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This study is a discussion of a project that was conducted to explore the views of both teachers and parents regarding the extension of multimedia language labs in English language education. 8 junior high schools were nominated by Ministry of Education in Korea. In total, 59 teachers and 239 parents took a part in the survey on the variety of issues related to language training facilities. One of the main focuses of the study was on how teachers and parents think about extending multimedia language curriculum in the computer technology based facilities in order to fortify the effectiveness of second language learning. The results of data analysis revealed that participants showed a positive opinions on the extension of multimedia language labs in terms of learners’ second language development such as training speaking skill, encouraging learners’ involvement, and designing learner centered teaching materials. However, there were also other factors which may hamper the use of multimedia facilities such as lack of language contents, limited time and facilities for teaching in language curriculum, and relatively large numbers of students and so forth. Based on the results of the survey, several pedagogical suggestions on the effective use of language labs in secondary English language education are illustrated.
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computer-assisted language learning, multimedia language labs, English class
