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    BIRTHRIGHT ARMENIA
    Contact: Linda Yepoyan
    Email: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.birthrightarmenia.org/


    Learn Eastern Armenian with Birthright Armenia's Online Language
    Tutorial

    It's back by popular demand! The Depi Hayk Language Tutorial has just
    successfully undergone a thorough technological upgrade to ensure
    usability across all desktop platforms and browsers. Registration is
    simple, and within a minute you're ready for your first Armenian
    lesson or to brush up on what you already know.

    With 12-unit multimedia lessons in all, this free online course is a
    great tool if you or someone you know has been interested in learning
    basic conversational Eastern Armenian. The course includes a pre-test
    to assess your starting level, access to a built-in online dictionary,
    practical vocabulary and dialogues, grammar sections including the
    written Armenian, its English transliteration and translation,
    exercises, songs and poems and a post-test to measure one's progress
    in basic level proficiency. A short introduction to the alphabet is
    also provided, followed by a click and drag reading/comprehension
    game.

    Originally created over 10 years ago, the program's primary intended
    use is the same now as it was back then: to serve as a learning tool
    for Birthright Armenia and Armenian Volunteer Corps volunteers to get
    them acclimated to the Armenian language prior to their arrival to
    Armenia. However, by making it free and available to everyone via the
    Birthright Armenia website, members of the general public in need of a
    top-quality Armenian tutorial for work, recreation or necessity also
    find the program quite beneficial. Over the last decade the tutorial
    has enjoyed quite a following of language takers over the years-over
    2,850 have benefitted to date, the majority of whom were not
    Birthright volunteers. The upgrade to keep pace with ever-changing
    technology was a must in order to continue serving the growing
    interest in Eastern Armenian.

    Timothy Deets, a registered tutorial user from Chicago, IL, now living
    and teaching English in Armenia at the American University of Armenia,
    is an ideal example of the diverse non-volunteer demographic. "While
    trying to learn Armenian, I've acquired dictionaries and other books,
    and tried Mango as well as Pimsleur language programs. But the main
    reason I use Birthright Armenia's online language tutorial is because
    it's so interactive and has a nice, succinct summary of Eastern
    Armenian grammar," he explains.
    "Presently, I am using the tutorial with the goal of learning Armenian
    grammar, to improve my pronunciation, and to increase my vocabulary.
    This practical knowledge assists me with getting around town via
    public transportation and ordering food and drinks in restaurants with
    ease," he adds.

    Using a method similar to Rosetta Stone, the language tutorial
    utilizes the concept of dynamic immersion to introduce
    English-speaking learners to the cultural intricacies of the target
    language. Users of the program have all commented on the efficacy of
    this method in learning a language not practiced in their daily lives.
    Organized vis-à-vis the format of the Armenian map, each of the
    tutorial's lessons is named after a region in Armenia. As a result,
    not only are users broadening their skills, they are becoming more
    familiar with the geography of the Armenian Republic, its monasteries,
    history and culture.

    To use the Depi Hayk Language Tutorial, please visit
    http://www.birthrightarmenia.org/depihayk/login.php?content=login or
    click on the button for the language tutorial from the main menu of
    the Birthright Armenia site to get started. Hajoghutiun!




    From: A. Papazian
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