Rome 329 Great emphasis is placed on oral and aural skills and students are expected to make full use of the Multimedia Center facilities. The amount of time that should be spent in the Center depends to a large extent on the degree of preparedness and aptitude of the individual students. Students should consult their instructors on this subject. The Multimedia Center procedures are as follows: All materials obtained by the students remain the property of SAIS. They may be exchanged for a new CDs when necessary. A charge of 10.00 will be assessed for each damaged or missing CDs. If graduating students do not return all tapes or CDs by the date of their respective oral examinations, the registrar's office will be notified The Multimedia Center offers access to satellite programming in over 11 languages, the award winning TELL ME MORE® language learning software program, Chinese Odyssey multi media program, as well as a small lending library. All of the MMC workstations are equipped with Win TV, (stations 10-14) with VHS players and recorders, as well as satellite access to programming in the following languages and stations Arabic - ART America: Programming consisting of movies, mini series, sports, and talk shows
- ART Movies: Programming from Egypt, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries
- Lebanese Broadcast Channel: Movies, sports, mini series, talk shows, ect.
- Al Jazeera News Network 24 hours a day news broadcasting from around the world.
- Al Zikr –Radio
- ARTMU—Art Music Channel
Chinese - CCTV: Mandarin Programming packed with News, documentaries Talk shows, etc.
French - TV 5 Programs from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, Broadcast news, current affairs, Sports, documentaries, cultural entertainment.
German - Duetsche Welle: DW TV: English and German language channel broadcast from Germany, providing programming in politics, business, art, sports, social issues, entertainment
Hindi - Bollywood 4 U : South Asian music, movies broadcast 24 hours a day
- ZNINE: A popular Indian language movie channel
- Zee T.V. Entertainment channel broadcasting in Hindi & other Indian languages
Italian - RAI International: 24 hours of entertainment, sports, news, movies, live from Italy
Japanese - TV Japan: Live from Japan, news, documentaries, dramas, sports, movies.
Korean - Airing: Broadcast live from Korean 24 hours a day, entertainment and News Portuguese
- Globo Television, Novellas, soccer, Live News, Talk Shows, ect.
Russian - RTVI: 24 hours a day programming from NY, Moscow and Israel
- NTV America Live programming from Moscow, talk shows, movies, sports, ect
- RTVI Plus: Entertainment channel, adult and children programming
Spanish - AZICA
- UNVSN
- TMNDO
- CNNES
- MTVES
- FTRAE
Students are encouraged to use TELL ME MORE: - TELL ME MORE® is an award winning software that applies speech recognition technology to Language Learning
- The program centers on developing the specific skills needed to succeed in learning a language, including: reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture.
- TELL ME MORE® offers hours of content, in a wide variety of activities and skill levels
- 37 types of activities are offered - comprising up to 2000 hour
- 70 Cultural Texts classified by theme (history, geography, arts, cuisine…), geopolitical and geographical maps
- Practice through diverse exercises: Cultural Quizzes, Patchworks and Map mania of learning.
- Equally effective for the beginning learner or the advanced speaker, TELL ME MORE® promotes advancement at all stages of language learning.
TELL ME MORE® is available at the MMC in the following languages: - Arabic
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
Hours of Operation Monday- Thursday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM Friday - 8: 00.AM - 7:00 PM Saturday - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Hours of Operation during the Winter 2009 Intersession Friday, December 19 through Sunday, January 4, are: Friday, December 19: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, December 20 - 21: CLOSED Monday and Tuesday, December 22 - 23: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday, December 24 through Monday, January 5: CLOSED For any questions or concerns please contact: Marie V. Dorelus
Program Coordinator
Language Studies Program
Johns Hopkins University- SAIS
1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW # 328
Washington, DC 20036-2213
Tel: (202) 663-5751
Fax: (202) 663-5764
mdorelus@jhu.edu
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