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>Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 13:52:25 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum             <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Language Learning Machines?
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We have a couple of Chinese instructors here that want their students to 
purchase "language learning machines" along with their textbooks, and 
they've asked me to try to find a couple of vendors.  I don't know what the 
correct name of the equipment is--"language learning machine" seems like it 
may be a direct translation from Chinese, but not necessarily the correct 
title.  Apparently the sole function of this equipment is to record 
segments of audiotapes onto a computer chip, which will then repeat that 
one segment over and over and over until it's erased by the user. The 
benefit of the equipment is perhaps that it's small enough to carry around 
and weighs less than a laptop.

Does anyone have any experience with the so-called language learning 
machine?  Does it work, and how well?  And does anyone have the name of a 
vendor or two?  Thanks.

Regards,
Sue