Learning Language Through Cultural Texts: Brazilian Portuguese

Recipient: Tesser, Carmen Chaves (Middlebury, VT 05753 USA) in affiliation with Middlebury College

Goal: A materials development project to create resources for the study of Portuguese for language learners already proficient in Spanish.

Description: Middlebury College proposes to expand materials used in the 2003 Portuguese School and develop technology enhances resources to facilitate the inclusion of extensive reading in Portuguese language classes. Materials will be based on lectures, films, and cultural and historical texts. An interdisciplinary team of experts in language, literature, and Brazilian studies from ten different institutions will review materials and adapt them to their own programs. These resources attempt to fill a gap between traditional language courses and more advanced content area courses that require extensive reading.

Grant: 170420 / EE-50006-04,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development,   Year Awarded: 2004

Tsafiqui Ethnolinguistic Database

Recipient: Craig, Colette G (Eugene, OR 97403 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene

Goal: To support the preparation of a database on the language of the Tsachila people, an indigenous tribe of northwest Ecuador. The database will assist future preparation of a dictionary and grammar of the Tsafiqui language.

Grant: 161373 / RT-21523-93,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Tools,   Year Awarded: 1993

The Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project

Recipient: Macri, Martha J (Davis, CA 95616-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of California, Davis (Davis, CA 95616 USA)

Goal: To support preparation of a relational graphics database of Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions and proposed readings.

Grant: 161341 / RT-21365-92,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Tools,   Year Awarded: 1992

Analysis and Nahuatl Lexicon of a 16th-Century Manuscript Dictionary

Recipient: Clayton, Mary L (Bloomington, IN 47401 USA) in affiliation with Indiana University, Bloomington (Bloomington, IN 47405 USA)

Goal: To support the preparation of an edition of a 16th-century Nahuatl manuscript, a study of its provenance, and compilation of alphabetical and morphological dictionaries of this Aztec language.

Grant: 161351 / RT-21419-92,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Tools,   Year Awarded: 1992

The Mosaic of Latin America: Literary and Cultural Expression

Recipient: Farrell, Donnasue (Bradenton, FL 34206 USA) in affiliation with Manatee Community College (Bradenton, FL 33506 USA)

Goal: To support a five-week faculty study project that will enable 20 faculty members from across the disciplines to study Latin American literature and culture.

Grant: 142524 / EH-21591-92,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1992

Guide to Nahuatl Manuscripts in the United States

Recipient: Schwaller, John (Potsdam, NY 13676 USA) in affiliation with Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 USA)

Goal: To support a guide to manuscripts in the Aztec language of Nahuatl that are held by U.S. repositories.

Grant: 159237 / RC-21748-89,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Access,   Year Awarded: 1989

The Language of the Inkas Since the European Invasion, by Bruce Mannheim

Recipient: May, Theresa J (Austin, TX 78713 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712 USA)

Goal: To support the publication of a systematic description of the history of Quechua, a language spoken in Peru.

Grant: 160842 / RP-21210-89,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Publications,   Year Awarded: 1989

The Art of Nahuatl Speech: The Bancroft Dialogues

Recipient: Karttunen, Frances E (Austin, TX 78712-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712 USA)

Goal: To support the translation of a 17th-century Nahuatl guide to the social and courtly etiquette of the Aztec nobility.

Grant: 137865 / RL-20876-86,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Translations,   Year Awarded: 1986

Portuguese Language Development Program

Recipient: Tolman, Jon M (Alburquerque, NM 87131-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)

Goal: To support the Portuguese language materials project. The staff will edit 20 beginning-level films, produce and edit ten intermediate films, and finish writing the beginning and intermediate level texts to accompany the films.

Grant: 142182 / EH-20462-84,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1984

Westminster Latin Institutes

Recipient: Turner, J. Hilton (New Wilmington, PA 16142 USA) in affiliation with Westminster College (New Wilmington, PA 16172 USA)

Goal: To support a two-year program of summer institutes for 40 language teachers in Latin and classical culture.

Grant: 125394 / ES-20907-84,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1984

Summer Institute on Brazil (Grant Extension Proposal)

Recipient: Merkx, Gilbert (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0000 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)

Goal: To provide supplementary support for the development of curriculum guides for Brazilian studies, as a result of the l983 institute on Brazil.

Grant: 124313 / EH-20188-82,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1982

The Lexico Hispanoamericano del Siglo XIX: A Microfiche Edition [SAL]

Recipient: Boyd-Bowman, Peter M (Williamsville, NY 14221-0000 USA) in affiliation with SUNY Research Foundation, Buffalo (Amherst, NY 14228 USA)

Goal: To support completion of a linguistic data bank based on Spanish-American documents from the l6th through the l9th centuries, and the preparation of the last volume of the series, the nineteenth century lexicon, which covers the transition from the colonial to the national period.

Grant: 139462 / RT-20182-82,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Tools,   Year Awarded: 1982

Symposium on Juan Ramon Jimenez

Recipient: Nemes, Graciela P (Hyattsville, MD 20782 USA) in affiliation with University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD 20742-5141 USA)

Goal: To support a conference of outstanding scholars to reassess the works of Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish poet and Nobel Prize winner. Participants will inves- tigate the impact of the Americas on the poet and his impact on the writers of the time.

Grant: 139753 / RX-*1761-81,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Conferences,   Year Awarded: 1981