Intermediate and Advanced

On-Line Materials for Intermediate Japanese

Development of exercises to accompany the textbook An Integrated approach to Intermediate Japanese (Miura and McGloin). Site (Password required).

Transpoetika

Pilot project for the development of a CD-ROM study edition of Ivo Andri`s "The Devil`s Yard" with multimedia resources including the full text, glossary, concordance, audio recording, excerpts of Bradi`s stage production, and a biography of Andri. In collaboration with Toma Tasovac (Princeton University).

Japanese Literary Textbook, Phase I

Development of the first in a series of volumes of an anthology of twentieth-century Japanese literature for third- and fourth-year Japanese language classes. Each volume, 40 to 60 pages in length, will contain an English introduction, text with fuigana and annotations, text without kanji reading aids, and readings of each text. The first volumes includes: three pieces from Kitsunetsuki by Tawada Yoko; Saka no ue no yami by Tomioko Taeko; Tomo yo by Hayashi Kyoko; So Gyoga no namida by Inoue Yaushi; and Yume juya by Natsume Soseki.

SCOLA Video and Audio for Upper-Level Japanese

Development of listening comprehension modules based on SCOLA broadcasts focusing on U.S. news reporting for use in upper-level Japanese instruction.

The Holocaust: An Italian Perspective

Development of a Web site devoted to texts and films on the Holocaust in Italy and intended for students of intermediate and advanced Italian.

Rencontres multiethniques, part II

Development of a Web-based module for intermediate French on social interactions and among ethnic groups in France today. The module includes interviews with young Parisians, a multicultural "notionary" (a compendium of cultural notions from different perspectives), a glossary of colloquial, and related print materials expressions