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Almost as if in response to the Inside Higher Ed hatchet piece, there was
this article in Education Week:
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2010/01/08/02languagelabs.h03.html?intc=es
The article  begins:
"When students of Spanish teacher Sean M. Boettinger put on their headsets
in his Maryland high school's language lab, their concentration heightens,
he says. The up-to-date digital equipment, says the teacher, keeps them
engaged with teenage-friendly electronics, allows them to get more practice
listening and speaking Spanish, and, most important, blocks out
distractions...."
I hope the Inside Higher Ed columnist reads widely or that someone brings
this to his attention.
Best,
Ed

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