Features While retaining the basic pedagogical goals of 1997’s Jê KÁ Sæ Yorùbá (Let’s speak Yoruba) CD-ROM and 1999’s Jê KÁ Ka Yorùbá (Let’s Read Yoruba), Jê KÁ Gbô Yorùbá (Let’s Hear Yoruba) is designed to teach Yoruba at the advanced level. Some of its features are: Compatibility The same Jê KÁ Gbô Yorùbá disc will run on both Macintosh and Windows computers. Furthermore, the program uses standard formats (RTF, JPEG, GIF, QuickTime) for all its content. User Control An improved interface provides more navigation options, navigation and keyboard shortcuts, and greater control over sound and video content. Personalized Installation Students can easily create a personal startup directory on a floppy disk, to take with them from home to computer Lab to classroom. Expandable content All content in the CD ROM is stored externally and was designed to be editable by anyone with basic software tools. This means that instructors can customize their exercises, or create their own exercises and add them to the CD ROM. Internet Component The CD ROM can check any internet address for new content files, creating the possibility of an online community of shared lesson content. Also, students can submit writing assignments via email to their instructors from within the CD ROM. Replicability While many products claim to offer a replicable model for language learning, the Jê KÁ Gbô Yorùbá program can literally be converted to any language simply by “plugging in” new content. Instructions for editing content are included in the CD ROM.

For more info Antonia Schleicher, Ph.D. Author Antonia Yétùndê Fælárìn Schleicher is a Professor of African languages and Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to Jê KÁ Gbô Yorùbá, she wrote the Jê KÁ Sæ Yorùbá textbook and companion CD-ROM as well as Jê KÁ KA Yorùbá textbook and companion CD-ROM. Contact: ayschlei@facstaff.wisc.edu Olusola Adesope Information Technology Coordinator Olú«ælá Adé«æpê is the Information Technology Coordinator at the NALRC, University of Wisconsin-Madison where he oversees the implementation of technologies to facilitate the teaching and learning of African languages. Contact: ooadesope@facstaff.wisc.edu Arlo Leach Multimedia Developer Arlo Leach now works as a Senior Developer with Type A Multimedia Network, Which provides a variety of web, CD–ROM, and hybrid solutions for academic and corporate clients. Contact: arlo@typea.net. http://african.lss.wisc.edu/yoruba/cdrom3

Jê KÁ Gbô Yorùbá A technical overview of the new CD- ROM

How it works

Je Ká Gbo Yorùbá can be a simple, no – installation Using Content Updates

necessary CD- ROM program, or a powerful, With the click of a button, the Je Ká Gbo Yorùbá program networked teaching tool, depending on how you use it. can check any content address for new or updated content These four scenarios demonstrate the flexibility of the and download it to a local storage space for future use. The

program’s design. UW- Madison Department of African Languages and

Literature keeps an archive of content updates, and other

Institutions may post their own content as well.

Basic Operations

All of Je Ká Gbo Yorùbá‘s contents---

text, pictures, sounds, and program

are saved separately from the program,

in the disc’s Content Folder. The disc map

file serves as an index for the content

folder, telling the program what exercises

are available. Students need only insert the

CD-ROM and double- click the Je Ká Gbo

Yorùbá Program to access the over 200

exercises included on the disc.

Installing Personal Directory

From within the program, students

can choose to install a personal

startup directory on a removable

disk, hard drive, or a network drive. Obtaining Tutoring

The program will then use this space From within the program-no additional software is necessary. Students to save student writings and personal can email their writing assignments directly to an instructor for

preferences, and keep a record of the personal feedback. If no instructor is available, they can engage

students progress through the exercises. Professor Schleicher to review their work for a small tutoring fee.