Genesis, and the Languages and Cultures Classroom/Lab at Indiana University:
For many years, contemporary language labs have been under-utilized, in part because students can accomplish most lab-type activities on any up-to-date computer...  Bearing in mind the typical underuse of language labs, as part of Indiana University Northwest's declared emphasis on cultural discovery and learning, the Modern Languages Department designed a classroom/lab, a hybrid form meant to maximize both the use and effectiveness of what a language lab offers. In this space, students comfortably view the teacher and interact with each other, without the significant physical barriers of traditional labs. The lab is filled with students and teachers throughout the day and early evening. With Genesis, instructors are able to integrate lab elements into their traditional classroom approaches, selectively employing language lab software tools, audio-visual materials, headphone/microphones, web sites, word processing, etc., to enhance their preferred pedagogy. Our Genesis classroom/lab promotes dynamic teaching approaches, real-life content, and active student learning. And we believe that such a classroom/lab would be valuable in nearly any academic discipline.  

Adrián M. García
Lab Coordinator / Department of Modern Languages - Indiana University Northwest
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Genesis at The School District of Lancaster:
I am absolutely pleased with the Genesis system and your company!  Thank You.

Robin L Batista
Foreign Languages - School District of Lancaster
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Genesis at Baylor University:
I am pleased to report that all is well with the Genesis system at Baylor University. The professors are very pleased with the capabilities and ease of use—and Mr. Dooley and I are pleased as well!

Jim Hare
Language Acquisition Center - Baylor University
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Genesis at LaGuardia CC / City University of New York:
Here at LaGuardia Community College, we have the Linguatronics system, 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
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Genesis at 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. We are very happy with Genesis and Linguatronics.

Marsha Chan, ESL Lab Coordinator
Mission College


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