Language laboratory

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History

Language laboratory is a very popular technical innovation which is derived from America, although its use had gained ground rapidly in the United Kingdom in 1960s. It is a self learning device which provides opportunity to the students to hear the language spoken by a native and to practice speaking the language themselves. Thus, it is a supportive device of teaching-leaning like other audio-visual aids, but it cannot replace the teacher, rather can be considered as an innovation technique for language learning.

Definition:

According to Dictionary of Education, "Language laboratory is a special facility used particularly in the actual oral-method of language teaching and offers each learner a seperate Booth connected with a central station which can receive his speech, record it for him to play back and also provide other listening models of language. "

Sections

Generally, the language laboratory is a special classroom for language teaching. It includes three sections-

• Teaching equipments, audio-visual apparatus, tape-records, programmed instruction material etc.
• Workshop for preparing the apparatus of laboratory and preparing instructional material.
• Operation room or teaching room.

Prominent features of digital language lab

Digital language lab is a tool designed for teaching any language and it helps one to learn pronunciation, accent, stress and all other aspects of the phonetics of a language. Following are some of the prominent features of a language lab-

Auditory oriented:

The direct sound transmission gives step by step guidance from the teacher to the students with crystal clear clarity.

Better attention:

The lab software is more attention enthralling for the students, where they are engaged with individual systems.

Comprehencsive quickly:

The language lab system increases the pace of compression as students coaching is purely based on the level of study.

Damper the idea:

The language lab regulates through the different thoughts created in the mind of the students.

Effective learning:

The language laboratory provides to learn the foreign language practice in a focused setting that eliminates the feelings of self-consciousness.

Special features of language laboratory

1. In a language laboratory, one of the more salient features is the convenience of working at his own speed. In it, a slow worker does much retracing than a fast worker.
2. In modern language laboratory there is also a facility of material selection provided to students as they can select and use the apparatus according to their capacity.
3. In language laboratory there is a control centre, called the console where the instructor equipments are located.

Language laboratory

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