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A multimedia CD-ROM designed to prepare post-secondary students for TOEFL, BEST, and other standardized language tests used in higher education and adult basic education. 40+ lesson program is divided into four sections.
A multimedia CD-ROM with a focus on reading skills for TOEFL practice. Requires Windows 95/98, CD-ROM, sound card, headset with microphone; network OK.
Voice-interactive comprehensive programs for low beginning and high beginning students (each level sold separately). Offers reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice in a self-paced curriculum with hundreds of lessons. A teacher's manual is included. Bilingual support is available in Spanish and Haitian-Kreol, priced separately at $85. The low beginning program has 60 hours of phonics work. An unlimited site license for each program costs $5000. Requires Windows 95/98, CD-ROM, sound card, headset with microphone, and 40MB of free space per level on a hard drive; network OK.
Voice-interactive comprehensive programs for low intermediate and high intermediate students (each level sold separately). Offers reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice in a self-paced curriculum with hundreds of lessons. A teacher's manual is included. Bilingual support is available in Spanish and Haitian-Kreol, priced separately at $85. An unlimited site license for each program costs $5000. Requires Windows 95/98, CD-ROM, sound card, headset with microphone, and 40MB of free space per level on a hard drive; network OK.
An idea generator and outliner with a large database of ideas and suggestions waitng to link up with your prompts.
Presents same material as ESL Fitness in dialog format. Previously known as Idiom Demons. Upgraded for Windows 95/98/2000. Networkable.
Teaches American idioms and slang through lessons with examples and multiple-choice quizzes. A demo is available at the website. A discount is available when the program is downloaded rather than purchased on a CD-ROM.
Preparation, practice and feedback for students studying for the IELTS examination. Every part of the exam analysed. Tips and tactics designed to help them get the best result possible. Timed tests for the reading, writing and listening papers. Notes on their answers. Written by IELTS examiners and teachers.
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.
English language development for K-12 students; designed for school-wide adoption.
Software that lets teachers control multiple PCs from their own PC. Works as part of a Tandberg lab.
Interactive language course for Spanish speakers that focuses on conversation, vocabulary, and grammar. Has dialogues with multiple responses and story lines, plus linked record/playback and speech recognition. In the self-guided mode learners choose what to do by browsing through the conversations or games. ÒGuided studyÓ maps out the sequence of the course for individuals who prefer a more traditional, structured method of learning. Requires a CD-ROM drive.
ACT test practice designed for native speakers; text is by the Princeton Review. CD-ROM.
Practice with SAT and ACT tests, designed for native speakers; text is by the Princeton Review. CD-ROM.
Career planning software for trade- or college-oriented students or adults.
Users (or teachers) add links to use as content resources. Insightin offers instant dictionary access, exercise generation, spaced repetition, and progress tracking. Download a trial version from the website.
A pre-writing program that allows students to organize and arrange ideas in outline or diagram form. Useful for making flow charts to show the logical progression of ideas. Most frequently used for concept mapping and story webbing.
See Language Solution, The: Interactive English. Sold by Wida as Interactive English.
This CD-ROM-based program teaches and tests spelling and vocabulary comprehension. The teacher can customise by adding own key words, context sentences and number of syllables per word.
Companion to the Interchange series, this CD-ROM offers multimedia exercises. The website at http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/interchange/ has more activities online.
Two CD-ROMs, each with eight issues (Smoking, Gambling, Discrimination, Growing Old, etc.), each covered at four levels of complexity from Beginner to Advanced. Each issue has a video clip of someone presenting the issue, with the language activities (approx. 18 per issues per level) based on the video clip. CD-ROMs sold separately.
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