2in1: Language & Computer Laboratory

   Usually every school especially senior high school has computer laboratory and language laboratory which has different function of course. In language laboratory students usually use a headphone, look at the monitor and listen to the teacher and to the dialogue or story that played. In the other side in computer laboratory students can use the computer for studying about the programs that they learned, use the headphone and listening to the music, or maybe browsing if there is internet connection and it is not forbidden to be used for students.

            Then the question comes up, why don’t we choose one of them? It will spend a lot of money if the school has the language laboratory and computer laboratory at once. Both of those facilities use computers and it will take high school budget to pay the electricity. Well that question maybe can be asked in my college SSE, where there are three computer laboratories and all of them can be used and in good condition. So we can consider which one that will be more useful and more effective to help students in learning.

            In my opinion, I prefer to choose only the computer laboratory than both of computer and language laboratory. Because computer laboratory has more function than thee language laboratory. In computer laboratory we can study about computer programs in computer subject and also we can listen to the dialogue or story or the teacher if we are in language subject. What we have to provide is only a room, unit of computers, LCD, projector and the internet connection.

            in language subject, the students or the teachers will need programs which can support the language learning activity, especially in listening session. In the computer laboratory students can brows to open a website which provides material for listening session. It will be more fun I think for students in learn about listening session. Also in computer laboratory which provides projector and LCD students can watch video or movie and listen to it. It also can be useful for their learning processes. With all of those things I think we already can do the learning process of both of those subjects. Then it will be more effective and efficient, won’t it? Then we can name it as “Computer and Language Laboratory”