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--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:55:33 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5607.1 Private Pronunciation (!) >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Minimizing sound reflections and echos in the room can help. Installing carpet on the floor and acoustic surfaces or panels on the walls and ceiling can make a big difference. Eliminate hard surfaces in the carrels as much as possible. Derek > --- Forwarded Message from Daniel Tom <[log in to unmask]> --- > > I'm not sure how enclosed you desire the carrels to be. However, > we have custom built carrels that do dampen the sound. The > partitions between our carrels are approximately 2 inches thick and > are filled with fiberglass with a perforated metal surface. They > extend 18-19 inches above the desktop of the carrel. There is also > a front panel 1 inch thick made of the same material as the side > partitions which extends 12 inches above the desktop. If the > student wearing a headset with microphone sits with their head > inside the carrel, then there will be a relatively soundproof > environment. However, if a student speaks very loudly, the student > will be heard by others. Also if the student sits away from the > desktop outside the area contained within the side partitions, the > sound will not be dampened. > >> --- Forwarded Message from "Cahill, Linda E." <[log in to unmask]> >> >> Does anybody have furniture or a technique or a structure for >> enclosing a carrel so that students have a relatively private, >> soundproof area to practice pronunciation in their language lab? Derek Roff Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 505/277-4804 fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask]