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Developing and Assessing "Practicing Spoken French": A Multimedia Program for Improving Speaking Skills.
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Borras, Isabel – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1993
Reports on the development and evaluation of "Practicing Spoken French," a multimedia HyperCard-based program designed to assess the effects of subtitled video on oral communicative performance of undergraduate students of French. Implications for computer-assisted language learning design and research are suggested. (Contains 31…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
A Vocabulary/"Kanji"/Conjugation Exercise in Japanese: The Development and Evaluation of VKC/J 2.0.
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Hatasa, Kazumi; Hatasa, Yukiko – On-Call, 1997
Presents a lexical computer-assisted-language-learning tool for Japanese that is designed to develop vocabulary, "kanji," and verb conjugation knowledge. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Apprentissage du francais langue seconde avec le videodisque "Vi-Conte": quelques analyses dans une approche mixte (French Second Language Learning with the Videodisc "Vi-Conte": Some Analyses with a Mixed Approach).
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Renie, Delphine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
Evaluation of French second-language learning among college and adult students with videodisk "Vi-Conte" found: beginners adopted less linear paths than adults or more advanced students; lexical acquisition varied by proficiency level; frequency, salience, mode of presentation of lexical items in a multimedia environment affected acquisition;…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Les Industries de la langue: Au confluent de la linguistique et de l'informatique (The Language Utilities: At the Confluence of Linguistics and Computer Science).
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Bourret, Annie, Ed.; L'Homme, Marie-Claude, Ed. – 1988
A collection of essays addresses aspects of the "Language Utilities," the general term for the area of the conjunction of computer science and linguistics. The following are English translations of the titles of the articles in the collections: "Industrialization of the French Language and Its Maintenance as an Important Language of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Retention of Word Meanings Inferred from Context and Sentence-Level Translations: Implications for the Design of Beginning-Level CALL Software.
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Grace, Caroline A. – Modern Language Journal, 1998
A study with 181 beginning-level college students of French investigated the effects of sentence-level native-language (L1) translations on retention of second-language (L2) vocabulary presented in a context designed to promote inference rather than word-to-word translation. Research was conducted to address the specific design of software for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction