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<P><B>Wa'do Mia, did you know the syllabary sound chart with Anna's voice is also on CN website? Is there another syllabary movie that you are talking about? </B></P>
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<P></P><B>From</B>: Mia Kalish <MiaKalish@LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US>
<P></P><B>Date</B>: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:45 pm
<P></P><B>Subject</B>: [ILAT] Immersion multimedia for adult Chiricahua language learners
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<P></P>> Hi, Everyone, <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The results of my Master's research was recently published. I am <BR>> sendingalong the abstract because it might be useful for people <BR>> engaged in <BR>> materials design. I will send the materials to anyone who wants to <BR>> use them <BR>> to rerun the experiment, or just to see how they work. You can <BR>> contact me <BR>> for a pdf copy. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Abstract <BR>> <BR>> Study investigated effects of context versus list word <BR>> presentation, and <BR>> moving versus static target presentation in a 2 x 2 between- <BR>> subjects design <BR>> using Athapascan revitalization materials developed in Macromedia <BR>> FlashR for <BR>> adult learning. The within-subjects factor was word type, <BR>> presented in two <BR>> randomized sets of four nouns, adjectives and verbs. Macromedia <BR>> FlashR was <BR>
> chosen to simulate immersion learning. Twenty-three Native <BR>> American adults <BR>> from a local reservation and twenty adults from the University <BR>> engaged 48 <BR>> words for 15 minutes (average) of self-directed study. Macromedia <BR>> FlashRimmersion test materials presented 3 target choices for each <BR>> of 8 text and 8 <BR>> spoken presentations (graphemic and phonemic association tasks), <BR>> and 8 words <BR>> spoken in context (disambiguation task). Populations were similar <BR>> enough to <BR>> be combined; total percent correct was 77.64% (SD = 12.70%; range = <BR>> 50-100%). Results indicate that immersion-style, multi-media <BR>> materials offer <BR>> strong support for revitalization efforts, especially where learners <BR>> outnumber native speakers. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Citation: New Review of Media and Hypermedia, Vo. 11, No. 2, <BR>> December, 2005, <BR>
> 181-203 <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Best, <BR>> <BR>> Mia <BR>> <BR>> </BODY>