The New Language Classroom

Virtual Study Abroad
In this project, Parkes uses Quicktime, Flash and Google Maps to simulate unscripted everyday encounters during study abroad trips in German-speaking countries.

Teaching Kanji with PowerPoint
In this project, Hayashi uses powerpoint to animate the writing of Kanji.

Teaching Grammar Using Manga
In this project, Hayashi uses powerpoint with manga to teach Japanese grammar.

Counting
In this sample project, Professor Schuh uses video footage of people counting to show relationships between languages.

Teaching Hausa
To teach beginning and intermediate-level Hausa, Russell Schuh uses video clips of every day interactions filmed in Kano, Nigeria, in 1996.

Giving Instructions
In this sample project, Professor Goodwin uses video footage to help international TAs give instruction in class.

Making Small Talk
In this sample project, Professor Goodwin teaches International TAs using authentic videos and transcripts

Business Russian Podcasts
These podcasts are for those who want to learn business Russian Business vocabulary communication. They model the use of essential vocabulary and phrases. Podcasts are created by Anna Kudyma, Lecturer in Russian, UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Russian Literature Podcasts
Podcast for those who want to improve their Russian listening comprehension and expand their vocabulary through listening to excerpts from Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Chekhov, and other famous Russian writers.