language laboratory

American  

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.

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language laboratory British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of language laboratory

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

In 1987 he joined Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, Calif., as director of its computer language laboratory, where he initiated the standardization of the C++ programming language.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2013

Students spend 45 minutes a day in a language laboratory or "chambre de torture."

From Time Magazine Archive