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Machine: Win reading , pronunciation
Publisher: Howard Bruce and Assoc.
Approximate single-unit price: $40
Level: Literacy, beginning For: All but K-5
Special use: literacy
Phonics program using video to show mouth movements and teach sounds associated with each letter, making it also useful for pronunciation practice. The program progesses to words and phrases. CD-ROM.
Machine: Mac, Win comprehensive
Publisher: DynEd International
Purchase options: contact publisher
Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All but K-8
Special use: Bilingual (Sp, Jap, It, Kor, Chi, Fr, Port)
New interface with the most recent version. Four-level listening-based course, each level with two CD-ROMs. Includes speech recognition for answers. Primary focus is on basic language concepts. In each lesson, information is presented in the form of narratives via sound and graphics with text, glossary, speech record, and repetition always available to the student. Follow-up exercises include Questions generated by the student by clicking on icons or words from the lesson; Matrix Game in which the student accrues points for correctly answering questions using vocabulary presented in the lesson; Dictation exercises requiring the student to listen carefully to a series of sentences from the lesson and select words from a list and place them in the gaps in the sentences; Fill-in exercises where missing words are placed in sentences from the lesson. Grammatical and lexical knowledge is reinforced in all games and exercises along with listening comprehension. The program adjusts the level of difficulty of the questions to the student's demonstrated level of proficiency. Suitable to be used as primary course material, supplemental resource, or self-access material in a language lab (index of lessons lends itself well to self-paced instruction). Placement Testing, Mastery Testing and a Records Manager System allow teachers to track an unlimited number of students. Networkable. Pricing options include per-student-use cost. Contact the publisher for details. Windows 95/98/ME/XP; Mac OS 9 and X.
Machine: Win test prep
Publisher: Encomium Publications
Approximate single-unit price: $35
Purchase options: lab, site
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: Adult, HE
Special use: TOEFL
Two practice tests with listening, reading, speaking, and writing sections. Complete reading, listening, speaking, and writing sections. Audio recording and playback capability; students compare their response to a sample. Timed writing sections. Full explanations and review. Versions are available in English, Spanish, and Arabic. See a demo online at the website, http://www.encomium.com/
Machine: Win, Mac comprehensive
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Approximate single-unit price: $40
Purchase options: UK£40
Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All but K-6
New Interchange CD-ROM 1 and CD-ROM 2 are companions to the Interchange series, offering multimedia exercises. The website at http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/interchange/ has more activities online. Different versions are for Windows, Mac (CD-ROM 1) and a hybrid Windows/Mac (CD-ROM 2).
Interacts with the browser and word-processor so that pointing to a word brings up a pop-up definition and clicking brings up more information. This CD-ROM includes a customizable user dictionary as well.
Machine: Win/Mac reference, vocabulary
Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press UK
See also Wida, Amazon.com, Encomium
Approximate single-unit price: $50
Purchase options: £35
Level: Literacy, beginning For: All
Special use: Bilingual (Sp, Chinese versions), literacy
CD-ROM version of the classic dictionary for beginners. Also available: English-Spanish and English-Chinese versions.
Machine: Win pronunciation
Publisher: No More Accent
Approximate single-unit price: $20
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: All but K-6
CD-ROM based multimedia pronunciation program. 22 lessons, covering vowels, consonants, intonation. Lessons include workplace vocabulary and common mistakes and misconceptions. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. A breathing technique is at the heart of the program.
Machine: Win vocabulary
Publisher: Encomium Publications
Approximate single-unit price: $80
Level: Intermediate For: All but K-6
CD-ROM to help learners with colloquial North American English; includes information about North American customs and culture.
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Last updated 05/15/2009 by Deborah Healey.