Critical languages series

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The University of Arizona Critical Languages Series (CLS) was a series of 14 language learning CD/DVD-ROMs published by the University of Arizona for the Less Commonly Taught Languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Chinese (Mandarin), Kazakh, Korean, Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.[1]

Beginning level courses:

  • Beginning Brazilian Portuguese[2]
  • Beginning Cantonese[3]
  • Beginning Chinese[4]
  • Beginning and Continuing Korean[5]
  • Beginning Kazakh
  • Beginning Ukrainian[6]
  • Beginning Turkish[7]
  • Beginning Kurmanji Kurdish[8]

Intermediate level courses:

  • Intermediate Kazakh
  • Intermediate Turkish[9]
  • Intermediate Cantonese[10]
  • Intermediate Ukrainian[11][12]

Advanced level courses:

  • Advanced Turkish[13][14]
  • Advanced Kazakh

MaxAuthor

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Each of the 14 courses was created with MaxAuthor,[15][16] a free (for non-commercial use) authoring system created at the University of Arizona. For over a decade, it enabled language instructors to produce their own Computer assisted language instruction (CALI) materials for 47 languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other Less Commonly Taught Languages.[17][18]

Student activities included MaxBrowser, Listening Dictation, Pronunciation, Multiple Choice, Vocabulary Completion (Cloze), and Audio Flashcards. Lessons could be delivered to students via Internet or MS-Windows.[19][20][15][21][22][23][24][25]

MaxAuthor is no longer under development.

Critical reception

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Many of the courses were reviewed in academic journals.[26][27][9][6][11] The Critical Languages Series Online was a subscription-based service that delivered the same materials online.[28][29]

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