language laboratory

noun

1. a special room or rooms with sound-recording and -reproducing equipment for use by students to practice speaking foreign languages, usually with an instructor monitoring the program.

language laboratory

noun

1. a room equipped with tape recorders, etc, for learning foreign languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of language laboratory¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

"We hope that by identifying the neural bases of developmental language difficulties we may help increase awareness of a major, but also rather unrecognized, disorder," says the study's lead author Michael T. Ullman, PhD, professor of neuroscience and director of the Brain and Language Laboratory at Georgetown University Medical Center.

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These interactions build “structure and connectivity in the brain,” said Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

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It works with the Brain and Language Laboratory for Neuroimaging at Gallaudet, led by Laura-Ann Petitto, whose research has found that sign and spoken language are processed by identical brain tissue.

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WSU researchers at the Speech and Language Laboratory are working on methods to improve the early identification, diagnosis and treatment of a number of communication disorders, including those associated with autism spectrum disorders, stuttering, and specific language impairments.

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"We had not expected this interesting finding. It makes us wonder whether some children with autism might also show related strengths, as yet unrecognized," study senior author Michael Ullman, director of the brain and language laboratory at Georgetown University Medical Center, said in a university news release.

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