At first we digitized a relatively short interview, just twelve minutes in length. Playback of this twelve minute segment was exceedingly choppy with no meaningful correspondence between lip movement and sound. Step 4 develop support materials Culture notes may appear on the same screen as the video clip. Transcriptions and translations are accessed from the screen on which the video appears but students cannot view the video and the scripts simultaneously. An on-line questionnaire collects student input designed to offer insight into student strategies for using multimedia learning environments.
Instruction is self-paced and the order of presentation is determined by the learners.
They may watch the video first, see a transcription, read the translation or explore the cultural, historic, and linguistic material. Students may exit at any point, continuing on to the next segment or quitting the site. Advance provide organizational frameworks for the oral segments, helping students anticipate the content of the message and limiting the number of possible interpretations. Students can access the program wherever and whenever they have interment access. Once on-line they set their own pace.