audio-activeadj.
/ˌɔːdɪəʊˈaktɪv/, U.S. /ˌɔdioʊˈæktɪv/, /ˌɑdioʊˈæktɪv/ Now rare (perhaps disused).
Of an approach to language teaching: providing an opportunity for students to listen and respond, typically through the use of audio equipment in a language laboratory; (of such equipment) that allows the student to hear his or her own voice clearly by means of electronic amplification.
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scholastical?a1475
scholastic1483
maieutic1656
maieutical1678
demonstrative1805
peripatetic1890
free activity1929
hypnopaedic1932
show-and-tell1945
audio-active1958
programmed1958
audio-lingual1959
mother tongue1960
immersion1965
distance-based1979
1958 French Rev. 31 438 Since the matter of hearing oneself properly appears to have particular significance as a training factor, the builder of Wayne's [language] laboratory..has created a transistor-powered receiving and audio-active instrument.
1963 AV Communication Rev. 11 36/1 Audioactive (adj.), listening-speaking practice; also facilities in which students are equipped with headphones, preamplifier, and microphone by means of which the student's voice is amplified and carried simultaneously to his own headphones as he speaks.
1964 J. B. Hilton Lang. Lab. in School vi. 80 The headsets can be audio-active or not at the wish of the pupil.
1968 Jrnl. Assoc. Teachers of Russian 17 4 In an incredibly short period we have shifted the emphasis of our teaching from ‘traditional’ attitudes to an audio-active approach.
1975 D. L. Forrester in P. S. Green Lang. Lab. in School 6 The student's situation is essentially the same as in the simplest audio-active lab.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1958