GER - German

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.

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.

Vocabulary Acqusition with an Online Learning Resource

The Online Learning Vocabulary Project is designed to help determine whether or not students are better able to learn, retain, and use new vocabulary items through the assistance of an online testing program that incorporates audio and immediate feedback to student input. The goal of the project is to better understand how students learn vocabulary and which technological resources can assist them in acquiring new vocabulary. The project will take into account different learning strategies and styles that individual students use in learning vocabulary and examine the use of online audio and assessments as a means for enhancing traditional learning strategies.

Classroom Interactions: Demonstration DVD For Novice German Language Teachers

Development of a CD-ROM for use in the teacher training program: based upon samples of actual classroom work, the video will cover categoroes like beginning and ending group work, giving instructions, modeling language structures, asking questions, collecting teachers` reactions to student language production, etc.

Vienna: A Third-Year German Reader

Development of a content-based and Web-based literary and cultural multimedia reader on Vienna for third-year German.

Learning Scenarios for Intermediate German

Development of content-based teaching units for intermediate German courses. Units include the culture of travel, homeland and identity, the Greens and their history, emigration (Little German in New York), major events in German and Austrian history, the valuation of the past, modern German art, etc. Irene Motyl is co-director.

Integrating Technology into the German Language Curriculum

Computer-based and video taped instructional materials in German will be integrated into beginning and intermediate language classes. Funding will provide for additional video materials and the development of complementary vocabulary lists, exercises and tests, plus extensive evaluation of how effective these materials were in teaching.

German HyperCard Project

Development of audio and HyperCard-based materials for intermediate German.

Computer-Based Exercises for "German for Reading"

Creation of computer-based (HyperCard) instructional materials for developing academic reading skills in German in various disciplines. Lessons included reading passages and exercises for vocabulary, grammar, and translation.

A German-Language Web Site in Modern Architecture: A Pilot Project for LAC online.

The project will further develop a web site with German Language materials for the Ã¢â‚¬Å“Languages Across the CurriculumÃ¢â‚¬Â section of the course, HA 85: Modern Architecture, taught by Professor Dietrich Neumann in the History of Art and Architecture Department. It will enable the publication of additional texts and sound files, as well as hyperlinks between pages on the web site.