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Boga
Learn Basque at your own pace in the
comfort of your own home with this entertaining program! The
minimum requirements are:
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Windows
95/98/NT 4.0/2000/Me/XP or superior
Pentium
III, 500mhz, 64mb RAM
free
disk space: 20 Mb
Internet
connection
sound
card
mouse
and CD-ROM unit
Microphone
and speakers |
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| This program
usually costs $150.00 per three-month session but it is being offered by
HABE and the Basque Government to members of NABO clubs at NO COST! |
| Currently we have 35
people participating in Boga. If you haven't signed up and would like to please
contact Maria and she will get
you a user name and password. |
| Each lesson of the
Boga program follows a similar format. You can go back and forth between areas to
review. The following examples come from different sessions of the
first stratum.
(click on the images to see a larger version) |
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The content of each
lesson is introduced in English by a virtual tutor. She explains
what will be covered, who the main characters of the lesson will be and
what they will be doing. |
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Next you see and
hear an animated dialogue in Basque. |
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This is followed by
the script of the dialogue with English translation. Each phrase has
a button you can click to hear it as many times as you wish. |
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The tutor then
appears and explains the grammatical concepts in English. |
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This is followed by
exercises that help you learn the concepts. |
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There are also
exercises to learn vocabulary. |
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Games like this
help quiz you on what you learned and reinforce the lesson content. |
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are also tests at the end of each session and stratum (except for the
first sessions). Your progress will be tracked by the Boga server
and you will be able to communicate with your instructor via email
messages through the program. Participants will meet monthly to
practice and discuss the Boga program.
We will also be offering the Boga program at
our Basque Center when it is completed.
This is an alternative for those who do not have a computer or
internet access.
This is an incredible opportunity to
exercise your brain in a fun way and recuperate the most defining
characteristic of our Basque heritage. Gora Euskara!
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