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>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:13:48 -0500
>From: "David Flores" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7311 Language "Lab" or "Resource Centers" Regained



David Flores
Director: Language Learning Center
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
Ph: (410) 617-5230
Fax: (410) 617 2859

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>Date:         Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:07:40 -0500
>From: Katherine Sharnoff <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Language "Lab" or "Resource Centers" Regained
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>cc: Katherine Sharnoff <[log in to unmask]>

In recent conversations with faculty at various institutions, I have heard
about colleges and/or universities that have "lost" their language "lab"
facilities only to find that they really need them.

We are looking for the reasons that people have used to justify their
language resource facilities.  For example, what needs does the facility
meet that simply serving materials from a server does not?




At Loyola our LLC includes a video viewing room and a growing film collection. Professors regularly schedule movie showings for their students. While this could be accomplished at a librarby, a dedicated room is more convenient and ties up less resources.

I also strongly believe that having a dedicated facility is much more conducive to certain types of activities than simply serving content to a student's room: in particular, a student will be less inhibited in practicicing pronunciation drills if he finds himself in a dedicated lab where other students are doing the same than he will in his dorm room while his roommate stands next to  him making fun of him, or in a lab that is not exclusively used for language learning where he might feel self-conscious about disturbing others.