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Blacquiere, Arie – Aspects of Educational and Training Technology Series, 1992
Reviews trends in language instruction and the use of language laboratories in South African higher education from 1962 to 1990, paying particular attention to racial differences and the movement from an audio-lingual method to a communicative language technique. Questions the wisdom of equipping institutions with sophisticated hardware without…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Seferolu, Glge – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
This study aimed to find out whether integrating accent reduction software in advanced English language classes at the university level would result in improvements in students pronunciation at the segmental and sup-rasegmental levels. The study made use of a quasi-experimental research design. Two classes at the Department of Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Linguistic Input, Experimental Groups
Little, David, Ed.; O Meadhra, Bebhinn, Ed. – 1991
A seminar sponsored by the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics on the role of media and media technologies in second and foreign language learning is reported. The organization of this report reflects the program of the seminar. Four plenary papers established some broad applied linguistic perspectives and presented an overview of recent…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction
Costamagna, Lidia – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
Emphasizes the importance of pronunciation in the teaching of Italian as a second language and discusses a course in phonetics and phonology taught at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy. Common difficulties are highlighted, and lab exercises to overcome these difficulties are provided. (27 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Italian
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Raby, Francoise – ReCALL, 2007
This study was carried out in a language centre, in French higher education. Teachers and researchers had contrived a pedagogical system labeled guided autonomy which combined class attendance in groups and self-study in the self-study room. This kind of autonomous and technologically enhanced learning system will be referred to as CAALL (Computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Bensoussan, Marsha – 1994
A study at Haifa University (Israel) investigated the feasibility of a diagnostic test for dyslexia at the college level, among students studying English as a Second Language (ESL). This process and the development of remedial ESL reading materials for this population, to be used in the language laboratory as a supplement to regular ESL courses,…
Descriptors: College Students, Dyslexia, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Freudenstein, Reinhold, Ed. – 1967
Four articles, written in German, discuss such aspects of the language laboratory as: teaching pronunciation in the laboratory (Heinrich Schrand), the dummy-element in transformational grammar (Helmut Heuer), testing in the language laboratory (Kenneth S. Leigh), and language laboratory work in Finland (Roland Freihoff). Nine book reviews on…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Book Reviews, Foreign Countries, German
Kilickaya, Ferit – Online Submission, 2007
This study aimed to explore the effect of computer assisted language learning (CALL) on the undergraduate students' achievement on the TOEFL exam. The study was designed as quasi-experimental research. The participants in the study were 34 sophomore students in the Department of Foreign Language Education in Middle East Technical University. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Undergraduate Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries
Baker, J.; Hung, Y. Y. – Online Submission, 2004
Recently, there has been a large amount of research in the area of self-access language learning (SALL) showing that students around the world react favorably to SALL (Gardner and Miller, 1997; McDonough and Shaw, 1993; Richtcrich and Chanceril, 1980; Sheerin 1989; 1991). There have even been a few reports showing positive results with students in…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Independent Study, Positive Attitudes
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Wagener, Debbie – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2006
The paper examines the potential for developing independent learning skills using the digital language laboratory with particular reference to exploiting the increasingly available resource of digital video. It investigates the potential for recording and editing video clips from online sources and digitalising clips from analogue recordings and…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Language Laboratories, Independent Study, Second Language Learning
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Danaher, Mike; Danaher, Patrick – Language Learning Journal, 1998
Examines the benefits of language laboratories for learning Japanese. After reviewing related literature and selected issues on educational technology, the article presents results from a survey of Australian college students using a language laboratory. Overall, students appreciated and were positive about the language laboratory, though some had…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Lumley, Tom; O'Sullivan, Barry – Language Testing, 2005
Performance in tests of spoken language can be influenced by a wide range of features of both task and participants. This article hypothesizes that there may be effects on performance attributable to an interaction of variables such as the task topic, the gender of the person presenting the topic and the gender of the candidate. In contrast to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Audience Analysis, Oral Language
Helot, Christine – 1989
The role of the language laboratory in current language teaching and learning is discussed. Four main aspects of audio technology and its relationship to language learning are covered: (1) the technological aspect: what a language lab is and what kinds of labs are available in Ireland; (2) the research aspect: what kind of research is being…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audio Equipment, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Stratil, Marie; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Discussion of computer-assisted language learning highlights a British study with elementary, secondary and university Spanish language students that incorporated speech synthesis and interactive video. The Multifacet Language Laboratory is described, software used is explained, student and teacher reactions are discussed, and a sample of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Developed Nations, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wen, Chun-fu – Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences, 1989
Describes study of college freshmen in Taiwan that was designed to investigate whether the use of television in the language laboratory would affect attendance, scores, and student attitudes toward the second language class, the instructor, and the teaching materials. Positive effects of TV on the attendance, scores, and attitudes of students in…
Descriptors: Attendance, College Freshmen, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
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