Computer technology

[Carol Adlam]

I am also investigating this and related problems with
Cyrillic - my colleagues and I at Exeter are trying to
launch a project to create our own CALL exercises for ab
initio students. The font issue seems to get in the way for
all sorts of things (particularly trying to get
multilingual support for networked keyboard drivers...).
However, if anyone is interested in creating CALL exercises
in Russian, rumour has it that Question Mark can do the
trick (otherwise we seem to be looking at non-web-based
applications such as APICALE, LACUNA). I haven't seen
Question Mark in action yet, but if anyone has, or has
advice on any other packages, please reply to
c.adlam at ex.ac.uk.

Carol Adlam
Department of Russian
University of Exeter, UK

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 17:56:11 -0400 Devin P Browne
<dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu> wrote:

> I, too, would like to be able to integrate technology more into my Russian
> class.  I use it more in my French classes.  What always gets in the way
> is the issue of that darn cyrillic font.  I have found web pages that
> could be useful but I hit yet another font that the computers at school
> don't have.  And when dealing with 15-30 computers w/no support from a
> systerms administrator this becomes pretty discouraging.  I would like to
> request that this discussion stay in the group to see what pops up.
>
> Devin / Divan
>
> Devin P Browne
> dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu
>
>
> > Date:    Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:21:23 -0400
> > From:    frazier melissa <mfrazier at mail.slc.edu>
> > Subject: Computer technology
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > We at Sarah Lawrence are beginning to plan for a new largely computer-based
> > language lab, and I am wondering what people at other institutions do with
> > computers for first and second-year Russian classes.  I do some stuff with
> > videos and I use "Nachalo" for first-year which comes with a CD-Rom; I also
> > know of some exercises on the web for "Nachalo."  Can any of you recommend
> > anything else?  In particular I'm interested in using programs like Aspects
> > (for peer-editing of writing) and Discus (for discussion groups on-line) --
> > but I don't know how hard it would be to get Cyrillic working with these
> > programs or if it would even be possible at all. Any ideas would be
> > welcome, and please respond to me off-line at mfrazier at mail.slc.edu.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Melissa Frazier
> >
> >
> > ****************************
> > Melissa Frazier
> > Literature/Russian Dept.
> > Sarah Lawrence College
> > 1 Mead Way
> > Bronxville, NY  10704
> > (914)395-2295
> > mfrazier at mail.slc.edu