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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

Background

Each of the 14 courses was created with MaxAuthor.[15][16]

Many of the courses were reviewed in academic journals.[17][18][9][6][11] The Critical Languages Series Online was a subscription-based service that delivered the same materials online.[19][20]

References

  1. "Critical Languages Series". https://cls.arizona.edu/. 
  2. Camey, Valeriane; Fedrigo, Niedja (2003). Review of Beginning Brazilian Portuguese. pp. 371–379. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24149505. Retrieved 28 September 2023. 
  3. Yang, Peter (2001). Review of Beginning Cantonese. pp. 618–628. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24148041. Retrieved 28 September 2023. 
  4. Zheng, Tongtao (2001). Review of Beginning Chinese (Mandarin). pp. 629–639. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24148042. Retrieved 28 September 2023. 
  5. Son, Jeong-Bae (2001). Review of Beginning and Continuing Korean. pp. 126–137. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24147957. Retrieved 28 September 2023. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Stauffer, Rachel (2007). "Review of Beginning Ukrainian". The Slavic and East European Journal 51 (3): 655–656. doi:10.2307/20459560. https://doi.org/10.2307/20459560. Retrieved 5 April 2023. 
  7. Türel, Vehbi (2003). Review of Beginning Turkish. pp. 592–602. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24157534. Retrieved 30 September 2023. 
  8. Turel, Vehbi (2011). "Beginning Kurmanji Kurdish". CALICO Journal 28 (3): 766–776. https://www.jstor.org/stable/calicojournal.28.3.766. Retrieved 30 September 2023. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Kesli, Yesim (2007). "Review of Critical Languages Series: Intermediate Turkish". CALICO Journal 24 (3): 729–736. ISSN 0742-7778. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24147996. Retrieved 5 April 2023. 
  10. Yang, Peter (2007). Review of Intermediate Cantonese. pp. 421–434. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24147920. Retrieved 28 September 2023. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Pugh, Stefan M. (2011). "Review of Intermediate Ukrainian. The University of Arizona Critical Languages Series. CD-ROM and DVD-ROM courseware". Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne des Slavistes 53 (1): 120–121. ISSN 0008-5006. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25822308. 
  12. Iskold, Luba (2011). "Intermediate Ukrainian". CALICO Journal 28 (2): 546–559. https://www.jstor.org/stable/calicojournal.28.2.546. Retrieved 30 September 2023. 
  13. Sahin, Mehmet (2011). "Advanced Turkish". CALICO Journal 28 (2): 560–568. https://www.jstor.org/stable/calicojournal.28.2.560. Retrieved 30 September 2023. 
  14. Turel, Vehbi (September 2010). "Advanced Turkish" (in en). ReCALL 22 (3): 396–401. doi:10.1017/S0958344010000224. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall/article/abs/advanced-turkish/906FC6A10F7B91532BB3CB9AAA47394C. Retrieved 3 October 2023. 
  15. "The Impact of Self-Instructional Technology on Language Learning: A View of NASILP". https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/networks/TR25/TR25-5.pdf. 
  16. Johnson, Lathrop P. (2010). "Electronic Literary Texts: A Survey of Tools and some Strategies for Developers". CALICO Journal 27 (3): 477–490. ISSN 0742-7778. https://www.jstor.org/stable/calicojournal.27.3.477. 
  17. "Reviews | Critical Languages Series". 26 October 2021. http://cls.arizona.edu/reviews.htm. 
  18. "All Known Reviews | Critical Languages Series". 30 June 2022. http://cls.arizona.edu/resources/allreviews.htm#. 
  19. APPEL, GABRIELA (2010). "MILJ News & Notes of the Profession". The Modern Language Journal 94 (3): 488–496. ISSN 0026-7902. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40856180. Retrieved 5 April 2023. 
  20. "CLS Online: The University of Arizona Critical Languages Series Online". 14 October 2011. http://www.criticallanguagesseries.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=759#.