Language Training of Adults Using Motion-Picture Film Loops

Maxwell A. Kerr

High motivation of adults to learn new languages, plus reduction of learning time, is the promise of a new method of spoken language training. It uses short (15 s to 1 min) 16mm sound film loops, plus multiple soundtracks (optical and magnetic) operating through a multichannel sound projector-viewer. The student-trainee wears a stereo headset with microphone and post-lip syncs his voice to the actors shown on the screen. He then becomes his own monitor-corrector by stereo headset comparison of original (optical) soundtrack and his (magnetic) soundtrack.

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Published
1970-06
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J10676