Web-based materials for learning languages
The following projects, led by faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have developed instructional materials for learning less-commonly taught languages. All of the materials are available for educational use by other academic institutions.
Indonesian
Indonesian Language Project (ILP)
Ellen Rafferty
Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Twenty multimedia, listening-comprehension lessons for students of Indonesian, ranging from the intermediate-low to the advanced level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) listening proficiency scale. The lessons are based on authentic clips from contemporary Indonesian television and films. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Request password to view lesson demo
- Request institutional license to download the Indonesian Language Project lessons (coming soon)
Japanese
Learning Through Listening Towards Advanced Japanese Proficiency
Junko Mori
Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
A project at the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER) at Pennsylvania State University that makes available digital video clips of speech samples that can be incorporated into intermediate or advanced level Japanese language courses. These video clips have been developed from unscripted, spontaneous interviews and conversations with various Japanese speakers.
Russian
RAILS: Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages and Literature; now at Temple University
A full year’s listening comprehension curriculum in Russian. Twenty-four lessons for intermediate students of Russian designed to help students reach the advanced-level in listening proficiency, as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines. The lessons focus on topics related to Russian history and politics are based on excerpts from videotaped interviews with prominent Russians such as politician Irina Khakamada and director Marina Goldovskaya, and excerpts from the films Solovky Power and The Children of Ivan Kuzmich, directed by Goldovskaya. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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