The teaching of languages is increasingly an important factor in training for technology. Language skills complement technical and engineering training. The better trained technician or engineer will most often be able to speak and communicate effectively in one or more international languages such as English, German, Japanese, French or Spanish. This is extremely useful in career promotion and also for continuing learning opportunities. Often in the workplace technical personnel must refer to English based manuals for detailed information on procedures and technology.
One challenge schools must overcome is that the pace of language training is growing so fast that it is difficult to keep up with the development of qualified teachers who can properly instruct the students and get them to apply their knowledge. Teaching students to be fluent in conversational levels can be very difficult and time consuming.
Labtech has designed numerous language labs in order to meet the challenges of today’s language instruction. These language labs bring a powerful multimedia approach to language training. They use the traditional audio approach in training along with integrating video sources into the training material. This makes language learning more interesting and also takes the learning to a higher level by introducing original native speakers as a sound source example.
A further advantage to the Labtech Language Lab is the inclusion of a full featured classroom management system (CMS) that allows teachers to control the classroom computing environment. This system works within many hardware configurations including N-Computing and enhances the teacher’s ability to deliver language learning material to the students.
Because our language learning platform integrates with other classroom management features, students are able to learn more as teachers can focus their efforts on teaching and content delivery. The combination of audio and video enabled by Labtech language labs enables students to better understand how people behave in different environments, and also obtain a better understanding of the underlying culture which is critical to understanding the foundation of a second language. Students are thus able to learn using a holistic approach to language acquisition and are thus more comfortable using their newly acquired language skills in the workforce.
