Language Laboratory (English)

Japanese: ランゲージ･ラボラトリー（英語表記）language laboratory

This refers to a language training room that uses educational equipment. It is usually abbreviated as LL. It was developed in the United States during World War II, mainly for foreign language learning in the military. For a long time, foreign language education in Japan was centered on reading and interpretation, and little emphasis was placed on training in listening and speaking. However, after the war, exchanges with the international world became more active, and the demand for learning a foreign language that could actually be spoken increased. As the performance of equipment such as tape recorders improved dramatically, LL became widely used in schools and other places, especially from the 1960s onwards.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

教育機器を利用した語学演習室のことをいう。普通LLと略称する。第2次世界大戦中のアメリカで，おもに軍隊の外国語学習用に開発されたものである。日本での外国語教育は長い間読みと解釈が中心であり，聞いて話すという訓練はあまり重視されてこなかった。しかし戦後，広く国際世界との交流が活発になり，実際に話すことのできる外国語学習への要望が高まるとともに，テープレコーダーなど機器の性能の飛躍的な向上にともなって，とくに1960年代以降学校などで広く普及するようになった。

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