Vocabulary and Grammar Resources

Vocabulary and Grammar Resources

The PITFs designed a system for teaching vocabulary and grammar and tested tools with Chinese, Hebrew, and Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

 

Teaching Challenge:

Egyptian Aa and Ab focused on reading and discussion of artifacts from ancient Egypt. An emphasis was placed on developing advanced reading comprehension, with some attention to writing skills.

Faculty/Instructor(s):

Professor Peter Der Manuelian

Fellow(s):

Chris Foster, Day Jimenez

School, Library, Museum:

Arts and Sciences

Project Deliverable:

Vocabulary resources to assist in comprehension and pronunciation of challenging texts

Tools and/or Technologies:

HTML, CSS, Javascript (jQuery & ext.js libraries)

Course(s)/Discipline(s):

Egyptian Aa & Ab

Year Created:

2010

Supported by the Harvard Initiative for Learning & Teaching (HILT)