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Reading skills for native speakers on CD-ROM.
Students race against a clock to complete a Concentration type game. Matches can be pictures of activities with corresponding words, picture to picture, or word to word. The program comes with a library of 60 animated pictures of actions to be used in the game. Teachers can also create new matches of word to word such as irregular and present tense verb forms, etc. A demo of this program is on the TESOL/CELIA CD-ROM. Now part of One-Pick Pack (English only) or Language Pack (Spanish or French), which includes Ace Detective, Ace Explorer, Ace Inquirer, Ace Reporter, Easy Street, Race the Clock Language Arts, Word Hound, and some math titles.
A CD-ROM on-line unabridged dictionary, version 2.0 (to be released in May, 1996) runs under both Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 and offers pronunciation and graphics with many entries.
Integrated skills with a focus on reading and vocabulary strategies including prediction, identifying your reason for reading, skimming, scanning, dictionary work, guessing or ignoring unknown words. Five levels (elementary to advanced). The program uses a variety of text types, both formal and informal. All units include a range of skills activities, such as discussion, listening, and writing. The audio includes a range of accents.
This CD-ROM-based English for Academic Purposes program is designed for students facing difficult course assignments in English. It is available for Computer Studies, General Studies, and Engineering (sold separately). Each program teaches the same skills, but is based around authentic texts and assignments from the specific subject area. All versions come with an Authoring Kit to add more texts and exercises. Read It! helps students work on pre-reading strategies, understanding text cohesion, analyzing a question, assignment planning, finding source material, note taking, vocabulary strategies, and focused grammar practice. The program is authorable, and a demo can be downloaded from the website. Lab packs are available: $149 for up to 5 computers, $374 for up to 20 computers.
Students complete stories by writing their own phrases or choosing from prewritten selections. A newspaper can be a class project. Available on Mac and Windows disks or a Mac/Win CD-ROM.
This program is designed to make learning to recognize letters and words fun for younger children. It uses brightly-colored graphics with smiling animals to motivate sound-symbol practice. Several different types of exercises are included, mostly phonics-related. Students can choose which type of activity to do; a record-keeping function is included so that the teacher can see what the learner worked on and how s/he did. CD-ROM.
Thirty stories; games that promote phonics, word recognition and comprehension. On CD-ROM.
The Reading Blaster series has three programs: Ages 4-6, Ages 6-9, and Ages 9-12. Multimedia drills and games build reading skills. CD-ROM. Teacher editions include 2 copies of the software plus teacher materials.
Multimedia drill with game elements. Teacher editions include 2 copies of the software plus teacher materials.
The program deals with each of the following skills: Main Idea, Details, Conclusions, Context Clues, Sequence, Sentence Structure, Outcomes, Inferences, Phrases, and Cause and Effect. Each skill is addressed with extensive drills at each of 5 different reading levels: from Grade 2 to Grade 6. The passages address a wide variety of high-interest topics including history, geography, biology, arts and crafts, and myths and legends.
Multimedia phonics instruction that follows a specific system of instruction, using both explicit (single letters to words) and implicit (words to sounds) instruction. The method requires that teachers be trained so that they can present the concepts in a sequential, cumulative manner. The program addresses "sight words" and teaches them from a linguistics standpoint, rather than rote memorization. It teaches phonological awareness, phonological decoding, phonological encoding, phonological recording, print awareness, semantics, syntax, and segmentation. The home version is geared for children; the school version can be used with adults or children. A demo is available on the website; interested schools can arrange for a more extensive introduction to the program.
Reading skills work in an employment context. Six work areas (sold separately or as a complete set): construction, health care, clerical, automotive, electronics, and food services. Each program offers three progressive levels of reading difficulty. CD-ROM.
Interactive storybooks of the 'create your own adventure' type let students step into the shoes of loveable heroes, choosing what will happen next. Students can record themselves reading or create QuickTime movies of their stories. Stories include Jack in the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, Flodd the Bad Guy, Fidd and Martina in Tough Kudd, and Hilary and the Beast. They can be purchased individually or as a five-title pack.
