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Completed Research

A number of completed research

projects resulting from grants made

during prior fiscal years have been

received during the past year. These are

listed below.

Title Author/Location

Yemeni Arabic-English Dictionary ............................................................ Hamdi A. Qafisheh, Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona, P.O.

Box 210080, Tucson, AZ 85721–0080.

U.S.-Mexico Relations Curriculum Project ................................................ Walter Falcon, Institute for International, Studies, C100 Encina Hall,

Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305–6055.

Internet Living Swahili Dictionary .............................................................. Ann Biersteker, Yale University, Council on African Studies, 155 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511.

A National Survey of Foreign Language Instruction in Elementary and

Secondary Schools 1995–1998 which contains: The National Survey,

A National Directory of Early Foreign Language Programs: Searchable Web Database, and Lessons Learned from Model Early Foreign

Language Programs.

Nancy C. Rhodes and Lucinda E. Branaman, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), 4646 40th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Development of Curriculum Materials on China and Japan ..................... Linda K. Menton and Eileen H. Tamura, Curriculum Research and Development Group, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1776 University

Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96822.

SEAsite: A World Wide Web Site for the Languages of Southeast Asia George M. Henry, Department of Computer Science, Northern Illinois

University, Dekalb, IL 60115.

Starfestival Net: An Internet Prototype for International Studies in the

Less-Commonly Taught Languages.

Shigeru Miyagawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department

of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,

14N–305, Cambridge, MA 02139.

Beyond the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI): The Standards Assessment Design Project: The PAU Project.Elvira Swender, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Inc. (ACTFL), 6 Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701–6801.

Survey of Foreign Language Registrations in United States Colleges

and Universities, Fall 1998 with Comparative Registration Data for

1960, 1968, 1986, 1990 and 1995.

Richard Brod, Modern Language Association of America, 10 Astor

Place, New York, NY 10003.

Audio Program for Chinese: Communicating in the Culture .................... Galal Walker, The Ohio State University, 1960 Kenny Road, Foreign

Language Center, Columbus, OH 43210–1063.

Multimedia Chinese Courseware for Classroom And Distance Learning

Curriculum.

Ching-I Tu, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Rutgers University,

Scott Hall 330, 43 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901–

1164.

To obtain a copy of a completed

study, contact the author at the given

address.

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(HEU) Materials Storage mission and

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