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    Language Resources
    All language resources, including equipment, can be checked out at the YLC Front Desk in Mckenzie 175.
    A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic

    Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed.

    Available
    Language: 
    Arabic
    Type: 
    Reference
    A River Runs Through It

    The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing.

    Available
    Language: 
    English
    Type: 
    DVD
    A Separation

    A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

    Available
    Language: 
    Farsi
    Type: 
    DVD
    A Summer Full of Love

    A collection of beautiful, moving, and elequently written short stories by Füruzan, one of Turkey's most popular and respected writers, in a parallel Turkish-English text.

    Available
    Language: 
    Turkish
    Type: 
    Reference
    A Time for Drunken Horses

    Young Iranian Kurds (brothers and sisters) try to save the youngest of them, who is seriously ill.

    Available
    Language: 
    Farsi
    Type: 
    DVD
    A.U.A. Language Center Thai Course Book Two

    An intermediate level textbook for learning Thai.

    Available
    Language: 
    Thai
    Type: 
    Reference
    About Elly

    The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

    Available
    Language: 
    Italian
    Type: 
    DVD
    Abril despedaçado

    When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.

    Available
    Language: 
    Portuguese
    Type: 
    DVD
    Acustico: Gilberto Gil

    A set of acoustic Gilberto Gil recordings.

    Available
    Language: 
    Portuguese
    Type: 
    DVD
    Africa - Episode 1 & 2

    Savannah Homecoming (E1) - Witness the splendor of East Africa's golden plains in this story of two women and their journeys between bustling cities and rural landscaps. | Desert Odyssey (E2) - Examine the harsh beauty of the Sahara desert through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy as he embarks on his first camel caravan.

    Available
    Language: 
    Swahili
    Type: 
    DVD
    Africa - Episode 3 & 4

    Voices of the Forest (E3) - The dense, mysterious rain forest of Central Africa's Congo River Basin is home to the Baka people and a complex variety of plants and animals. | Mountains of Faith (E4) - Discover Ethiopia's rugged beauty and ancient traditions in a tale tracing the lives of two ambitious young men on the brink of manhood.

    Available
    Language: 
    Swahili
    Type: 
    DVD
    Africa - Episode 5 & 6

    Love in the Sahel (E5) - Near the edge of the desolate and wind-swept Sahara, two young men participate in age-old rituals guided by nature's complex rhythms. | Restless Waters (E6) - In the midst of Africa's fertile heartlands, on Lake Victoria, the continent's largest lake...a man is about to ruisk his family's savings for a chance at a better future.

    Available
    Language: 
    Swahili
    Type: 
    DVD

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    Yamada Language Center
    1236 University of Oregon
    175 McKenzie Hall
    Eugene, OR 97403-1236

    P: 541-346-4011

    ylc@uoregon.edu

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