language labs
Tongue-learning facilities
Language labs are classroom facilities equipped with audio or video technology for practicing foreign languages.
Students work in individual booths with headphones, listening to native speakers and recording their own pronunciation for comparison.
Once cutting-edge in the mid-20th century, traditional language labs have largely given way to computer-based and online learning tools.
- headphonesWearable speakers for ears
- audio boothEnclosed space for sound capture
- recordingsStored audio or video
- tape recorderCaptures sound magnetically
- pronunciation guidesNotation for spoken sounds
drills · reel-to-reel · phonetics · booth · voice · self-paced · fluency · microphone · pedagogy · software · tape · TESOL · cassette · repeat · speech recognition · interactive exercises · instructor · listening
- audio learningaudio lessons, audiobooks, podcasts, lectures, listening comprehension
- educational programsadult education, continuing education, extension courses, online courses, e-learning
- Language SchoolsFrench classes, group classes, private lessons, grammar courses, immersion programs
- language toolsdictionary, translation, translator, thesaurus, grammar books
- Learning Activitiesquizzes, flashcards, drills, practice, experiments
- language educationbiliteracy, immersion, literacy skills, reading, immersion school
language labslecture halls
Rooms for academic addresses
lecture theaters · auditoriums · seminar rooms · assembly halls · reading rooms
language labstotal immersion
Completely surrounded or engulfed
living abroad · immersion programs · study abroad · homestays
language labstutoring sessions
Individualized academic instruction appointments
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