Name: Cecilia Benenati

Institution: Lewis and Clark College

Language Area: Spanish

Project Type:

1 - Summer Fellowship $3,000
2 - Student Assistant Fellowship $2,500
3 - Software (material) Grants $ 183
4 - Travel Fellowship $ 700
5- Course Release/Semester Fellowship $3,000 total $9,383

Project Titles: (For Summer Fellowship, Student Assistant Fellowship and Course Release)
- Second-year Multimedia Lessons
- Multimedia Lessons for Spanish 102-201 sequence.
- Visiting Latin American Countries (Web pages and multimedia lessons)
- Personal Web Page

Duration: Summer 1998 and fall 1998 with probable extension for similar projects to Spring 1999.

Brief Descriptiom of Projects:

* Second-year Multimedia Lessons: I will finish developing the two remaining lessons for the textbook Fuentes used in Spanish 201-202 and convert the existing ones to the new platform based version of the former XMedia Engines. A few of these lessons have already been used during Spring Sernester 1998 proving to be of great aid to the language professors and the students in enhancing and facilitating the teaching and undCTStanding of readings related to specific themes. Parts of these lessons have also been used by instructors of other level courses, thus expanding the use of one lesson to different classes.

* Multimedia Lessons for Spanish 102-201 sequence- I will develop lessons related to material used in this course following the chapters from the book Puentes. This is a special course with very specific grammar and curricular needs. It was developed with the objective of giving students with some knowledge of the language a chance to finish their language requirement in one year, covering material from the second pan of first year in the first sernester and the first part of second year in the second semester. These lessons, as the ones, for the book Fuentes, will be developed in such a way that they can be used following the textbook organization, or individually. This format will allow professors from other level courses to use them too, even if they are not teaching with Puentes.

* Visiting Latin American Countries: With the help of the Student Assistant, I will design lessons and Web Pages on different countries; especially where Lewis & Clark has overseas programs. Having professors and instructors from six different Latin American countries in the Department will make it easier to get original and interesting material to Create different units describing distinctive aspects of geography, history, culture and politics, reflected in pictures, video, music, interviews with locals, newspaper and magazine articles, etc.

* Personal Web Page- I have begun, and propose to continue, creation of my own Web page, which when in MI use will be the site my students will use to find course Curricula, grammar handouts, assignments, exercises, links to other pages, such as newspapers, magazines, Universities in Latin American countries, etc. I will also use it as a forum for discussions assigned in the lessons.

Brief Time Line:

Second-year Multimedia Lessons
# Summer 1998: Finish the remaining lessons. Convert previous lessons to the new version of XMedia Engines. Prepare assessment of the use of multimedia material with the help of Psychology and Continuing Education faculty.
# Fall 1998: Assess the use of multimedia material in the teaching of Foreign Languages.

Multimedia Lessons for Spanish 102-201 sequence-
# Summer 1999: Research and information gathering. Start the creation of lessons to be used during Fall Semester 1998.
# Fall 1998: Final production of the lessons to be used in Spring Semester 1999.

Visiting Latin American Countries
# Sumnmer 1998: Research and gather information for the creation of the Web Pages. Take training in Web page design and creation Start the creation of Web Pages. Create links to relevant sites. "Put up" a simple version of Web page
# Fall 1998: Start the background work for the creation of multimedia lessons to accompany the web pages.

Personal Web Page
# Summer 1998: Research and gather information for the creation of the Web Pages. Translate course curricula, grammar handouts, assignments, exercises and material already in use to html format. Start the creation of Web Page. Create links to relevant sites. "Put up" a simple version of Web page
# Fall 1998: Update Web page to include new course materials

Student Assistant Fellowship
This student Will be of crucial importance, in the development of the material during the summer and later improvement and maintenance of the Web Pages and lessons. She is very responsible and interested in learning how to use computers and specific programs for the preparation of material for the teaching of languages. The fact that she is a sophomore on an overseas program in Ecuador is very important., since she will be at the college for two more years to help us with the projects and she will be fluent in Spanish. During the summer she will be able to help other Spanish instructors developing material and Beth Ohmer and the Student Intern at the Lab.

Software (material) Grants This material. will be used for the development of lessons for Spanish 201-202. Spanish 102-201, Spanish 411, Spanish 450 and the Web Pages for orientation for overseas programs

Videos:
Videocolecci6n Educativa Santa Clara. Programas Santa Clara S A. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Narrativa Rural y Gauchesca (XMedia lesson for 4tb year - Literature Class) U$ 25
Jinetes del Desiem. Educable. (XMedia lesson for 4th year - Literature Class) U$ 25
Geografia Argentina: Bariloche. (XMedi a lesson for I st and 2nd year Spanish, XMedia lesson Spanish 201 on The Environment and Contamination) U$ 25
Geograffa Argentina- El Chaco Paraguayo. (XMedia lesson for I st and 2nd year Spanish, X.Media lesson Spanish 201 on The Environment and Polution) U$ 25

CDs:
(For the XMedia lessoms on "Africa en Arn6fica", for Spanish 201 and 202 - For special lessons on Dominican Republic, orientation for overseas programs) The Best. Celia Cruz. U$ 17
AniversarioJohnny Ventura, U$ 17
Grandes Exitos. Juan Luis Guerra y 440. U$ 16
Confundido. Fernandito Villalona. 1995 CAMINO RECORDS.PolyGram Latino US. U$ 18
Sabor Latino. Antony Santos. 1996 R.M.Records. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. U$ 15
Total U$183

Travel Fellowship: The money requested for traveling will be used to go to CALICO '98: New Directions- -New Perspectives. July 6-10.