Using Interactive Multimedia to Teach Japanese to Scientists and Engineers

该奖项将支持互动多媒体的发展， 英语科学家日语教学计划 和工程师。 这些材料将根据具体情况， 与前往日本的个人有关的情况和背景 合作研究的目的。 学员将 接触到的互动，字符，并在大部分的场景 同样的方式，她/他会经历这些事件：随机 (as视频向前行进，邀请用户停止， 选择各种选项）或有选择地（随着行动的吸引 兴趣）。在模拟中穿插的“事件”将是 基于核心会话的各种语言练习， 《日语：口语》（Japanese：The Spoken Language），作者：Jorden 和野田（耶鲁大学出版社）。 用户可以选择性地 获取更多的语言和文化背景信息 比目前任何教科书中的内容都要详细。 迫切需要在以下各方之间进行更有效的沟通： 美国和日本的研究人员。 该项目将有助于 通过将最先进的技术与 语言教学法的合理原则，以产生一个多媒体- 基于程序的日语教学面向 科学家和工程师。

This award will support development of an interactive multimedia program for the teaching of Japanese to English speaking scientists and engineers. The materials will be contextually grounded in situations and settings relevant to individuals going to Japan for the purpose of collaborative research. The learner will be exposed to interactions, characters, and scenarios in much the same way that she/he would experience these occurrences: randomly (as the video proceeds forward inviting the user to stop and select various options) or selectively (as action attracts interest). Interspersed with the "events" in a simulation will be a wide variety of linguistic exercises based on the core conversa- tions of the textbook, Japanese: The Spoken Language, by Jorden and Noda (Yale University Press). Users will be able to selectively access linguistic and cultural background information far more detailed than what is currently available in any textbook. There is a critical need for more effective communications between American and Japanese researchers. This project will help to address that need by integrating state-of-the art technology with sound principles of language pedagogy to produce a multimedia- based program of Japanese language instruction oriented to scientists and engineers.