Harvard University

WebSpeak

The WebSpeak project team will use the newly released Macromedia Flash communication server MX (MFCS) to develop web-based oral communication activities that, until now, were not technically feasible.

Russian Songs for Beginning Russian

Development of materials on twelve Russian songs for use in first-year Russian, including recordings, lyrics, and comments on pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and culture.

Czech Materials

Development of Czech language materials: grammar exercises based on Michael Heimâ€™s Contemporary Czech, a manual for Czech proficiency listening and reading skills, and grammar reading and dialogues based on Heimâ€™s text, and selected annotated literary readings from Capek, Havel, Klima, Kundera, and Lada.

Russian Reader VI

Development of the Reader for Advanced Level Students of Russia, with glosses, stresses, exercises, and audiotapes. The reader includes Shwarts's "Dragon," Akhmatova's "Requiem," Kazakov's "Blue and Green," and th film "A Scarecrow."

Illustrations for First-Year Russian Textbook

Illustrations for the locally produced textbook for elementary Russian.

Electronic French Course with Stanford University

Development of a collaborative experimental computer-based intermediate French course with task-based language learning using e-mail.

Multimedia Supplement for "Neznakomec"

Development of a multimedia supplement Natalia Chikov's story "Neznakomec" used in intensive elementary and intermediate Russian. The multimedia supplement includes a recitation of the text, written exercises, and reading of the exercises.

Chinese: False Beginners

Development of a new textbook for heritage learners (false beginners).

Video for Intermediate German

HyperCard programming for the videodisc Die Dame aus Amsterdam and selections from the video series Deutschlandspiegel.

Advanced Russian Workbook

Development of a workbook for Slavic 103, Advanced Russian, integrating reading, vocabulary, and gramar.