The document summarizes the agenda for the Department of State Annual Meeting. The morning session will include assembling, an introduction, a year in review, and discussions on product revisions. The afternoon session will cover competitive analysis of core language products, new electronic ancillary products, acquisition candidates, and new titles under contract. Specific languages that will be revised include Spanish, Arabic, German, Chinese, Japanese, and computer access systems. New proposed titles in French, Vietnamese, Hindi and Punjabi will also be discussed.

1. DEPT. OF STATE
ANNUAL MEETING
Product
Revisions
Product
Analysis
Product
Improvement

2. MORNING SESSION
Times What is happening
8:30am Assemble
9:00am Introduction
9:30am Year in review (Best Sellers and
Solid Backlist Titles
10:00am Revisions
12:15am Lunch break
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3. 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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4. 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
One Global
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5. 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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6. CHINESE REVISION
• LEVELS 1 & 2
• EXAMINE FOR OUTDATED POLITICAL REFERENCES
• CHECK REGIONAL COVERAGE
• UPDATE WITH CURRENT VOCABULARY
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7. JAPANESE REVISION
• LEVEL 3
• ADD DIALOGS
• REVIEW PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTIONS
• ADD NOTES ON BODY LANGUAGE
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8. PRODUCT ANALYSIS
• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
• CORE LANGUAGES
• ENGLISH AND SPANISH
• COMPETITION
• 3RD PARTY REVIEWS
• PROGRAM STATISTICS
One Global
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9. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS
• NEW ELECTRONIC ANCILLARIES
• RICH AUDIO TRACKS
• IMPROVED VIDEO DISPLAYS
• MORE INTERACTIVITY OPTIONS
• TRADITIONAL SELLERS INITIATIVES
One Global
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10. NEW TITLES
• ON-LINE TITLES
• FRENCH; LEVEL 4
• VIETNAMESE; LEVEL 3
• CD-ROM TITLES
• HINDI; LEVEL 3
• PUNJABI; LEVEL 2
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11. -100
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Top 10 Spoken Languages (in millions)
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12. TRANSLATE
• BE WISELY WORLDLY, BUT NOT WORLDLY WISE. (ENGLISH)
• ‫كن‬‫الدنيوية‬ ‫الحكمة‬ ‫من‬ ‫ليس‬ ‫ولكن‬ ،‫بحكمة‬ ‫الدنيوية‬. (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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