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--- Forwarded Message from jrodriguez <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:02:32 -0400
>Subject: Re: #7684 designing a language learning center from scratch
>From: jrodriguez <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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I am happy to see this topic brought up, as my department is in the
same place as yours, David. Our current lab is near the end of its
useful life, and we are considering the possibility of moving many
traditional lab functions into smart or modified smart classrooms.

We are in the very preliminary stages of planning, and what I have
asked our faculty to do is imagine what they would like to *do* in the
lab rather than what equipment they would like to have. We have an
ancient--and virgin--Elmo, and I believe that we probably would have
not bought it if, last time around, we had started with a wish list of
activities rather than hardware.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you all on this subject.

Cheers,

Janice

Janice E. Rodriguez, MA
Instructor and Director, Language Lab
Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Albright College
13th and Bern Streets
Reading, PA 19609
610-921-7714
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On Friday, October 29, 2004, at 01:30 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from David Weible <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> From: David Weible <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: designing a language learning center from scratch
>> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:01:47 -0500
>
> I know this topic has come up in the past -- repeatedly, if I'm not
> mistaken. But that was then and this is now.
> It seems to me that the proliferation of ancillary CD-ROMs accompanying
> text books and web-based instructional materials, not to mention other
> internet resources have all weakened certain aspects of traditional
> language lab functions. Trying to project these trends into the future,
> what do you see to be the strengths now (and tomorrow) of instructional
> technology in foreign language learning. To put it another way, if you
> were starting from scratch, what are the component elements of such a
> unit which you would regard as essential and/or highly desirable.
>
> In particular, what can and should be provided by such a unit which
> would not already be available in a computer lab, or, for that matter,
> on one's own home computer?
>
> Among other possibilities, how do you feel about:
> live foreign language audio, video
> speech recognition
> speech evaluation (programs which attempt to compare a learner's
> pronunciation to a given model
> on demand use by individual students
> use by classes
> locally developed CALL materials
> use for second language acquisition research purposes (important to us)
>
> Any and all feedback on this will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Weible
> Associate Professor and Acting Head
> Department of Germanic Studies (MC 189)
> University of Illinois at Chicago
> Room 1530, University Hall
> 601 S. Morgan St.
> Chicago, IL  60607-7115
> Tel: 312-996-3205, Fax 312-413-2377
> www.german.uic.edu
>
>
>
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