From Language Lab to Language Center and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of Language Learning Center Design

1. PresentationLanguage Centers in the United States have been reacting to disruptive changes for decades. What started out as technology-enabled listening and recording facilities with a clearly defined mission–the language laboratories–have evolved into a set of multi-purpose support, teaching, r...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/alsic,
Autor Principal: Kronenberg, Felix
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Alsic 2018
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Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:1. PresentationLanguage Centers in the United States have been reacting to disruptive changes for decades. What started out as technology-enabled listening and recording facilities with a clearly defined mission–the language laboratories–have evolved into a set of multi-purpose support, teaching, research, social, and hybrid spaces. In his keynote address, Dr. Kronenberg presents this adaptation process, its outcomes, and the current state of language centers and language center design in th...