<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:branden@brandenbooks.com">branden@brandenbooks.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:44 AM<br><br>Open Source Verb System<br>
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language to our Verb system below.</span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">1. Issues in Bilingual and Modern
Language Education</span></i></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">, by
Adolph Caso, Kindle edition only, ISBN 9780828324052<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="font-family:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>In these various essays,
written over a period of twenty years while serving as a foreign language
teacher and Director of a K-12 Bilingual Department, Adolph (Adolfo) Caso
reacted to various educational situations while championing the need for limited
or non English-speaking foreign students to maintain fluency in their native
languages.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="font-family:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>Adolfo came to America when
eleven years old, knowing his native dialect (classifiable, therefore, as
semi-lingual). He completed only the first grade in his native country; then,
after entering the American School System as a sixth grader, he successfully
completed all of the public school graduation requirements without any native
language assistance. Having been placed in another foreign language, before
long, he was more fluent in that language rather than his own. Nevertheless, he
finished his bachelor degree from Northeastern University and his Arts Master
degree from Harvard.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">2. Kaso English to Italian
(Phonemic) Dictionary</span></i></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">, by
Adolph Caso, E-Book Edition, ISBN 9780828320825<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>Goal: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">The immediate goal
of this <span>Dictionary</span> is
twofold:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>1) Implement the <span>last</span> phase in establishing a
one-to-one relationship between Italian phonemes (sounds) and graphemes (letters
of the alphabet).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>2) Implement the <span>first</span> phase in establishing a
one-to-one relationship between English phonemes and graphemes, and make English
easier to read, to spell and to pronounce (the word <span>to spell</span> does not really exist in
Italian).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>Usage: </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">This <span>Dictionary</span> can be used by any
individual wishing to acquire or improve English and Italian language skills. It
serves as a quick reference for standard spelling of English and Italian words,
and offers suggestions on how to better grasp the pronunciation of the two
languages. Because of the proposed changes, the <span>Dictionary</span> would also serve as a tool
in developing better reading and writing skills, allowing the user to
simultaneously look at lines of four words in their standard, translated and
transcribed forms.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><b><i><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">3.
Kaso Verb Conjugation System—English, Spanish and Italian</span></i></b><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">.
Adolph Caso. ISBN 9780828321204 (Open Source—Consider adding verbs from other
languages)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>This unique Verb Conjugation
System allows complete split-second conjugation of verbs in English, Spanish,
and Italian--in any order. Twenty two columns of verb-related information allow
tense-related comparisons in any or all three languages—instantly! What is the
Present progressive of to go? Type or choose it from the list, click on that
tense, and it quickly appears on the screen.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>Click the Spanish
<i>Progresivo presente</i> and it quickly appears next to its English
counterpart. Click on Italian, and you have all three. Reverse the order and you
will feel the power behind this awesome System.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>If verb phrases or
infinitives are not in the data base, or exist in one language and not the
other, you are immediately notified</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><b><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">4. Bilingual Two Language
Assessment Battery of Tests (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian,
Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian</span></i></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'">),<span> </span>Adolph Caso, ISBN
9780828320948</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>To be administered to
students or adults having any second grade or higher level language proficiency
either in his/her Native Language or in English, including ESL (English as a
Second Language) students.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN:justify"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Baskerville Old Face'"><span> </span>This Battery of Tests can be
administered to public and private school <span>Limited English Proficiency (LEP</span>)
students, or any adult or potential employee. It is also suited for students in
modern language classes to determine rate of language acquisition, any
individual having two proficiencies in his/her Native Language and English,
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Russian, or any
individual having proficiency in three or more languages.</span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
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