Computer labs for language learning

Michael Schmitt (mike@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de)
Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:08:12 EST

To all professors, lecturers und students*

* (this news is mainly addressed to people maintaining a language learning
computer lab, but not all of them may have access to the internet)

The Roman Institute at the University of
Koblenz-Landau, Germany, wants to contact schools, universities and similar
institutes for exchanging experiences in the following fields

- using computer labs for language learning (especially French)
at schools and at universities
- using and evaluating French learning software

and for

- exchanging addresses and public domain software

In order to get an overview first we would like you to give the following
information:

- Who is responsible for your computer lab?

name of the institution/person + address (if possible
e-mail address)

- What kind of computers do you use?

number of computers, their properties: processor, memory und
hard disk drive capacity, CD-ROM (?), sound card (?),
network (?), additional features for language learning
(e.g. tandberg network)

- Which standard software do you use?

operating system (+ graphical user interface),
network software, common applications

- Which learning software do you use?

name, short description (1-2 lines), publisher's address

If you send us any kind of information about your local computer lab for
learning French, we will send back to you a summary of all replies and
a description of the computer lab at the University of Koblenz

All answers should be send to:

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wirt@informatik.uni-koblenz.de
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Thanks for your attention

Michael Schmitt

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