13.2303, Sum: Open Source Language Learning/Addendum

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-2303. Fri Sep 13 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.2303, Sum: Open Source Language Learning/Addendum

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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:04:05 -0400
From:  Doug Whalen <whalen at alvin.haskins.yale.edu>
Subject:  Addendum: Open Source Language Learning

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Date:  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 16:04:05 -0400
From:  Doug Whalen <whalen at alvin.haskins.yale.edu>
Subject:  Addendum: Open Source Language Learning

Re Linguist 13.2258

   One more response just arrived for the query about open-source
language learning resources.  Thanks to Dmitri Minaev
(Dmitri.Minaev at Samara.BritishCouncil.RU) for this very interesting
site:

Fabula is an easy-to-use program which allows children and teachers to
create their own bilingual, multimedia storybooks complete with
digital photos.

Bilingual stories help children learn other languages by using words,
sounds and pictures to explore the similarities and
differences. Fabula can be used to create stories in any pair of
languages, but the five nation team which worked to develop this
package -- teachers, children, software engineers, translators and
researchers -- is particularly interested in the lesser used languages
of Europe, such as Welsh, Irish, Catalan, Basque and Frisian.

The Fabula software was created using Mozilla. The Maker is built upon
the Editor and is used to create stories. The Reader is built on top
of the Browser and is used for viewing the stories.

We had previously modified the Mozilla source code, but this has
subsequently become unnecessary. Instead, the program is written
entirely in XUL and Javascript.

The website for Fabula resources and instructions is at:
http://www.fabula.eu.org


   Doug Whalen DhW
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Doug Whalen (whalen at haskins.yale.edu)
Haskins Laboratories
270 Crown St.
New Haven, CT 06511
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/

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