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I would like to hear from anyone with a satisfactory solution to your
school's digital language lab needs. Do you have a carrel-based,
dedicated language lab (such as Sanako, Sony)? A multi-use computer
lab with language and recording software (which type)? Programs
running on laptops (which programs)?
Our language teachers' objectives involve delivering audio and video
content, recording, and playing back students' voices for partner work
and testing, including AP preparation and testing. Having used
traditional lab carrels, some object to trying laptops on the grounds
that the lack of carrels could increase distractions and strain
academic honesty during testing. If you do not have carrels, have
your teachers been challenged by these issues?
An ideal solution would be cost-effective, Windows-compatible, simple
enough to allow successful daily operation by faculty without tech
staff intervention, and would permit use of the computer hardware by
other groups than the language department.
Best,
Julia Tebbets
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