G’morning folks:
The audio from Language Lab Unleashed, episode #21, is now available for your listening pleasure. We had a great conversation ranging from the roots of language learning anxiety (and how it’s different from other kinds of learning anxiety) to how to overcome it in the classroom. Right-click here to download or use the audio [...]

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September 6, 8 p.m. EDT LLU #21: Language Learners and Anxiety:
Elaine Horwitz, University of Texas-Austin, on anxiety and second language learning as well as her recent book “Becoming a Language Teacher:A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching” Dr Horwitz’ work was recently highlighted in Inside Higher Ed as well as [...]

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This week, Felix and I are joined by special guest Jen - our fabulously talented sound engineer - for a discussion on professional-level audio tools and software. Check below for links to products we mentioned … enjoy!

Skype Call Recorder ($14.95)
Conference Recorder ($14.95)
Quicktime Pro ($29.99)
Audio Hijack Pro ($32)
Hot Recorder ($14.95)
Pamela ($12.95 - $36.95)
Nicecast ($40)
Pro Tools ($295 [...]

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Happy Tuesday everybody! Here’s this week’s episode:

(or right-click here to download the file.)For this week’s episode, Felix and I reviewed several free and/or open-source audio recording tools for your use:

Audacity
DL Recorder
GarageBand (Mac OS X only)
Audio Recorder (Mac OS X only)
Windows Sound Recorder (Windows only)

We also mentioned a couple of free audio conversion tools: Switch (for [...]

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Hi folks!
We’re back from vacation and (making our way towards) getting caught up. For Tech-o Tuesday #2, I’m joined by our co-blogger Felix for reviews of four web-based audio tools that require no special software installation: Skypecasts, Chinswing, Odeo, and Yackpack. I also mentioned in the show that we’d post a link to third-party tools [...]

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