Language labs
In the French university where I teach English, the old style, cassette language labs haven't all yet been replaced by the new multimedia ones with the audio files on a server. We have one that uses cassette tapes, and one that uses the really old, 60's style spools.

My predecessor encouraged students in the cassette lab to bring their own tapes so they could listen to them at home. Those who still live with Mum & Dad could usually dig out a tape player from somewhere, but it didn't half make me feel old to watch 18 year olds trying to work out which way to put the cassettes in the machines, and they didn't get the concept of fast forward and rewind.

In the end, I digitised all the recordings with Audacity, uploaded them to a server and got the students to download them.
(lolwhites, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 13:23, 4 replies)

OOH! Nostalgia alert
Zis is Longman Audio Visual French
Published and copyright by Longman Group Limited
Nineteen Seventy Sree

DAAAH
DAAAH
Da da da dah
Da-da da da da dah!
Da-da da da da DAH da da DAH
Da-da da da da dah!
Da-da da da da dah!
Da-da da da da DAH DAH da-da-da-da-da-DAH!

Ecoutez eeeeeeet repetez!
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:12, closed)

Just me then
I'll get my coat
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:46, closed)

When I taught French, we used the old fashion speaking method to teach
I found that students skive off any recordings (except for French in Action with Mireille).
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:31, closed)

My school is equally arcane.
We have exactly the same set-up, or at least we did in 2009 anyway.
( Awk Industries is actually a helic- NO, STAY BACK SHARK!, Wed 10 Nov 2010, 19:40, closed)