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Internet for Authentic Texts and Tasks
Prof. Thomas Beyer
Middlebury College
Internet at Middlebury
• Basic Level Russian Course
• Advanced Work
• Possible Template for Future Efforts
Plusses and Minuses
• Variety of Texts• Limitless topics and vocabulary• Unlimited
Challenges
• Constantly evolving
• Appropriate content
• Time on task
Considerations
• Timeliness of Texts
• Authentic language tasks
• Unlimited personal content
Basic Intensive RussianBasic Intensive Russian
• Programs for learners
• Russia on the web
Learn Russian-WWWLearn Russian-WWW
• My own programs
• Third parties
www.ruwww.ru
• Tools• User sites• Other uses• Tip-snowboarding .ru
Advanced Language CoursesAdvanced Language Courses
• The news-keeping up• Advanced tools• Individualized instruction
Russian Ecology
• Web based
• Independent/in Class
• Senior Seminar
Course Itself
• Chapter 1-fonts and tools
• Chapter 2-search and translate
• Chapter 3-identify topic
• Chapter 4-independent research and reports
Lesson 1
• Install fonts, configure browser
• Print and type Russian text
• Translate article
• Use search engine(s).
• Work with research tools
Lesson 2
• Read and translate text
• Identify environmental issues
• Personal set of web links
• Read and summarize article on Baikal today
Lesson 3
• Search-identify-read-take notes-outline • Determine your research interest • Read and translate from Russian • Outline in Russian the issue(s) • Submit your list of sites, original texts,
translation, and outline
Lesson 4
• 1. A five-page paper in English
• 2. A one-two page typed summary in Russian for your oral presentation of your paper.
• 3. An electronic outline (Power Point or web page) of your presentation and paper
Related Documents
• Hand outs
• Business cards
• Web page
Links to Files
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7. Links
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