| Show us U. OF GIVES DIVES ATTENTION MM TO UTAH PHONETICS LAB ABI Prof Proto Q a. Oscar RuSS Russell of ot the Phonetics Phonetics Pho Pho- and Spanish d departments department of ot the University of ot Utah recently re received re- re d a request from the UnIversity University sit sity of ot California for Information concerning the Phonetics Laboratory at this university The University of California realizes th the value of ot systematic laboratory work to th the I student of the modern languages and has asked Prof Proto Russell ion lor i recommendations ai as to the tho most do de deI de- i a equipment for tor forthe the Phonetics Laboratory th they y are planning to cC I cs-I there Th Thy They y will be the third university to Adopt a laboratory method similar to the tho one ono in use I here I The Tho University of Chicago is now partially equipped d dw w with lh I and other for tor tho the same 1 i typo type of ot In Instruction that has now b been n be boSh been h ott offered r d at the University of or Utah for tor several years ears Pro Proto Prof Russell Installed tho the first equipment In tho the laboratory at tIl Chicago while teaching classes in Spanish Phonetics Phon f lea ics cf there r t-I t tIThe I IThe The University Of ot Utah was the I first to o use uso the laboratory cre method In the tho I Instruction rut to of modern lan gU tes Prof Proto Russell Introduced the method hero here several years II ago go usIng usIng us us- Ing an old phonograph and anel two dictaphones dic dic- dic that ho r resurrected from the garrot garret as his first equipment nt Since that time the laboratory has hns be been n gradually improved by tho the addition ad of ot new and tho the enlargement en enlargement en- en of ot quarters until now it plays a very vert Important part in the theIn In Instruction of modern languages at this university This system is eSpecially es especially eS- eS valuable in that It gives elves ea each 11 student an In oI opportunity to p participate par par- r- r actively In In conversation during during- U the entire class clus t period The Instructor can Cah then check u up on tho the pronunciation of ot his students by listening lie lis toning to th the records the they m made mede de of ot the tho laboratory lesson for tor that d day |
