University of Chicago

Digital Dictionaries for Less Commonly Taught Languages of Pakistan

Development of digital lexical resources with audio files for Khowar, Pashto, and Towali, minority languages of northwest Pakistan. In collaboration with James Nye (University of Chicago), Wilma Heston (University of Pennsylvania), and Inam Ullah (independent scholar in Pakistan). See also Summer Pilot Project.

Serbian/Croatian Reader--Phase III

Proposal seeks support to continue work on Serbian/Croatian Through Fiction

Summer Pilot Project for Khowar and Torwali Dictionary Development

The summer pilot project will enable the principals to prepare for a larger proposal to the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning in October 2001.

Preparation of data--both lexical entries and audio files--for on-line Khowar and Torwali dictionaries.

Serbian/Croatian Reader--Phase II

The proposed project is an intermediate level textbook, entitled Serbian/Croatian through Fiction: An annotated Chrestomathy for Intermediate -Level Students. This book is dedicated to the goal of a literary cultural approach to the teaching of language at the intermediate level. Designed for use in the second year course at the University of Chicago, it could also be used in independent studies or reading courses...It combines a comprehensive discussion of essential grammar with the best of contemporary literature.

Second Phase involves updating first 15 chapters (of 30 total), selecting the remaining passages, obtaining releases from the authors/publishers of the newly selected passages, and compiling the computerized glossary and bibliography of authors.

Recordings of Native Speakers for Aural Proficiency in Spanish Classes: Cara a Cara

This project will allow the taping of segments for Cara a Cara in Buenos Aires, Argentina during winter quarter, 2000. Taping in Argentina would provide key opportunities to expand upon the projects general themes by illustrating examples of authentic speech and settings in a Latin American context. The Argentine component could be used by both Latin American Studies and Spanish Language instructors as a teaching and study-abroad orientation resource in the college.

Attic Greek Syntax

The aim of the project is to create modules for an intermediate syntax of Attic Greek; the end product will be a website, integrated with existing primary and secondary sources on the internet.

Multimedia Chinese Character Tutor

Development of a computer-based character tutor (Zi Xué Hanzi) with traditional and simplified characters, male and female voices reading characters, English definition, pinyin and Yale romanization, animation in correct stroke order, and the ability to record student pronunciation and compare it with native speaker pronunciation. A CD-ROM (Macintosh platform).

Speech Acts in Context

Development of a phonetics manual for elementary and intermediate French students. With Catherine Collet-Jalard.

Arabic Script HyperCard

Investigation of computerized writing tablets for learning Arabic script. The project director has retired.

Italian Oral Proficiency Interview Training

Matching grant for oral proficiency interview training for fifteen teachers and graduate students.