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This Country Study
ePortfolio consists of a generic template of questions designed
to guide learners through a study of Internet resources (webliographies)
that have been identified for a specific target country.
The
end product - the completed workbook assembled by the learner
- will contain basic target country information as well as
a guide to useful Internet resources for future reference
and study.
Language/country-specific
webliographies are now available on the Interagency
Language Roundtable homepage (see below). Webliographies
for Russian and other Slavic and East European languages
link to the SEELRC website.
The
ePortfolio consists of 50 questions, each with three parts.
Part A asks for basic factual information. Parts B and C ask
for an expansion of that information which will require further
and deeper research. The 50 questions cover the entire spectrum
of target knowledge, including geography, politics, history,
economics, health issues, the military, and many other topics.
The
ePortfolio can be downloaded to your computer by opening
and then simply copying
and pasting the "ePortfolio 50 Questions" link
below into a word editor like Microsoft Word.
For
a quick download open a blank word document. Open
the "ePortfolio"
and press "Control" and "a" - the entire ePortfolio document
will become highlighted; then press "Control" and "c";
go to blank word document and
press "Control" and "v" and the ePortfolio will be
copied to the word document.
STRATEGIES
- Begin
by thoroughly previewing both the 50 questions
that make up the ePortfolio and the
Webliography BEFORE you begin working.
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SEVERAL HOURS should be spent previewing these materials.
- Explore
links in the suggested sites, particularly, in
the Mega-Resource
section.
- Do
your own search of Internet resources under topics like
history, geography, philosophy of your target country.
- Add
the sites you think may be useful to the Webliography.
Go to: Interagency Language Roundtable/Slavic and East European Language Resource Center Webliographies
Go to: ePortfolio
*50 Questions*
The
Country Study ePortfolio, *50 Questions* and DOWNLOADS are intended
as "freeshare" for students, teachers, and other interested
private individuals. The above parties are also free to make
liberal modifications and/or expansions to both the ePortfolio
content and its format.
Any commercial use or reproduction of the contents and format
of the Country ePortfolio and its related pages, and/or links
to the Country ePortfolio from other websites, require the permission
of the author.
(B.B.S.,
August 2003) |
