EDU 205.

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Curriculum and Resource Development in English Education

Language
Laboratory
Submitted to: Submitted by:

Dr. Anita Mathai Sneha Anitha Jacob

Ms. Jyothilakshmy R. Nair No. 8, English Optional
Titus II Teachers College, Tiruvalla
  Also known as:
 Digital language lab
Language  Multimedia language lab
Laboratory
 Language media centre
 Multimedia learning centre
  What it is:
 An audio visual installation

Language  Used in modern teaching applications

Laboratory  A space for foreign language learning
 A time-tested way to sharpen spoken
language skills
  Objectives:
To enable one to:
 Practice and assess speech in a language
Language  To listen to model pronunciation
Laboratory
 To record and do self assessment and
correction
 To learn at one’s own pace
  Components:
Hearing booth
(cubicle)

Language Console
Laboratory
 Control room
  Types:
 Conventional
Language  Linguaphone laboratory
Laboratory
 Computer assisted
 Multimedia hi-tech
  Merits:
 Improves language proficiency
 Better attention
Language  Effective learning
Laboratory
 Immediate feedback
 Self pacing
 Privacy
 Demerits:
 No scope for reading and writing
 Accommodation of more than 20 students not
possible
Language  Costly
Laboratory
 Lack of availability of competent native
speakers
 Difficulty in installation
 Difficulty to get efficient, trained teachers
  Significance and relevance:
 Helps use of technology effectively
 Helps acquire a sensibility for the
Language sound patterns in a language
Laboratory
 Supports learner autonomy
 Allows participant privacy to speak
and listen