Bradley University Teaching with Technology Lecture Series

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Bradley UniversityTeaching with Technology
Lecture Series
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Virtual Language Immersion

• Presented by
• Eva Marich-Bethune
• Foreign Language Department

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The Mediated Classroom

• Hardware
• Software
• The Internet

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Hardware in a Mediated Classroom

• Computer
• Laptop or Desktop
• LCD Projector
• Digital Voice Recorder
• Digital Camera
• Audio System
• Speakers
• Receiver
• Media Players
• DVD
• VHS
• CD

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Software

• Media Players
• Word
• PowerPoint
• Compact Disc Dictionaries
• Translation Applications

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Spanish Courses _at_ Bradley

• Elementary Spanish
• Intermediate Spanish
• Composition
• Conversation
• Latin American Civilization and Culture
• Spanish Literature
• Introduction to Translation

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Digital Class Roster
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Digital Voice Recordings
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The Internet

• Virtual Language Immersion
• Developmental Literature
• Milcuentos
• Hadaluna
• Current Events
• Daily News
• Spain
• Argentina
• Mexico
• Local TV Broadcasts
• Local Radio Stations
• EmisionDigital
• Radio Exterior

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Academic Standards

• An official web site for the Spanish language
• El Castellano, la página del idioma español
• An institutionalized body to regulate usage
• La Real Academia de la Lengua Española
• Web sites to practice grammar and spelling
• Ejercicios de Gramática y Ortografía

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STANDARD SPANISH IN 21 COUNTRIES

• Academia Colombiana de la Lengua
• Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua
• Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua
• Academia Mexicana de la Lengua
• Academia Venezolana de la Lengua
• Academia Chilena de la Lengua
• Academia Peruana de la Lengua
• Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua
• Academia Costarricense de la Lengua
• Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española
• Academia Panameña de la Lengua

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STANDARD SPANISH IN 21 COUNTRIES

• Academia Cubana de la Lengua
• Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española
• Academia Boliviana de la Lengua
• Academia Dominicana de la Lengua
• Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua
• Academia Argentina de Letras
• Academia Nacional de Letras del Uruguay
• Academia Hondureña de la Lengua
• Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española
• Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española

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The Virtual World of Translation

• International Organizations
• The United Nations
• ICRC
• WHO

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Translation Software

• CAT
• Compact Disc Dictionaries
• Language Dictionaries
• Bilingual Dictionaries
• On-line Dictionaries

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The Mediated Classroom

• Greater scope in the classroom through technology
• Enhanced teaching and learning
• Easy student access to linguistic context
• Facilitated communication between instructor and
  students