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>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 08:57:50 -0500
>Subject: EFL Software
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>From: [log in to unmask] (Gordon Hartig)

Students in our advanced ESL Listening & Speaking courses have had a
positive reaction to pronunciation software we have used for the past 3
years:  SpeechWorks from Trinity Software in Campton, New Hampshire (USA).
 I don't believe it is networkable, but 10 site licenses for stand-alone
PCs probably would compare favorably in price to some of the other
programs that have been mentioned.  The software identifies sounds that
students need to practice based upon native language.  There are
recognition exercises, as well as speaking exercises.  The software can
store student input so that an instructor can track progress, but we
haven't used this feature to any great extent because the instructors have
been part-time and haven't been able to devote large amounts of time on
campus to tracking their students.

Gordon Hartig
Language Lab Coordinator
Middlesex Community College
33 Kearney Square
Lowell, MA  01852