International Week 2004
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Film Series
International Games
Kaleidaconcert
International Dance School
Crafts (Henna, Hair Braiding, etc)
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Monday - Friday
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hosted by the UO International Student Association
http://giadstone,UQregon.edu/~asuojsa/inightgQQ4.htmi
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686-1166
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However, consumers proved resist
ant to purchasing other alternative
players, Tishman said. The bookstore
only offers one player that is not an
iPod — a Polaroid Pocket Jam player
with 123 megabytes but no acces
sories. The store discontinued selling
other players after they sold poorly.
This kind of consumer attitude is
common, Stan said. First a few con
sumers tend to latch onto a product,
then it becomes trendy and finally it's
abandoned.
"It depends on the industry, but it's
all a matter of fashion," she said. "Es
pecially with young people, they tend
to congregate and use the same
brands. I'm sure this belief is based on
quality, but in truth it's all percep
tions."
Another explanation for the acces
sories, at least in the case of iPods, is
the large initial investment, Tishman
said. Apple's 15 gigabyte base model
retails at $299 (for students there is a
$30 academic discount).
"The 15 GB model is by far the
most popular," he said. "It's all about
the price for college students."
Tishman added that many buyers
don't take into account the products
that they will need to make their iPod
useful in all the ways they want it to
be. He said the 15 GB model just
comes with the player and the cord
for the connection to the drive.
According to Brooke Webster, a
salesman at the Eugene Mac Store ,
the most popular products have been
add-ons that help to make iPods dou
ble as different devices. Located at 61
W. Eighth Ave., the store primarily
sells Apple products and products
made by other companies for Macin
tosh users.
"We have a lot of really popular ac
cessories," Webster said. "We have a
voice recorder that a lot of the stu
dents like because they can take notes
in class and then put them onto their
computer and then actually copy
them down to make a hard copy."
Users would have to spend $55 for
the recorder. Webster said that the
store also sells a media card reader for
digital cameras, which costs $99.95.
"People like to accessorize (the
iPods), and it seems like it doesn't
matter how much it costs — people
have fun doing it," Webster said.
Freshman Euell Macke said that he
received a discount deal with his new
computer package for a 10 GB iPod
and has bought several accessories to
go with it.
"I have a car jack accessory, because
I live six hours away and when I drive
home it's nice to have music," Macke
said. "1 bought the charger after (the
purchase) for that."
He added that he plays the music
on his stereo with a tape adapter, but
he now wants a transmitter.
"A couple of my buddies don't have
tape players in their cars, so if I want
to play my music I can't," he said.
Contact the business/science/
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likely there to fill degree requirements
and therefore, may be less motivated.
"The reasons aren't intensely per
sonal," he said. "You can achieve
quite a bit if the motivation and goals
are all intrinsic."
Magoto said another factor that can
determine student success is class size.
Self-study language classes are gener
ally limited to about five students,
while traditional courses have about
28 students. This means students
don't have the option of hiding in the
back of the class, he said.
Senior Spanish major Adam Hink
ley said he has taken self-study cours
es for about a year, and he likes the in
timacy of the smaller groups. He said
the learning style is also different than
traditional classes in terms of course
structure.
"In a more structured class they
really focus on grammar issues," he
said. "In the self-study, I feel like I get a
lot more practice speaking."
However, Spanish Program Direc
tor Robert Davis said self-study pro
grams usually focus on reading and
listening and less on personal inter
action, which is essential for retain
ing a language. Here the program
includes tutoring sessions for dis
cussion, but there is still less time
for personal interaction because
self-study students meet less often,
he said.
He said in traditional courses,
speaking, writing and reading are gen
erally emphasized evenly.
"We're trying to balance all the skill
areas in our program," he said.
He said he has considered offering
more nontraditional ways of learning
languages such as Spanish for stu
dents who are too advanced for low
er-level classes. First, he said the pro
gram needs to create a comprehensive
and accurate proficiency test that can
truly evaluate language skills.
"If we get that implemented ... it
would make a lot of sense to have self
study programs," he said. Although
he has not heard requests for such
courses, students would likely be in
terested if they became available, he
said.
Graduate student Kinsey Swartz
said he's found the self-study courses
to be a good way to learn the
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Romance languages he studies at a
faster pace. He said he is trying to
leam Italian quickly, but his 200-lev
el class is holding him back.
"I would love it if there were Italian
self-study classes," he said.
Magoto said more commonly
taught languages aren't offered for
self-study because he doesn't want
to compete with the language de
partments — there also is no fund
ing for them. The program is com
pletely self-sufficient with student
fees currently covering only half of
the program's costs, he said.
If the self-study program were to ex
pand through the language center,
testing would likely become a require
ment and the quality of the program
could be compromised, Magoto
added.
"Whenever a test becomes one of
the outcomes of a program, teaching
changes," he said.
He said it is therefore up to other
departments to offer that style of
teaching if students are interested.
"We would be really eager to work
with any language department," he
said.
For more information on the self
study program, visit
http://babel.uoregon.edu.
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