available on the web and CD-ROM for both Macintosh and PC, is an html/javascript-based "electronic textbook" with links connecting chapter goals, dialogs, glossaries, grammar presentations, sounds, large-screen graphics, and other learning aids. Requires Internet Explorer 5 or later.
CD-ROMS (free of charge) will be distributed to new students during the first week of classes. Ink-on-paper versions of the core files are available for about $30 at Clean Copy, across Broadway from Cramer Hall.
Some core files are available in pdf format for downloading and printing:
Dialogs • Kontext Glossaries • Book (Cumulative) Glossary
Reference Grammar: Introduction • Topic List • Main RG
Since PSU has recently changed its policy about printing. Where before you were limited to printing 20 pages per session, you can now print as much as you want up to your allowed number of pages for the quarter. Therefore you may want to print your own copies rather than buy them from the copy service. Go easy on the trees: print on both sides of the page; the files are formated to adjust margins for odd- and even-page printing.
There is also a Spanish sibling of Wie, bitte? - ¿Cómo? - Introductory Spanish for Proficiency (Internet Explorer 5 or later)