Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the many individuals and groups who have made this project possible:
- Benjamin Rifkin, Dianna Murphy, Shannon Spasova and other faculty, staff and students affiliated with the RAILS: Russian Advanced Interactive Listening Series project
- U.S. Department of Education International Research and Studies Program, for funding CAILS in 2006-09
- Language Institute, for providing technical and administrative support, and pedagogical expertise
- the many individuals who agreed to be interviewed for the project
- Zebo Abduvakhabova, Malik Hodjaev, the late Khairoulla Ismatoullaev, Guldana Kussainova and Nigora Sarsenbaeva for editing, transcriptions, and audio recordings used in the CAILS lessons
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