Digital Language Lab Solutions, 2nd edition (By browsing in CALICO, 13-01-11)

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© 2007. The great diversity of available digital language lab programs makes for a bewildering array of technical specifications, requirements, and product features. The purpose of this volume is to sort through these details as comprehensively as possible to allow informed decisions to be made about their acquisition. Packaged as a PDF file on a CD-ROM. An overview of the modules can be viewed online.




Jack Burston, Editor

Jack Burston, ed.



Digital Language Lab Solutions contains the following modules.



Thirteen digital lab products are evaluated in this volume. They are organized into three broad categories.



•The first consists of those whose major function is that of providing instructor control over, and communication with, student workstations: NetSupportSchool and SynchronEyes.

•The second group focuses primarily on providing various types of audio recording functionality: Dartmouth College Language Recorder/DLWeb, LangLab, and Wimba.

•The third, and largest. group is that of the full-fledged language lab programs: LEM/Spe@ker, LogoLAB, CAN-8, SANAKO Forum 100, ReLANPro, SANAKO Lab 300, Genesis, and SANS Virtuoso/Soloist.

To facilitate product comparisons, all chapters follow the same format. Each is divided into two main parts: description and evaluation. The descriptive portion of each chapter begins with a “Product at a Glance” summary, followed by a detailed product description. The evaluative portion of each chapter focuses on the strengths and shortcomings of each product, followed by a summary scaled rating of essential features. The volume concludes with a glossary of technical terms.



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