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>Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:25:22 -0500
>Subject: Re: #7843 Language labs without carrels?
>From: Henry Wilmer <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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Hi,
We have a labs with cutaway dividers between the carrels - like a
horizontal "L" with the lower part away from the wall/computer. This allows
kids to collaborate face-face, but if they want, they can also bury their
heads forward if they want to concentrate. Works okay, but not great, but I
do like the more open feel to the space, especially when we're teaching and
the kids are not working so independently. In testing situations, we spread
the kids out so they are less distracted by adjacent muttering.
H
On 3/14/05 1:08 PM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:23:31 -0500
>> Subject: Language labs without carrels?
>> From: jrodriguez <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Language Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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> Dear All,
>
> One option that our department is considering in remodeling our
> language lab is to eliminate carrels, but several faculty have
> expressed concern that in doing so we will leave the students open to
> the distraction of what is going on at the station next to them and
> make it difficult for them to make clear audio recordings that don't
> pick up their neighbors voice.
>
> Does anyone have experience with a carrel-less lab? If so, is
> distraction an issue? Is poor quality of audio recording an issue? If
> so, are there work-arounds?
>
> 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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