Foreign Language Applications in Multimedia Environment. (University of Michigan's Project FLAME) (includes related article on adapting FLAME's language materials to the university environment)(IBM Multimedia supplement)

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), September, 1991 by Coffin, Edna Amir; Thurnau, Arthur H.

Project FLAME (Foreign Language Applications in Multimedia Environment), a recipient of an IBM Educational Innovation grant at the University of Michigan, is committed to designing and developing a new multimedia environment that uses computers, interactive video and audio for foreign language applications. Two Detroit-area high schools are the project's two main partner schools. Four pedagogical models have emerged in the course of developing multimedia materials for foreign language courses: The Teacher's Partner (TP); The Learner's Partner (LP); The Exploratory Lesson (EL); and The Creative Medium (CM). The TP is a presentation application for teachers to use during a regular instructional session. The LP modules establish learning tasks for students who work independently. The...

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