Our LangLab PASSPORT software allows one to do this easily with the lesson-creation module. Typically, it is a good idea to associate the whole clip with an item of a lesson, so that the student can click the URL button, pop up the clip in a media player, and view the original. But in creating the item one also captures the sound from the clip as the internal audio clip for the item and then uses easy sound-editing tools to cut out one character's speeches. One can then put the text of those speeches in the text window for the item, allowing the student to play the part of that character. For the following item, you might use the same scene, but cut out a different character's part, etc. And for pairs/groups, you can have them view the original, have them click a button to pop up a document with the script presenting different characters' speeches in different font colors to avoid confusion, and have each student take one part. Just another example of LangLab's flexibility. --Richard Laden ____________________ Dr. Richard A. Laden Director, E-LangLab, LLC Berkeley, California [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Web site http://www.elanglab.com *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************