Teaches and tests a wide range of skills covering all Learning Outcomes at Levels 2, 3 and 4 of the Reading and Writing, Oral Communication and Numeracy and Mathematics Streams of the Australian CGEA test. Australian English.
Formerly known as Interactive Business English. Presented in a similar format to Dynamic English for ESL, this listening-based business English course on 6 CD-ROMs offers the listening, speaking, reading, and critical thinking skills for the workplace/international business situation. The topics are Company History, Job History, Manufacturing and Trade, Product Comparisons, Overseas Assignment, and Future Consequences. This content-based program begins with a Presentation during which the student answers periodic listening comprehension questions. These questions reinforce the vocabulary, language concepts, and structure, while giving the students repeated opportunities to respond. The feedback includes an automated 'shuffler level' which adjusts the level of difficulty of the questions according to the learner's response. The Question Practice gives the student practice in question formation. Quantitative English, Dictations, the Verb Grid, and Grammar Fill-In test the student's knowledge. The program includes voice recording capability for student practice. Mac and Windows. Individual CDs (one topic each) can be purchased separately. Pricing options include per-student-use cost. Contact the publisher for details.
This CD-ROM-based course focuses on the language of numbers and basic mathematics. Useful for students and people in business and technical fields who need to understand or make oral presentations in English, do business over the telephone, participate in question-and-answer sessions involving the exchange of numerical information, and improve listening comprehension. Each unit includes a brief oral presentation followed by practice activities that test listening comprehension. The material is suitable for TOEIC levels 450-750. Pricing options include per-student-use cost. Contact the publisher for details.
Interactive voice-recognition workplace ESL training software with text and graphics, audio modeling, student recording. Includes industry-specific vocabulary for life survival, safety, health care, food services, and other areas.
Expeditions is a CD-ROM based version of the Prentice Hall Regents series by the same name. It includes a variety of notional/functional lessons in 12 units integrating text, sound, and color graphics to let students practice listening comprehension, vocabulary development, and speaking. The recording option lets students compare their voices with the original and participate in conversations in the lessons. Online help is available from anywhere in the program. Requires System 7 or higher and 20MB of free space on the hard drive.
These four CD-ROMs use QuickTime Video and speech recognition technologies to create an engaging learning environment. The course is designed for intermediate level students preparing to use English in a business context. The primary focus is on practical language functions common in the business world such as requesting, refusing, suggesting, confirming, etc. Vocabulary is developed in the context of meetings, phone calls, a business lunch, negotiations, and a disagreement. Provides about 80-100 hours of intensive self-study and practice. Networkable.
Presents same material as ESL Fitness in dialog format. Previously known as Idiom Demons. Upgraded for Windows 95/98/2000. Networkable.
Excellent software for making interactive storybooks. For ESL purposes, it is even better if projected onto a large screen for whole class oral language activities. Choose from a variety of scenes: school, home, playground, mall, etc. Place people and objects into this setting. These 'smart stickers' can be positioned inside, beside, behind, in front of, etc and change their size according to where they are placed on the screen. Narration can be added. CD-ROMs in the series: Castle; Neighborhoods; Rain Forest; Ocean; Pyramids; and Time Trip USA. For ESL, Neighborhoods and Oceans are probably most helpful. Sheltered English classes might be able to use others depending on subject.
See Language Solution, The: Interactive English. Sold by Wida as Interactive English.
This freeware HyperCard stack plays QuickTime Karaoke files. Classroom management is interesting if you have several people trying to sing along with different songs simultaneously, so it works best with a class-sized speaker and projection panel to keep the group together. It's easiest for all but the most advanced students to look at the lyrics ahead of time. Files can be added by pasting or typing in the names of additional songs (also available on Geoff Taylor's website). Seven sample karaoke songs are included with the downloadable file. Requires HyperCard 2/2.1 or HyperCard player, QuickTime 2.5 system extension. The 120K stack can be downloaded from http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/Pages/se-kar-qt-songs-jbox.html (DH)
CD-ROM version of a text by the same name. Point and click operation, with no writing required. Uses graphics, animation, and voice recording and playback. Includes student tracking software. Approved by the California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse.
Based on Robert O'Neill's books of the same name, geared to false beginners. Each of the 2 CD-ROMs presents 39 recorded dialogues and texts taken from the student book. Learners can choose to see translations of part of the dialogue in French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Learners can listen and record their part of a dialogue sentence by sentence or as a whole. Dialogues include survival skills such as giving personal information, times and numbers, introducing oneself, checking into a hotel, and interview questions and answers.
BBC English's mystery is presented on CD-ROM in MPEG full-motion video, supported by a variety of practice exercises. The focus is on listening comprehension for basic level students. Students may interrupt at any time to repeat a sentence, record their voices, hear a spoken translation, see written text, or consult a glossary. Provides 80-100 hours of home or classroom study. A textbook, student workbook, and teacher's guide are available. Networkable.
Uses voice recognition software to build fluency in reading. Students read selections into the microphone, and software tracks words correct per minute and provides corrective feedback. Students can listen to model fluent readings and practice reading on their own. Grades 2-6 sold separately.
Children can listen to the story, reading along as the words are highlighted, write their own story, record themselves singing the theme song, and publish their own interpretations of the story. Material is in French, Spanish, or English. This requires a CD-ROM drive.
Listening and speaking practice in a business English context. Topics include Unit 1; WhoÕs calling, please?; Unit 2; Would you hold on, please?; Unit 3; IÕd like to know your prices; Unit 4; WeÕre ready to order now; Unit 5; IÕll have to change the booking; Unit 6; LetÕs fix another date; Unit 7; What seems to be the trouble?; Unit 8; IÕm sure we can sort it out. British English. CD-ROM.
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