07 May 2007

Tajik and Uyghur Language Learning Materials Online
Center for the Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, US
Supplied note: "We would like to draw your attention to the launch [on 23 Apr 2007 - ed.] of important new language resources for students of Central Asian languages. CeLCAR has developed online, web-based reading and listening materials for all of our languages, and beginning today, we will slowly be placing these on our website. As usual, we begin with Tajik and Uyghur languages, which represents the continued hard work and dedication of Dr. Gulnisa Nazarova, Uyghur language specialist and Dr. Nasrullo Khojayorov, our Tajik specialist. Nasrullo is the person who is most responsible for the design and programming of these important modules and CeLCAR is especially indebted to his selfless dedication. The modules can be accessed on our main website: [see the URL below] Please note that we ask all users to register, so as to better track the usage and efficacy of the modules. Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues and all those interested in Central Asian languages. - Paul M. Foster, Jr. Director."
Self-description: "The goal of the Intermediate Reading/Listening Exercises is to produce listening and reading exercises for students of Central Asian languages at the intermediate level to help build their listening and reading skills, broaden their vocabulary, enrich their appreciation of grammar, and deepen their understanding of the cultures of the region. Each module features original or adapted written and spoken texts that present language structures in authentic cultural contexts. The texts are accompanied by a series of multimedia exercises developed by our native-speaker developers. Please feel free to explore the modules at your leisure."
URL http://www.indiana.edu/~celcar/intermediate.php
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (iaau--at--indiana.edu), forwarded by central-eurasia-l--at--lists.fas.harvard.edu
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