Literacy skills are the focus, with audio prompts. Icons show how to make letters, and graphics are used for letter associations. The rodeo motif comes in with the Cactus Kid, who lassos 104 cartoon graphics which begin with corresponding letters. The English and ESL version includes 2 sets of disks, 1 in English and 1 in Spanish. This title is included in Heartsoft Bestsellers.
Reading comprehension with a folktales approach. CD-ROM.
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.
This is a system that runs on a handheld computer (Pocket CE). The handheld computer comes with the package - the software isn't sold separately. This lets learners say phrases into the handheld, then get a pronunciation diagnosis. It uses a 127.000-word dictionary and is American English only.
This program is based on spontaneous interviews of people met on the streets of English-speaking towns and cities around the world. They speak naturally in response to questions English learners are likely to ask, such as directions for finding various places. The speakers have a wide variety of regional accents. The lessons are organized by grammatical structures, and include eight types of exercises, some with voice recognition. The program can be configured with menus in French, Spanish, or German. This is an issue for students who do not speak one of those three languages. Perhaps a future version will include an option to configure menus in English. CD-ROM.
The primary purpose of the two REAL Reading packages, REAL Reading in English for Business and Management and REAL Reading in English for Social Scientists is to enable students to recognise and apply the reading skills of prediction, skimming, scanning, searching and demonstrating understanding to a range of text types likely to be encountered during the second or third year of a first degree at an English-speaking university. Nine texts are provided in each package, and each text is designed to occupy a higher intermediate level student for approximately two hours. The secondary purpose is to encourage students to assess their own work and, as a result, to become more independent language learners. Where responses, rather than suggestions, are required from the students, answers are provided with which students are required to compare and evaluate their own input. The two packages are sold separately. CD-ROM.
Assists business people, engineers and technical staff with writing their documents, providing five levels of help: 1) Structure and Organization: The Report/Letter Guide helps learners understand text organization and the function of each part of their writing. 2) Grammar and Style: The Style Guide offers examples, help, and self-testing. 3) Model Writing: The Report/Letter Guide is a reference library of annotated model writing specially adapted from genuine reports and letters. 4) The Writing Process: The Process Guide provides an interactive screen for users to set out schedules for their planning, writing, revising and proofreading. 5) The WriterÕs Checklist: This function enables writers to check off each stage of the writing process as they complete it. A demo is available on the website.
Comprehensive management and record-keeping program that works with Clarity software. Helps manage user accounts - especially useful with online licenses.
This free authoring tool automates creating Web or CD-ROM content where each word or phrase can contain multiple levels of annotation. Thus, a single text can meet the needs of students with diverse abilities and from diverse backgrounds. Databases may be licensed to automate the addition of definitions and translations if desired. The program can be downloaded from http://www.sentius.com.
Dictionary that can be accessed from within an program. Also includes model letters. CD-ROM.
Updated version of The Right Resume Writer. Formats for chronological, skills and professional resumes. Hints for effective marketing of experiences included. The company now offers Resume Maker, which includes a career planning component.
Interactive multimedia lessons help users complete the application for naturalization, study for the citizenship test, and prepare for the interview. The text can be read or heard, with vocabulary pronunciation and definitions available. A classroom version with record-keeping software and up to five simultaneous users is also available for $225.
Published by the British Council, this program includes at least 100 hours of learning materials and provides comprehensive preparation and practice in every aspect of each of the four Modules of the IELTS exam.
Comprehensive second language tutorial program with target language only. Each level sold separately. Students see a picture and hear the word/ phrase/sentence with the text optionally turned on or off. After displaying/playing a set of four prompts, the program drills comprehension by presenting the audio cue to which the student selects the appropriate picture. The program includes a listening dictation feature. Students can also record their own voices. Requires a CD-ROM drive. This program can be used as a stand alone tutorial for very low level students although they may need some help learning to use the computer interface initially. The program has been upgraded with speech recognition and ancillary material. A demo version is on TESOL/CELIA CD-ROM. A lab pack (5 copies) is $1475 with each additional for $195. Site license pricing is $3000 for a 20-station lab, one level; each additional station is $150, and a second level is $2000. A 30-station lab is $4500 for one level and a second level for $3000.
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