A PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE USE OF LANGUAGE LABORATORY FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING /LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH) IN NIGERIA

The paper argues that teaching and learning of language whether local or foreign such as English, may be effective only with the use of good language laboratory. This is because it is in language laboratory that production and point of production of the spoken aspect of language are observed and noted. Thus, the paper examines the relevance of language laboratory in this regard. Also, it notes the place of the written aspect of language and how it is handled in the laboratory. The beneficiaries of the language laboratory have also been identified and mentioned. The paper concludes that the two forms of language (spoken and written) can effectively be learned only when the use of language laboratory is taken seriously; of course with the support of the authorities concerned.