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. The native speaker in each video clip will repeat a sentence, a word, or even a single sound as often as needed without a trace of irritation or impatience. Student can isolate specific speech elements within these digitized videos with much greater precision than they can using audio or video cassette player, and with less strain on the equipment. Students are free to try out each native speaker's distinctive speech patterns and pronunciation without fear of giving offense or of receiving criticism. Students determine their order of progression through the features and activities according to their personal learning style, giving a more student-centered approach and encouraging each to bring into play his or her own motivation and personal insight.