Welcome again to "LLTI Highlights," a column featuring summaries of selected discussions which have taken place on the LLTI-the Language Learning and Technology International listserver. This electronic forum is being used by an increasing number of language lab professionals to discuss issues relevant to their everyday work. For info rmation on how to subscribe to the LLTI, see the end of this column. NOTE: The listserv address and the LLTI address have changed. The new listserv address is

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... serv@ li s tse rv.da rtmouth.edu The new LLTI address is Il ti@d artmouth.edu See the subscription section for information on using these addresses. T he discussions summa rized here have been paraphrased; any o missions, errors or misinterpretations are mine. For each topic, the number in parentheses which follows it was ass igned by Otmar Foelsche, LLTI moderator. This number can be used to facilitate a search of that topic in the LLTI archive. (At the time this column was going to press, changes were being made to the procedures for searching the archives. Look for instructions on searching the archives in LLTI postings and the next issue of this column.) I'm sure that this topic was record-breaking in that there were 50 (!) postings made. I don't recall any previous topic receiving so much attention on the LLTI. It must have struck a nerve! Not only were 50 m essages sent in, but this topic spawned a second, related discussion with the heading "Not length, not content, but medium," generating an additional 11 postings. These discussions were deemed by m ore than one reader to be some of the most valuable ever taking place on the LLTI. The tape got rolling, so to speak, w ith LeeAnn Stone's request: "Would like to get your feedback on an issue that has long been discussed (actually, complained about) among lab 89