Use of Language Lab in English Language learning/teaching

Use of Language Lab in English Language learning/teaching

Introduction of technology In Language teaching/learning

Emerging technologies make it practical to approach learning in ways that have been advocated by scientists, theorists, and educational psychologists for years.  Advanced information technologies such as virtual reality, visualization, digital modeling, digitization, simulation, games, virtual worlds and intelligent one-on-one tutoring systems dramatically enhance teaching and learning of elusive concepts by translating abstractions into real-world contexts and providing customized instruction and individualized assessments.  To realize the full potential of this technology and to ensure its pervasiveness in all institutions of learning and training, we must undertake a long-term, large-scale effort to research, develop, test and disseminate tools for building advanced learning systems.

Pedagogy of learning through technology

I Assimilating what has been learned

These are generally guided exercises. They are used to help students assimilate grammatical and lexical structures, as well as phonetics. They consist of the following:

-Repetition Exercises  (Word Pronunciation, Sentence Pronunciation).

_ Substitution / Transformation Exercises (Sentence Practice, Grammar Practice).

II Putting the rules into practice

These are guided exercises. Their objective is to highlight specific functional components within a language:

_ Reflection on the organization of sentence components (Word Order).

_ The use of vocabulary and grammar in fill-in-the-blanks exercises, which require students to analyze a sentence in its entirety in order to place the correct word (The Right Word, Fill-in-the-Blanks).

-Vocabulary practice with association exercises, which consist of matching a word with its synonym, antonym or a related image (Word Association, Picture / Word Association).

_ Reflection on vocabulary or grammar using texts or lexical groups, in which students must identify words belonging to a specific grammatical or lexical group (Words and Functions, Words and Topics).

III Mastering the language The objective of these types of exercises is to put the acquired knowledge into practice through written expression. The exercises consist of:

_ Guided expression, consisting of the transformation of context (Text Transformation).

_ Semi-guided expression, in which it is necessary to write texts based on an image or video, or to write a summary of a longer text (Written Expression).

Strategies of Teaching/Learning

Learner can respond at ease for communicative mode of teaching. Communicative method for learning languages combines extensive, high-quality content with flexible and interactive multimedia technology. This comprehensive language-learning method can act as a total solution for self-teaching, as well as a teaching support to formal courses. Through a wide range of activities, a variety of skills are aimed to develop in a learner. A learner needs to communicate: oral and written comprehension, as well as oral and written expression. It also addresses the concepts of grammar, lexicon, phonetics and conjugation. In order to achieve this objective, there are three possible Learning Modes:

The Guided Mode offers a step-by-step study course. Organized into Learning Paths, this mode focuses on the acquisition of functional language patterns across a broad spectrum of themes. In this mode a learner at lower intermediate level can learn pronunciation, grammar, functions of words and vocabulary by applying and practicing the rules.

The Free-to-Roam Mode gives a student the option of learning by topic or by linguistic skill. This mode is