Costless Portable English Language Lab: A Solution for the Institutions of Higher Education Having No Language Lab

Abstract

The lack of the English Language Lab in the institutions of higher education namely the University of Kinshasa, the National Pedagogic University, and the Teacher Training College is the main problem of this article. The latter attempts to answer this research question “what should be done to solve the problem of lack of the English Language Laboratory in the University of Kinshasa, the National Pedagogic University, and the Teacher Training College?” To answer this question, an investigation was conducted in order to find out an English Language Lab which is costless. The data were collected through the interview and browsing. The interview aimed at finding the number of the second-year students and make sure whether they use mobiles or not. The browsing aimed at finding out the modern language labs that can be easily used by both lecturers and students in the departments of English letters and civilization at the University of Kinshasa and the National Pedagogic University and also in the department of English and African Culture at the Teacher Training College of Gombe. The analysis of the data revealed that 93.9% of the second-year students use mobile and these mobiles can help create a costless portable language lab. This costless portable English language lab is the answer to the research question.