Video-Taping Dialogs, with Commentary to Teach Cultural Elements.

Description of a project involving the use of the video-tape recorder in a beginning course in Japanese focuses on cultural implications of basic unit dialogues. Instant replay, close-up, and other camera techniques allow students to concentrate on cross-cultural phenomena which are normally not perceived without the use of media. General procedures for use of the video-tape recorder are discussed and accompanied by a sample unit dialogue with commentary from an introductory Japanese text. (RL)