Language Laboratory

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1983 Volume 20 Pages Cover1-
Published: 1983
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1983 Volume 20 Pages App1-
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1983 Volume 20 Pages Cover2-
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Dictation as a Testing Device : based on error analysis

Yasuko Hio

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1983 Volume 20 Pages 2-16
Published: 1983
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The purpose of dictation is to test the students' aural comprehension and spelling. Though often criticized, dictation has effectively been used as a testing device. However, some feel that dictation does not test much of the examinee's language abilities except for, perhaps, inflectional forms and spelling, because sounds, vocabulary and word-order are all given in a relatively short message read slowly. In fact, considering the redundancy of language, dictation seems to test nothing but spelling. In contrast, others acknowledge the validity of dictation from results of their own tests which show the high correlations between the scores of dictation and other language tests, such as vocabulary, grammar, composition, etc. Moreover, dictation involves not only passive but active skills demanding appropriate grammar application. Dictation results in informing the instructor of the examinees' overall language abilities. The purpose of this article is to validate dictation by providing support from an error analysis based on a dictation from the final examination for a freshmen English Listening Comprehension Class in the LL.

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Language Laboratory Learning : A trial to motivate students and keep their interest by using Response Analyzer RN-800

Mitsuaki Yoshinaga, Tsutomu Oyabu

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1983 Volume 20 Pages 17-29
Published: 1983
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When using a language laboratory, we hold the hypothesis that a language laboratory is considered as a practising device and teachers function as a motor device. Teachers, as the initiators, always seek effective methods that stimulate students and are the ones most responsible for the success of LL learning. Every day is a step towards a way of effective LL learning. This time we have used the text published by Seido Pub. Co. (Master English, An Oral Approach') and the hardware used is the Sony LL (Booth Recorder ER-88, Response Unit RN-830, Response Analyzer RN-800). Our experiment focused on comprehension check-ups and the aim of this report is to show how the students were motivated and interested in learning English through using Response Analyzer RN-800.

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Juncture-An Interplay of Several Features

Masaki Taniguchi

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1983 Volume 20 Pages 30-41
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The purpose of this paper is first to make a clearer definition of "juncture," second to examine briefly the sound features that signal the locations of junctures in utterances, i.e. the junctural cues, third to refer to some non-distinctive junctural contrasts that may be helpful in identifying different styles and dialects, and finally to examine some junctures that should be considered important in teaching English pronunciation to Japanese learners. The contents of this paper are almost the same as those of the oral presentation made by the present author at the 1982 annual conference of LLA, Kyushu Chapter.

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Tefl in the Secondary Schools : An Update

James R. Bowers

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1983 Volume 20 Pages 42-70
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Much of the statistical information from the 1980-1981 survey of English teaching in Japanese secondary schools was presented at the 20th Annual convention of the Japan Association of College English Teachers held at Waseda University in Tokyo on November 14th and 15th, 1981. The present paper is a much revised version of one published under the auspices of the Institute of Cultural Sciences of Meiji University [Bowers 19811 and contains comparisons with earlier surveys. The project was financed by a grant from the Institute of Cultural Sciences of Meiji University.

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1983 Volume 20 Pages 71-86
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1983 Volume 20 Pages 87-88
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1983 Volume 20 Pages 89-
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1983 Volume 20 Pages 90-
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1983 Volume 20 Pages App2-
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1983 Volume 20 Pages Cover3-
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