--- Forwarded Message from Gary Aitken <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 10:41:23 -0500 (EST) >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Gary Aitken <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Online Spanish Workbook ------------------ A note to Spanish instructors and developers of Web-based language materials: I have recently developed an electronic workbook, designed to accompany 'ˇArriba!', an introductory Spanish textbook published by Prentice Hall. However, instructors at all school levels have been telling me that they are using the program along with other introductory textbooks. The response has been overwhelming. Since mid-November I have received almost 2,000 hits from all over and the most encouraging aspect is that the material is being used by students from K-12 to university levels. The program is entitled 'Más arriba' and provides a game-like environment containing some 800, full-colour drawings which invite students to participate in highly-contextualized language activities. My next goal is to imbed the cgi scripting that will process the student responses and generate e-mail messages containing the scores. There is absolutely no monetary involvement on my part. My purpose for creating the exercise material is to make it available to as many learners as possible and my purpose for sending this message is to announce its availability on the Web to anyone who may be interested in this type of exercise material and especially to the adopters of 'ˇArriba!'. 'Más arriba' is found at the following URL: http://www.trentu.ca/masarriba and I would be most interested in receiving your comments at my e-mail address: [log in to unmask] All the best, Gary ---------------------------------------------------- Gary Aitken Chair of Hispanic Studies Trent University Peterborough, Ontario, Canada http://www.trentu.ca/academic/modernlanguages/spanish E-mail: [log in to unmask]