Language laboratory classroom

By Azys Syaiful Anwar

Language laboratory is a place where the language learners are able to study language more precisely and enjoyable. In the language laboratory, pupils mainly study listening comprehension which is focused on audio learning resources. It means that they are introduced to some utterances and spoken language conveyed through an audio or audio-visual media.

Teaching language must be different with teaching other subjects. Teacher needs to emphasize the use of language features correctly, especially in writing section. However, in the listening and speaking comprehension, the use of correct grammatical structure can be ignored. Spoken language tends to be spontaneous. Moreover, spoken language may happen in any situation, it isn’t planed and organized well.

In a language laboratory class which demands more about speaking and learning comprehension, students can improve their language mastery by understanding a conversation. From a dialogue, they may obtain new vocabularies related to utterances, greetings and reduced form of words. Therefore, they are not only able to understand the structure of the sentences but also understanding how to speak and giving feedback to a situation.

Since mastering language isn’t easy things to do, teacher needs to commit some efforts to improve students’ ability in learning language. Language laboratory provides the learning solutions. It facilitates students in comprehending language. Teacher needs to wisely arrange good language laboratory activities that involve students in giving feedback/responses in the learning process.