A few students from Fall 96 foundsome of the questions repetitive. In the second version, I rewrotequestions 6-9 so that there were no overlaps in the video segments. Thestudent admitted, however, that this was a personal issue for him andthat it did not affect his understanding, per se, but rather hismotivation for completing the lesson. With one exception, the studentsfelt their listening comprehension and awareness of this culturalissue was increased by using this lesson. The last card.
Many questions still remain aboutthe efficacy of the videodisc for the language student.
Myaim here was to see whether students would use the lesson Ideveloped. If students don't like the layout of a lesson or if theyfind it difficult to use, they will not use it, and hence, will notlearn from it even if it appears to be pedagogically sound. As Idevelop more lessons and integrate them into the Beginning Germancurriculum, I hope to quantify the advantages and disadvantages ofthis interactive multimedia tool. Lernexpress is a laserdisc seriesthat focuses on various aspects of everyday German culture. AnneGreen recently created a listening comprehension lesson, using thecomputer software Libra, to go along with one of the Lernexpressprograms.