses Concordia University Colloquium in July 1981 whose theme was a renaissance for the language laboratory. The primary conclusion was that the language laboratory of the past is destined to become the open learning center of the future and that communicative drills must replace mechanical manipulations of language. (Author/BK)

Practically since their availability, a succession of audiovisual recording devices (e.g., reel-to-reel, VCRs, PCs) has been used to capture language samples, and myriad playback and broadcast devices (e.g., phonographs, radios, televisions) have provided access to authentic speech samples. The espousal of audiolingual theory in the 1950s brought…

Four systems for cataloging non-book learning aids are examined: AECT (formerly DAVI), LC, UCBLL, and RCAT. A table is given listing the order of cataloging elements, the size of each collection, the purpose, the medium (phonocords, magnetic tapes, etc.), the sources, the users, and the filing system. (SC)

A brief discussion of how pictures are used for drills in language laboratories. (HB)

REPORTS FROM SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE USE OF AND PLANNING OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES ARE PRESENTED. LABORATORIES SHOULD BE ARRANGED FOR FLEXIBLE USE. THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CAN USE A LAB PROFITABLY FOR 20 TO 25 MINUTES. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES THAT ARE DESCRIBED. THE SATELLITE LAB IS DIVIDED BY A…

THE MANY POSSIBLE VARIATIONS OF LANGUAGE LABORATORY SYSTEMS WERE DESCRIBED, AND RELATIVE ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF EACH WERE DISCUSSED. DETAILED GUIDANCE ON PURCHASING LANGUAGE LABORATORY EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH (1) DEFINITION OF HIGH-QUALITY SPEECH REPRODUCTION, (2) DISCUSSION OF TECHNICAL FACTORS WHICH AFFECT ITS ACHIEVEMENT, AND (3)…

Specifications are presented covering the components of electronic and electro-mechanical equipment, non-electrical materials for the teacher-student positions, and other items of a miscellaneous nature to provide for a complete, workable language laboratory facility. Instructions for the use of specifications are included for the purchaser,…

Lists 38 titles of work dealing with language instruction and language laboratories. (RL)