DEPT. OF STATE

ANNUAL MEETING

Product Revisions

Product Analysis

Product Improvement

MORNING SESSION

Times What is happening

8:30am Assemble

9:00am Introduction

9:30am Year in review (Best Sellers andSolid Backlist Titles

10:00am Revisions

12:15am Lunch break

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AFTERNOON SESSION

• 1:00 TITLE LIST

• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

• FRENCH, SPANISH, JAPANESE CORE PRODUCTS

• NEW ELECTRONIC ANCILLARIES

• ACQUISITION CANDIDATES

• UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS FROM PROFESSORS

• NEW TITLES NOW UNDER CONTRACT

• ROUNDING OUT THE LIST

• CONCLUSION

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PRODUCT REVISIONS

• REVISED LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

• SPANISH; LEVELS 2 & 3 (LOCAL EDITIONS ONLY)

• ARABIC; LEVEL 3

• GERMAN; LEVEL 2

• REVISED SYSTEMS

• COMPUTER ACCESS SYSTEMS

• INTERNET LIVECAST

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SPANISH REVISION

• LEVEL 4

• UPDATE ESSAYS WITH CURRENT CONTENT

• UPDATE GRAMMAR SECTIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY USAGE

• SPANISH CONVERSATION PRACTICE

• REVIEW IDIOMS FOR CONTEMPORARY USAGE

• CHARACTERS SHOULD REFLECT ETHNIC DIVERSITY

• APPROPRIATE GENDER SPEAKERS

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CHINESE REVISION

• LEVELS 1 & 2

• EXAMINE FOR OUTDATED POLITICAL REFERENCES

• CHECK REGIONAL COVERAGE

• UPDATE WITH CURRENT VOCABULARY

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JAPANESE REVISION

• LEVEL 3

• ADD DIALOGS

• REVIEW PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTIONS

• ADD NOTES ON BODY LANGUAGE

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PRODUCT ANALYSIS

• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

• CORE LANGUAGES

• ENGLISH AND SPANISH

• COMPETITION

• 3RD PARTY REVIEWS

• PROGRAM STATISTICS

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PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS

• NEW ELECTRONIC ANCILLARIES

• RICH AUDIO TRACKS

• IMPROVED VIDEO DISPLAYS

• MORE INTERACTIVITY OPTIONS

• TRADITIONAL SELLERS INITIATIVES

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NEW TITLES

• ON-LINE TITLES

• FRENCH; LEVEL 4

• VIETNAMESE; LEVEL 3

• CD-ROM TITLES

• HINDI; LEVEL 3

• PUNJABI; LEVEL 2

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Top 10 Spoken Languages (in millions)

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TRANSLATE

• BE WISELY WORLDLY, BUT NOT WORLDLY WISE. (ENGLISH)

• .الدنيوية بحكمة، ولكن ليس من الحكمة الدنيويةكن (ARABIC)

• WHAT YOU SPEND YEARS BUILDING MAY BE DESTROYED OVERNIGHT. BUILD

ANYWAY. (ENGLISH)

• LO QUE PASA AÑOS EN CONSTRUIR PUEDE SER DESTRUIDO DURANTE LA NOCHE.

CONSTRUIR DE TODOS MODOS. (SPANISH)

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