University of Pennsylvania

Development of Hybrid Course Templates for Greek and Latin

Video Clips on French Social Issues: A Tool for Practicing Listening Skills Outside of Class

Development of Audio-Visual Materials

Business Chinese Teaching Material Development

Kiswahili Listening Exercises Using Sunchronized Multimedia

Continued development of Web-based materials for Swahili with sound, images, and video. Topics include transportation, health, tourism, festivals, at the market, history, occupdatons, politics, religion, and education.

Advanced Chinese Reader

Development of a reader for fourth-year Chinese intended to meet students' interests in many different genres, topics, and periods of modern Chinese prose.

Analyzing and Diagnosing Second Language Acquisition in Online Chat Environments

This project intends to examine the communications between students and a native speaker in an online Chat environment at the end of German 102 in spring 2006. This project follows a similar project that was implemented in German 102, 2005. However, the proposed project will take a broader look at various aspects of communication related to e.g. vocabulary usage, proficiency, form, social interaction, feedback and self-learning. The chats from this project are envisioned as part of a data base of student texts that will furnish information on student progress at the end of Beginning German. The data will also provide insight into using new technologies in language learning contexts and in the value of online-based language acquisition.

On-Line Langauge Courses in beginning Turkish and Russian as Model for Distance Learning

This project will focus on development of two on-line language courses which address ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) standards (communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities) in foreign language teaching. On-line courses in Beginning Turkish and Russian (or another language) will allow to reach students from other universities to learn the language while working from home. As part of the project, we will create on-line lessons based on existing textbooks in both languages, and provide students with access to supplemental materials and teacher support. Courses will have specific start and end dates and are teacher-directed. The instruction is balanced between the thematic and communicative approach to learning a foreign language. (ACTFL) Teachers will review students' work via the BlackBoard course management system, monitor student discussion groups, provide support, and grade essays and compositions.

Pilot project to digitize audio, visual, and spiraled web interactive materials for the teaching of first year Yiddish (GRMN 4

I propose a pilot project to develop web-based materials to enhance the teaching of Yiddish language at Penn. I hope to hire a student worker to begin the process of editing media files and perhaps text files, to upload them to the media server, and to link these files to Blackboard, as well as to help me develop language assessment tools, threaded discussions, and other communication tools on Blackboard for first year Yiddish, GRMN 401/JWST 031 and GRMN 402/JWST 032.

Audio and Audiovisual Materials for Intermediate German Language Classes

Development of an audio and audiovisual library from current and authentic internet sources to complement intermediate language courses.