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From LaGuardia CC / City
University of New York:
Here at LaGuardia Community
College, we have had the Linguatronics system in place since
June, and it has been an outstanding success. It is so much
more flexible than our old tape lab, where all the students
could do was listen and repeat drilling exercises. As you
can imagine, trying to keep students focused for an entire
hour of drill work was next to impossible. Now, with the new
digital lab, not only can we have students do drill work, we
can have them do pair work, group work, record themselves
giving presentations, work with the Blackboard system and so
much more. The students love it, especially the random
pairing and group work functions. Classes are much more
lively, with a greater interaction between students and
students and lab instructors. Students also like that they
can record themselves practicing a presentation and listen
to it immediately. Also, using the instructor broadcast
feature, students can present to the entire class, using
PowerPoint or showing web pages. Professors have remarked
that students are actually looking forward to going to the
lab, something they've never done before. We have also used
it to play VHS tapes and DVDs. In fact, we had a Media
Studies class in the lab. The lab not only allows students
more freedom, it encourages creativity amongst the faculty:
we have people incorporating Blackboard in their classes
more and more, knowing that their students can come here and
use the lab. I've also used the pairing/group function to
have students give each other feedback. Overall, I cannot
say enough about the Linguatronics lab. It is a lot of fun
to work with. -
Sean Palmer, LGCC Lab Manager
From Mission College /
California: Genesis' effectiveness as a
language learning tool is wonderful! Although nobody is
required to use the lab, the number of faculty who would
like to use the lab to teach their classes exceeds the
capacity.
It's a great system. I spent over a year
researching the field and finding this system. Then I
went about getting buy-in from faculty, staff and
administrators and shaking money from trees. We are
very happy with Genesis and Linguatronics.
- Marsha Chan, ESL Lab
Coordinator
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