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>From: "Violeta" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #4910 request for help choosing language software
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 06:45:55 +0200
Dear Jon,
Following your request for help I am enclosing a list of CD-ROM titles
appropriate for studying foreign languages through an innovative approach
to learning called "multimedia language immersion". The CD-ROMs have been
designed and published by Syracuse Language Systems, Inc., 5790 Widewaters
Parkway, Syracuse, NY 13214-2845, USA, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
All the titles are commercially available. I have been using them with
Bulgarian learners of English for 2 years.
a) All-In-One, PC&Mac
27 word games that teach about 200 words and phrases
for developing listening and speaking skills
for beginning-elementary learners of English, German, French, Spanish
System requirements:
IBM-compatible computer
386 SX or higher microprocessor
Microsoft Win 3.1/Win 95
4 MB RAM
MPC-compliant CD-ROM drive and audio board
VGA monitor
Microsoft-compatible mouse
Headphones or speakers
b) TriplePlayPlus! English
interactive games and conversations that teach over 1000 words and phrases
for developing listening, reading comprehension and speaking skills
speech recognition
for beginning-intermediate learners of Italian, German, Japanese, etc.
Advanced Speech Recognition hears and evaluates pronunciation and the
Record/Playback feature lets users compare themselves to actual native
speakers.
System requirements:
IBM-compatible computer
386 SX 25 or faster
Microsoft Win 3.1/Win 95
4 MB RAM
MPC-compliant CD-ROM drive
SVGA monitor, (640X480, with 256 colors)
MPC-compliant sound card
Microsoft-compatible mouse
Headphones or speakers
c) Let's Talk Spanish/French/German/Italian
teaches about 2500 words for everyday situations
speech recognition
for developing listening, reading comprehension and speaking skills
for beginning-intermediate learners
Advanced Speech Recognition hears and evaluates pronunciation and the
Record/Playback feature lets users compare themselves to actual native
speakers.
System requirements:
IBM-compatible computer
486 DX 33 or better microprocessor
Microsoft Win 3.1/Win 95
8 MB RAM
13 MB hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
SVGA monitor, (640X480, with 256 colors)
16-bit sound card
Microsoft-compatible mouse
Headphones or speakers
Microphone
d) English Your Way 2.0
interactive conversations that teach over 2300 words
speech recognition
for developing listening, reading comprehension and speaking skills
for intermediate-advanced learners of English
In realistic everyday situations learners converse with on-screen
characters, using the microphone included in the product. Topics include
meeting people, dining out, transportation, hotels and accommodations,
around town, visiting the doctor. Advanced Speech Recognition hears and
evaluates pronunciation and the Record/Playback feature lets users compare
themselves to actual English speakers.
System requirements:
IBM-compatible computer
486 DX 33 or faster microprocessor
Microsoft Win 3.1/Win 95 operating system
8 MB of RAM
16 MB of hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
SVGA 256-color display
16-bit sound card
Microsoft-compatible mouse
Headphones or speakers
Microphone
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From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
To:
Subject: #4910 request for help choosing language software
Date: 17 Ìà$DDò 1999 ã. 21:10
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>From: "Jon Aske" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "LLTI: Language Learning and Technology" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: request for help choosing language software
>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:20:02 -0500
>Importance: Normal
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Dear colleagues,
I am finally getting ready to build the CALL lab that I have been telling
you about,
but I am still not sure about WHAT SOFTWARE TO GET (primarily for Spanish
and French,
but also German and Italian; for Windows).
I am looking primarily for the following:
1) Software for drilling vocabulary and explaining and drilling grammar in
a way that
is pleasant, intuitive, and as feedback-rich as possible. So, say a
student needs
help with the preterite or ser-estar, they could practice a certain module
of such a
program. A web-based program would be fine too. I am sure that there has
to be some
perfectly acceptable software packages off-the-shelf out there. What do
people use
and are happy/unhappy with?
2) Online dictionaries, grammar reference, and encyclopedias for those
languages.
3) culture-rich software and CD-ROM's to stimulate and provide added input
for
beginning and intermediate level students. How about Let's visit Spain,
Let's visit
Mexico, etc.?
4) Pronounciation tutors?
5) Specialized language software, such as Spanish for health professionals.
I would really appreciate any feedback I could get from more experienced
lab
directors and other users on the list. I will summarize the results of
off-list
feedback back to the list if there is interest.
Thanks a lot!
Jon
___________________________________________
Jon Aske
Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages
Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts
SB 209A, Phone: (978) 542-4358, Fax: (978) 542-7215
mailto:[log in to unmask]
http://www.salem.mass.edu/~jaske/
___________________________________________
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of
bastards. --R.A. Dickson.
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