<html><head><base href="x-msg://442/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hi Craig and All,<br><br>We have created a software for teaching Ojibwe, using tools from Transparent Language.<br>Teachers are starting to use this for distance language courses (I know two in particular).<br>Still not a perfect replacement for a speech community, but at least offers videos of semi-natural conversations.<br>It does have built in voice recognition, pronunciation practice and conversation practice.<br>Our tool is: Ojibwemodaa, find it at : <a href="http://www.grassrootsindigenousmultimedia.org/">www.grassrootsindigenousmultimedia.org</a><br><br>And write to me or Kevin if you want more info!<br>Good luck<br>What language/s do you work in?<br><br>--------------------------------------------<br>Mary Hermes, PhD<br>Visiting and Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction<br>University of Minnesota</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Sep 2, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Craig Spaulding wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3">What can anyone recommend for an approach to teaching language via the internet or DVD where the main goal/focus is oral language without all the trappings and issues of dealing with literacy? I use to work at Rosetta Stone and their approach was highly integrated with literacy, though it could be customized by the user to focus on the audio/verbal component. Unfortunately, they</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"> are not taking on any more projects for the near future and I wondered if there were other software approaches that list members know of or have experience using that are effective. </font><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Thanks in advance.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Craig</div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>