Week Three Blog: Language Labs
This article is about teaching
English to students in Fiji, since English is seen as a “supreme mode of
language”. Without communication people cannot function in school or the
workplace, which is what the article is focused around. The article also mentions the four-macro
skills of English language that must mastered to achieve competence. To deploy
these skills, Fiji education is implementing language labs. In these labs,
students will utilize products such as: wireless headsets, microphones, and
multimedia to help students learn English. These labs will be “…useful to assess students' speech. It provides students with
the technical tools to get the best samples of enunciation the language. The
electronic devices used in the laboratory will stimulate the ears and eyes of
the learner to acquire language easily and quickly. The collection of ICT tools
in the laboratory is designed to assist learners acquire and maintain aural
comprehension, oral competency, written proficiency and cultural awareness.”
There are
different types of labs for learning English:
a.
conventional lab: tape recorders
to learn pronunciation
b.
lingua phone: students are given
headphones to listen to audio and block out external distractions
c.
computer-assisted language lab: use of
computers to teach the language
d.
multimedia high-tech labs: language
learning software
I think having
language labs is a great idea to assist students in learning how to
communication effectively in English. Incorporating technology into the
learning process of language has proved to be very efficient and effective. When
I read the title of language labs, it made me think about science labs, which
are used all the time in science classes and are effective. Also, have the four
macro types of lab can provide students will incentive to work their way up
through the levels to show improvement.
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