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>Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:15:54 -1000 (HST)
>From: Daniel Tom <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6569 Language Learning Machines?
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Susan,

This is what one of our Chinese professors told me:

The Chinese name in Taiwan is Yu3yan2 wen2zi4 xue2xi2ji1.

Try the following sites:
http://www.vbest.com.tw/chinese/product/product_m.html

http://www.mxic.com.cn/index-mxic.asp

Vendors for Language Learning Machines (Yu3yan2 xue2xi2 ji1)
http://shopping.yam.com/sale/sale.asp?sale_id=7307

http://members.hknet.com/~bpi/product/xxj.htm

Daniel Tom
Language Telecommunications, Resource & Learning Center
University of Hawaii
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On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, LLTI-Editor wrote:

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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]>
> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >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
>