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AcYear 2007-2008 Semester Schedules
Outline of semester, showing days and corresponding period numbers for all schedules.

General Information and Resources

USNA

• Language Studies Plagiarism Policy
  Nimitz Library's "Avoiding Plagiarism" pages
• Language Studies Homework and Grading Policy
• Using the Multimedia Language Lab
• USNA Language Studies Abroad Program
• International Keyboards and Fonts
  Learn how to enter and display foreign languages, even Russian and Japanese.
• Downloading and Using RealMedia Player and Digital Audio
• Download CharPad Editor
• Download Flasher Tutorial Software
• Guide to Using Search Engines

Elsewhere

• yourDictionary.com
  Links to on-line dictionaries, grammars and other reference tools for numerous languages.
• CleverLearn Clicktionary
  Free downloadable dictionaries for German, French, Spanish. Can be accessed from within a browser or word processor.
• KWiCFinder
  Free Web search agent to download and excerpt online documents matching your queries.

Presentation Tools

• Classroom File Upload
  For midshipmen to upload files -- presentations, graphics etc. -- for classroom presentations and other temporary access
• Classroom File Download
  For instructors to download files to classroom computers
• List Browser
  Multipane-browser for classroom presentations. Free download.
  Midshipmen: read the online documentation on this page to understand how to prepare your presentation.
• IrfanView - Freeware Graphic Viewer
  Powerful, fast, versatile image viewer software. Excellent for slideshows and for simple editing (cropping, resizing, changing contrast / brightness). Highly recommended.

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Arabic

FA101

• FA101 "Basic Arabic I" Syllabus

FA201

• FA201 "Intermediate Arabic I" Syllabus

FA301

• FA350 "Window on Arabic Culture" Syllabus

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Chinese

• FC100 Audio Files

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English

• FX101 "English for Non-Native" Syllabus

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French

FF100

• FF101 "Beginning French I" Course Description
• FF101 "Beginning French I" Syllabus

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German

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General

• yourDictionary.com German On-line dictionaries
• German On-line Bilderduden
  Thematically arranged pictorial dictionary, with drawings labeled in German and English.
• Download CleverLearn's Clicktionary German-English Dictionary

• LEO Lookup in English or German:
        Help!

• German tutorial software downloads
• Flasher Quick-Start Guide
• Flasher Demonstration Video
  Open EXE file to view video
• Flasher Demonstration Video
  Lower-Bandwidth Windows Media Player File

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FG100

• Deutsch: Na klar! Online Exercises
• Deutsch: Na klar! audioclips
• German Videoclips
• Fokus Deutsch Transcripts
• German tutorial software downloads

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FG200

• FG202 "Intermediate GermanII" Syllabus
• Berufe
• Fokus Deutsch Transcripts
• German in Review Exercise Keys (local HTML Files)
• German in Review Exercise Keys in RTF format (Alternative: Download compressed RTF files from publisher; installation instructions)
• German tutorial software downloads
• German Videoclips
• Landeskunde
• FG200 Web Report Assignment
  • Presentation File Upload
  • Presentation File Download
• German grammar handouts in various stages of completion
  • Case Forms Articles, personal pronouns, main uses of cases...
  • Descriptive Adjective Endings
  • Compound Past (Present Perfect) Formation
  • Relative Clauses
  • Subjunctive
  • Conjunctions
  • Prepositions with an ATtiTOod
  • Two-Way Prepositions
  • Preposition Notebook

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Japanese

• FJ101 Course Syllabus - Zimmerman
• FJ100 Course Website

Linguistics

• FL220 Principles of Language and Linguistics Syllabus Spring 2008
• FL480 Language IT Capstone Syllabus Spring 2008
• Glossary of linguistic terms
• Phrases in English
  simple but powerful database interface for exploring words and phrases in the British National Corpus
• KWiCFinder
  online search agent and Web concordancer
• GlossaNet
  monitors over 100 online newspapers in 9 languages for specific words and structures; search today's newspapers, or get regular updates by email.
• Linguist's Search Engine
  generates and searches Web by syntactic trees
• Corpus del español
• Visual Interactive Syntax Learning
  examples in various languages
• German Morphology Browser
• ACL NLP/CL Universe
  Association for Computational Linguistics Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics Universe
• Bookmarks for Corpus-Based Linguists
• Spanish Morphological Processor
• Natural Language Toolkit
  GNU Open Source Toolkit implemented in Python
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
  free book online

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Russian

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Spanish

Spanish General  |  FS100  |   FS200  |   FS300  |   FS400

General Spanish Language Tutorial and Reference

• UNC-CH Spanish Grammar Page
  Useful explanations and practice with common challenges for intermediate and advanced learners.
• Preterite vs. Imperfect Tenses
• Subjunctive Mood: Forms and Uses
• Descripción de personas
  Useful adjectives for describing people's physical characteristics and personality
• Spanish tutorial software downloads
• « Diccionario naval » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

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FS200

• FS200 video and music clips  Caminos del jaguar, Reflejos...

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FS300

• Desde Alfonso XIII hasta Franco
• La familia de Pascual Duarte (JPG)
• La familia de Pascual Duarte (Adobe Acrobat PDF, better for printing)
• « La época de Franco » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « Santos Inocentes » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « La Transición » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « La Transición » (PowerPoint)
• « España » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « Geografía de España » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « ETA » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « 1939-2004 » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « El Amor Brujo » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• Guía de estudio « El maestro de esgrima » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « Las Guerras Carlistas » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « La mirada del hombre oscuro » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « La Inmigración en España » (PowerPoint)
• « Escuela Naval Militar Española » (páginas web)
• « Vocabulario militar » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « Diccionario naval » (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• « Fuerzas armadas españolas » (PowerPoint)

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FS400

• FS413 "Spanish Civilization" Syllabus
• FS421 Syllabus Introduccion a la literatura española
• FS421 Course Description Readings in Spanish Literature
• «FS421 Fuenteovejuna» (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
• FS485 Telenovela Nada personal

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