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Abstract

To call a spade a spade, language laboratory is one of the important tools to hone the four basic skills ‘Listening’, ‘Speaking’, ‘Reading’, ‘Writing’ (LSRW) of English language. The audio-visual mechanism of a language laboratory along with software’s play a pivotal role to develop the skills of the language learners. Language laboratories are not only paramount for the pupils those who are pursuing engineering courses but also for the common learners of English language. To talk turkey to come out with triumphant in the job market, business world, the necessity of effective and professional communication in English is at the crest. This paper enlightens the effectiveness of language laboratory, and its application by the language trainers to enhance the skills of the learners of English language for effective communication in the professional field. This paper also zeroes in on the modern tools used in a language laboratory, kinds of language laboratories, amenities of a language laboratory, and the usages of virtual language laboratories for the language learners those who are pursuing language courses through distance mode of education and the future of the language laboratory for developing the basic skills of English language. The methodologies of language laboratory have been emerging continuously and the new trends, tools of the modern language laboratories shall help the learners to be proficient in terms of grammar, kinesics, vocalics, haptics, proxemics, business communication and technical writing along with the four basic skills of English language to a tee.

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