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Language Laboratory: Curriculum and Resource Development in English Education
Language Laboratory: Curriculum and Resource Development in English Education
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Curriculum and Resource Development in English
Education
Language
Laboratory
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Language language
Laboratory To listen to model pronunciation
To record and do self
assessment and correction
To learn at one’s own pace
Components:
Hearing booth
(cubicle)
Language Console
Laboratory
Control room
Types:
Conventional
Language Linguaphone laboratory
Laboratory
Computer assisted
Multimedia hi-tech
Merits:
Improves language proficiency
Better attention
Language Effective learning
Laboratory
Immediate feedback
Self pacing
Privacy
Demerits:
No scope for reading and writing
Accommodation of more than 20 students
not possible
Language Costly
Laboratory Lack of availability of competent native
speakers
Difficulty in installation
Difficulty to get efficient, trained teachers
Significance and relevance:
Helps use of technology effectively
Helps acquire a sensibility for the
Language sound patterns in a language
Laboratory Supports learner autonomy
Allows participant privacy to speak
and listen