Known Critical Languages Series Reviews

If you know of a CLS product review that is not listed here, please email Scott Brill.

This list last updated April 3, 2008

CALICO Journal Software Reviews (www.calico.org)
Editor: Dr. Jack Burston

Title	Date review published	Reviewer	Reviewer Institution	Ratings
Beginning CHINESE CD-ROM	2001 V18 number 3 p.629	Tongtao Zheng	University of Tasmania, Australia	Scaled rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 5 Pedagogical features: 4.5 Socio-linguistic accuracy: 4 Use of computer capabilities: 5 Ease of use: 4 Overall: 4.5 Value for money: 5
Beginning CANTONESE CD-ROM	2001 V18 number 3 p.618	Peter Yang	Case Western Reserve University	Scaled rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 5 Pedagogical features: 4 Socio-Linguistic accuracy: 5 Use of computer capabilities: 4 Ease of use: 5 Over-all evaluation: 4 Value for money: 4
Beginning and Continuing KOREAN CD-ROM	2001 V19 number 1 p.126	Jeong-Bae Son	The University of Southern Queensland	Scaled Rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 3.5 Pedagogical features: 3 Socio-Linguistic accuracy: 3 Use of computer capabilities: 3.5 Ease of use: 3.5 Over-all evaluation: 3.5 Value for money: 3.5
Beginning TURKISH CD-ROM	2003 V20 number 3 p.592	Vehbi Türel	The University of Manchester	Scaled Rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 4 Pedagogical features: 3.5 Socio-Linguistic accuracy: 4 Use of computer capabilities: 4 Ease of use: 4 Over-all evaluation: 4 Value for money: 4
Beginning KAZAKH CD-ROM	2003 V20 number 2 p.362	Ken Petersen	American Councils for International Education	Scaled Rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 4 Pedagogical features: 3 Socio-linguistic accuracy: 4 Use of computer capabilities: 3 Ease of use: 3 Over-all evaluation: 3 Value for money: 4
Beginning BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE CD-ROM	2003 V20 number 2 p.371	Valeriane Camey - and Niedja Fedrigo	University of Detroit Mercy, University of Michigan	Scaled Rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation Possibilities: 3 Pedagogical features: 3 Socio-Linguistic Accuracy: 3 Use of Computer Capabilities: 2 Ease of Use: 4 Overall Evaluation: 3 Value for money: 3.5
Intermediate CANTONESE DVD-ROM	2007 V24 number 2 p.421	Peter Yang	Case Western Reserve University	Scaled rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 5 Pedagogical features: 4 Socio-Linguistic accuracy: 5 Use of computer capabilities: 4 Ease of use: 5 Over-all evaluation: 4 Value for money: 4
Intermediate TURKISH DVD-ROM	2007 V24 number 3 p.729	Yesim Kesli	Texas Tech University	Scaled rating (1 low - 5 high) Implementation possibilities: 3 Pedagogical features: 5 Socio-Linguistic accuracy: 5 Use of computer capabilities: 3.5 Ease of use: 5 Over-all evaluation: 4 Value for money: 4.5

EUROCALL (http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti/reviews/revlist.htm)

Beginning TURKISH CD-ROM	9/28/00	Annalisa Sandrelli	University of Hull	…high degree of interactivity; package is a useful tool for self-study.
Beginning BRAZILIAN- PORTUGUESE CD-ROM	12/00	Clemence Jouet-Pastre	Stanford University	…its content is rich, organized, and up-to-date.
Beginning CHINESE CD-ROM	10/00	Pru Wells	University of Hull	Authentic materials…good for sustainment.

Modern Language Journal

Beginning BRAZILIAN-
PORTUGUESE CD-ROM

The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 85, No. 4. (Winter, 2001), pp. 635-636

Robert Krueger

University of Northern Iowa

Slavic and East European Journal

Beginning Ukrainian DVD-ROM

Slavic and East European Journal, Volume 51, Number 3, Fall 2007, pp. 655-656

Rachel Stauffer

University of Virginia

Amazon.com

Title	Number of reviews	Average number of stars per review out of 5	Quotes
Beginning Kazakh CD-ROM	5	4 stars	"A Quantum Leap Forward!"
Beginning Turkish CD-ROM	2	4 stars	"The Absolute BEST I've Found…"
Beginning Chinese CD-ROM	2	4 stars	"Excellent Multimedia resource…"
Beginning BRAZILIAN- PORTUGUESE CD-ROM	1	5 stars	"I am always learning each time I repeat the course!"
Beginning Cantonese CD-ROM	3	3.5 stars	"I love it, love it, love it!!" "Worth every cent for the video/audio alone."

MLA style references:

Dunkel, Brill, and Kohl, The Impact of Self-Instructional Technology on Language Learning: A View of NASILP. In New Technologies and Language Learning: Cases in the Less Commonly Taught Languages, ed. Carol Anne Spreen. 99. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2002.

Vehbi Türel, “Critical Languages Series: Beginning Turkish,” CALICO Journal 20, no. 3 (2003): 592

Clemence Jouet-Pastre, 2000, http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti/reviews/begbrazport.htm

Yesim Kesli, “Critical Languages Series: Intermediate Turkish,” CALICO Journal 24, no. 3 (2007): 729-736.

Ken Peterson, “Critical Languages Series: Beginning Kazakh,” CALICO Journal 20, no. 2 (2003): 362

Annalisa Sandrelli, Review of Beginning Turkish, University of Hull, December 2000,
<http://www.hull.ac.uk/cti/reviews/begturk.htm> (5 September 2007)