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>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:41:41 -0400
>From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #8051 Boosting lab attendance/Sanako
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Hi, Sue.

I responded to a recent thread on language labs in general, with ideas 
about how our lab gets used. The lab manual audio is mostly done out of 
the physical lab, at home or in dorms, so that is not an issue for us.

Speaking tests are important and several courses use the lab for this, 
as well as the local SPEAK testing (and now the Spanish state teacher's 
cert. exam). The Sanako system does this particularly well.

Instructors like the idea of assigning recordings to students. Go to the 
lab, record a speech/dialogue/interview with native speaker, and save it 
to the shared drive, where the instructor can collect everything on one 
CD. This function of course could be done by a tape lab or any voice 
recorder + shared drive system. But it does make for a lot of walk-in 
traffic.

The text synch function of Divace gets used in creating cloze exercises 
from video clips or songs, or by students in the translation courses 
getting a taste of subtitling. These are usually in-class exercises but 
some of the translation students also use it for a final project.

Classes wanting to use the lab are many, to the extent that I would like 
to be able to have another Sanako classroom. Language-lab functions like 
pairing for conversation are enhanced the possibility of the shared 
drive or web for serving complementary role-playing exercises to the 
students or having them compare each other's work; teachers can develop 
exercises which can be used by many sections and from year to year or 
term to term.

Of course, it can be a lot of work for me! But it seems as though there 
is always something new.


Judy



LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> 
>>Subject: Boosting lab attendance/Sanako
>>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:42:31 -0400
>>Thread-Topic: Boosting lab attendance/Sanako
>>Thread-Index: AcXVLHOqGKMRSUg4S86U8B3WqQ8apgARrJ+w
>>From: "Susan Breeyear" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum"
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> I'd like to hear from people who have adopted Sanako as their lab system and
> have been using it for awhile.  Have your instructors adapted to it quickly?
> Has the use of the system boosted your lab attendance?  Is the whole system
> being fully utilized, or are only parts of it being used? If so, which parts?
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> Sue
> 
> Susan Breeyear
> Assistant Director, IT
> Instructional Technology Services
> St. Michael's College
> Box C, One Winooski Park
> Colchester, VT 05439
> 
> 802 654-2821




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