Multimedia language lab: the need of the hour

This paper attempts to describe the gap between manipulative classroom drills and the demands of the lecture halls. Language lab is designed to help the student to develop certain basic skills in mastering the language. The paper also briefly explains the importance of the role of the lab instructor in the total lab program, and the possibility of better correlation between classroom activity and lab activity. The language laboratory is suggested as a possible testing ground for a synthesized approach to language teaching.

The psychological concept of learning goes far beyond learning directly from teacher or learning through study. It does not refer only to learning of skills or acquisition of knowledge but also refers to learning to learn and learning to think. On the basis of this concept we can make a ground where technology can help us to make our students how to learn learning and how to learn thinking. Especially when we talk about language skills, we must use technology deliberately for the betterment of learners in their learning process. Due to the impact and influence of information technology on society and education computer assisted language learning is becoming the trend in foreign language teaching. Language teaching activities are intended to bring all about language learning.