- Paradoja, CD-ROM
based on the documentaryMiss Universo en el Perú,
uses the 1982 pageant in Perú to examine critically, among
other things, sex role stereotypes in the media as well as the
socio-economic divide between the largely Spanish-descended elite
and the mostly Indian urban and rural poor. The video materials
include televised reports of the beauty contest and interviews
with the organizers, contestants, journalists and representatives
of women's groups. This primary material has been adapted for
student use with a full annotated transcript, a bilingual
dictionary that allows students to search any word in the text,
and an information menu from which students can access additional
resources, such as historical, social and cultural information on
Perú, as well as maps and pictures. Activities for students
to complete as they progress through the program have also been
incorporated. The program contains links to pertinent pages on the
World Wide Web. It is designed for
Intermediate to Advanced levels of Spanish, and can be used in the
classroom or assigned for use independently or in small
groups.
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- Paradojawas developed at
M.I.T.'s Language Learning and Resource Center with funding from
the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning and from the
Foreign Languages and Literatures Section at M.I.T.
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- Paradojais available to
educational institutions and faculty members or teaching staff of
educational institutions only. See the the License
for the full terms of the agreement.
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- System Requirements:
- Macintosh PowerPC running System 7.1 or
later
- 2X CD-ROM player
- 16 MB free space on hard
disk
- 16 MB RAM recommended (7 MB free RAM for
Paradoja --additional RAM as required by your System and Web
Browser *)
- Screen resolution set to 640x480
(optimal)
- Macintosh only, no PC version
available
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- Contact Information:
- Margarita
Ribas Groeger
- Coordinator of Spanish
- Foreign Languages and
Literatures
- Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
- E-mail: mgroeger@mit.edu
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