The Sanako Study lab is so great! It is so easy to use and the students really make such noticeable progress. This is definitely much better than any other lab that I have used before. Sanako takes the frustration out of using a language lab. I highly recommend them!

Sanako has become an integral part of our World Language program. Through the interactive digital tools and activities available, our students have become active and engaged 21st Century language learners. They
can practice their language skills in a nonthreatening and technologically comfortable environment. They can observe, make predictions, and
solve problems in real-time using authentic material. They can receive instantaneous feedback about their communication skills. The students love it because it is fun. The teachers love it because instruction can be tailored to meet the individual needs of the learner. Sanako has helped reshape how World Languages are taught in our school.

After thoroughly considering other language lab options over a three- year period, Holliston High School and the Robert Adams Middle School decided to choose Sanako Study 1200 to help students meet its demanding oral proficiency requirements. Students and foreign language staff at Holliston are thrilled with their brand new Sanako lab. No other digital environment provides students with the just-in-time learning opportunities afforded by a language lab in which they may perform both formative
and summative assessment measures. It is the interactive nature of the
lab, the real-time measure of correction during performance that makes
the language lab stand above all other digital environments in scaffolding student learning. Certainly, other digital platforms may be useful in performing summative assessments of students, but it is the formative side of assessment that leads to improved student achievement.

We have had the Sanako Lab 100 for the last 12 years and have been very pleased with it.

After 13 great years of using the Sanako Lab 300 language laboratory system at The Benjamin Upper School we are now ready to move towards a new Sanako virtual system for our language lab needs.

“We feel that we’ve just scratched the surface with regard to all the possibilities for language teaching afforded by the Sanako Study 1200 Lab. We had our first training in the spring and a follow up training this fall. So, we’re just at the beginning. Meanwhile, we’re continuing to be amazed about what’s possible as we use the system daily. We especially look forward to using the new lab to administer the Advance Placement® Exam. We keep learning new ways to present lessons to our students and new possibilities for group activities.” Deborah Cody’s students already feel that the Study Lab 1200 has helped them learn a language. “It’s a good monitoring system; it keeps us on task.”

“We wanted an ability to facilitate the work, especially in situations where for example, you have 25 students and one teacher,” he explained. The school also wanted to have technology that would not replace teachers, but would help them to be more efficient and allow them to more effectively monitor students and their work. With these considerations in mind the school selected Study 1200 to drive its languages program. For Spanish teacher and Milford District Languages Coordinator Ed Connolly, practice, particularly in oral exercises is important in learning a language. “It gave my students the opportunity to use languages. If you have a large class like we have here, how often do they get a chance to use the language? Sanako allows them to talk for a few minutes and it allows me to later on monitor how they are doing.”

It’s not only the teaching staff and administration at Foran High School who are full of praise for Study 1200 and its many possibilities. Students are also more excited about learning in this environment. 17-year old Jo Marie said she has found that working with Study 1200 has helped her develop the confidence to speak out loud in the foreign language. “In the beginning I was very nervous and self-conscious about how I sounded. The more I practiced the easier and more fun it has become. You learn how to use the language as well. This gives you the opportunity to hear yourself speaking with others and to answer questions.”
Students are also more excited about learning in this environment.

This sums up the potential of the Study 1200 software best when he points out that Study 1200 makes teachers more effective – preparation, delivery and management of the class take less time, and creates more time for actual teaching. “I can have 28 students do an exercise in 4-5 minutes which before would have taken an entire period, look how much time you can save! “Sanako”

“The Sanako language lab has done wonders for us, as we now have the ability to dramatically increase the number of interactive speaking activities that students are able to complete. We can simultaneously record up to 32 student conversations, simplifying greatly the time and effort it takes to practice and evaluate recordings. Instead of constantly purchasing audio cassettes, we can easily download student MP3 recordings to a flash drive, another PC, or burn to a CD and evaluate as time permits. Additionally, our students have enjoyed using the internet to look up cultural information and to stream audio and video, and then immediately turn around and record their findings in spoken form.“