Suggestions are made for the achievement of an interesting and successful language laboratory to the student as well as the instructor. (RM)

A study is reported examining language and learning laboratories as they exist today in United States colleges and universities. The study is based on 89 responses to a questionnaire sent to 150 institutions. The type of facility, the technologies available, the disciplines served, and the organizational structures established are examined.…

The language learning room planned for the French Language Training Center proposed for Simon Fraser University is described. It is planned to accommodate a variety of pedagogical philosophies and programs--lockstep audiovisual, lockstep audiolingual, individualized audiolingual, and other tried or experimental approaches. (Author/RM)