Internet for Authentic Texts and Tasks

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Internet for Authentic Texts and
Tasks

• Prof. Thomas Beyer
• Middlebury College

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Internet at Middlebury

• Basic Level Russian Course
• Advanced Work
• Possible Template for Future Efforts

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Plusses and Minuses

• Variety of Texts
• Limitless topics and vocabulary
• Unlimited

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Challenges

• Constantly evolving
• Appropriate content
• Time on task

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Considerations

• Timeliness of Texts
• Authentic language tasks
• Unlimited personal content

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Basic Intensive Russian

• Programs for learners
• Russia on the web

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Learn Russian-WWW

• My own programs
• Third parties

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www.ru

• Tools
• User sites
• Other uses
• Tip-snowboarding .ru

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Advanced Language Courses

• The news-keeping up
• Advanced tools
• Individualized instruction

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Russian Ecology

• Web based
• Independent/in Class
• Senior Seminar

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Course Itself

• Chapter 1-fonts and tools
• Chapter 2-search and translate
• Chapter 3-identify topic
• Chapter 4-independent research and reports

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Lesson 1

• Install fonts, configure browser
• Print and type Russian text
• Translate article
• Use search engine(s).
• Work with research tools

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Lesson 2

• Read and translate text
• Identify environmental issues
• Personal set of web links
• Read and summarize article on Baikal today

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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

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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

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Where do we go from here?

• Share ware
• tom.Beyer_at_middlebury.edu
• http//community.middlebury.edu/beyer

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Related Documents

• Hand outs
• Business cards
• Web page

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Links to Files

• 1. 2.
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• 7. Links
• What to Say More Links