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Machine: Win/Mac vocabulary
Publisher: EuroTalk
See also World of Reading,
Clarity
Approximate single-unit price: $50
Purchase options: lab, network, site
Level: Beginning For: All
Vocabulary building program with a record option that compares the learner and native speaker pronunciations. Nine topics: first words, food, colous, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries. Includes interactive games. Help is available in more than 100 languages. Audio can be downloaded to an iPod. Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista; Mac OS X.
Machine: Win comprehensive
Publisher: Pearson Education
Approximate single-unit price: $190
Purchase options: lab, site, network
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: Adult, HE
Special use: business
Multimedia CD-ROM program designed to improve business communication skills for intermediate to advanced learners, with a focus on listening, pronunciation, and reading. Twelve thematic units are grouped into three modules: Making Contact, Handling Information and Reporting. The program also includes a pre- and a post-test. Learners can listen, record, and compare, as well as engage in a variety of other activities. See a review at http://calico.org/CALICO_Review/review/talkbus00.htm. Support documents are available on the publisher's site at http://longman.com/ae/multimedia/programs/TB.htm. Windows 98/XP; not verified on Vista.
Machine: Win Authoring
Publisher: MDLSoft
Approximate single-unit price: $175
Purchase options: £120; lab, site available
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
Easy-to-use authoring tool that allows teachers to create multiple interactive games and exercises from one set of inputs. See the website (http://www.mdlsoft.co.uk/) for more information, screenshots and free a trial download. Clients need to run the free TaskMagic Play in order to use content created with TaskMagic. This may cause headaches with home installation of the client.
Machine: Win vocabulary
Publisher: Educational Software Products
Approximate single-unit price: $64
Purchase options: £40; lab
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced, teacher For: K-8
Learners help Fred the frog find nice tasty flies for him to eat, in the form of words that fit into a set, while avoiding words that don't fit. Authorable. British English in the words included. Can be purchased with Error Terror and Word Invaders as a bundle.
Machine: Win/Mac T util
Publisher: Centron Software Technologies
Approximate single-unit price: $50
Purchase options: lab, site
Level: Teacher For: T
CD-ROM with Puzzle Power and Test Creator. Includes lots of puzzle types. Windows 95/98/ME/XP; not verified for Vista.
Machine: Win T util
Publisher: NCELTR
Approximate single-unit price: $28
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
DVD to accompany a book by Anne Burns and Helen de Silva Joyce about teaching practice - latest in the series of publications on action research projects by teachers.
Machine: Win T util
Publisher: Tac-Soft
Approximate single-unit price: $25
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
12 different quiz templates, including multiple choice, cloze, fill in the missing letters, flashcards, and mastermind. The program creates HTML files and can compile a set of quizzes into a web archive (.mht file) to keep images and sounds with the text, an .exe file, or an eBook. Quizzes can be encrypted, timed, and submitted to the teacher via email or PHP. Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4/2000/XP. A demo can be downloaded from the website.
Machine: Win listening, speaking
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Approximate single-unit price: $40
Purchase options: UK£25
Level: Intermediate For: Adult, HE
Special use: Business
Listening and speaking practice in a business English context. Topics include Unit 1; Who's calling, please?; Unit 2; Would you hold on, please?; Unit 3; I'd like to know your prices; Unit 4; We're ready to order now; Unit 5; I'll have to change the booking; Unit 6; Let's fix another date; Unit 7; What seems to be the trouble?; Unit 8; I'm sure we can sort it out. British English. CD-ROM.
Machine: Win comprehensive
Publisher: Auralog
Purchase options: 2, 5, or 10-level option
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced For: All
Special use: bilingual help (Sp, Fr, Ger, Ital, Dutch)
Uses text, audio, video, and speech recognition. Management tools allow teachers to track students' progress and create their own Educational Paths. The entire pedagogical content can also be printed in exercise-book format for use in class. The Cultural Workshop provides cultural information. Help is provided in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch or English. The program is available in 2, 5, or 10 levels, each sold separately. CD-ROM and fully online versions available. See a review at http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ej29/m3.html. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Vista.
Machine: Win comprehensive
Publisher: Auralog
Approximate single-unit price: $210
Purchase options: age levels also separately
Level: Beginning For: pre-K-6
Special use: elementary
Specialized English course for children based entirely on speech recognition. Offers progressive learning adventures based on age and proficiency level, including more than 1,000 activities, Karaoke and nearly 120 cartoons. Designed for ages 4-12. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Vista. CD-ROM.
Machine: Win Grammar
Publisher: Clarity Language Consultants
Approximate single-unit price: $90
Purchase options: $365 for all 5 levels; lab, site packs
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced For: All but K-6
Tense Buster upgrade. Covers selected grammar areas through presentations, practice exercises, rules, tests and learner training tips; has interactive feedback for right and wrong answers. Students can take notes, listen to the pronunciation of vocabulary items, hear many of the conversations and texts read out, do speaking activities, create tests from a test bank, and track their progress over different sessions. Teachers can choose North American English, International English, or Indian English. The five courses, Elementary through Advanced, are sold separately or as a bundle. Includes a free Authoring Kit and membership to TenseBuster.com website with downloadable materials to use with the authoring kit. Demos can be requested from info AT clarity.com.hk.
Machine: Win grammar
Publisher: Sky Software House
Approximate single-unit price: $115
Purchase options: lab, site
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: All but K-6
Exercises and tests generated automatically from a large bank if test items. Includes a detailed explanation of grammar problems and record-keeping so learners can monitor their progress.
Machine: Win, Mac test prep
Publisher: DynEd International
Purchase options: contact publisher
Level: Advanced For: All but K-8
Special use: TOEIC
Game-format practice for the TOEIC and other standardized tests of English. Best for students at TOEIC 600+. Includes questions, text for listening questions, and explanations for reading questions.
Machine: Win writing, T util
Publisher: Text Machine
Approximate single-unit price: $50
Purchase options: lab, site
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: All
Software that makes it easier to correct student essays. The teacher imports the essay into the program's database, then goes through the essay. After the teacher clicks on the type of error from a list, the software marks the error and automatically inserts a mini-tutorial into the endnotes. Because all of the papers are stored in a database, it is possible to gather data across student papers. Windows XP, Vista.
Machine: Win authoring
Publisher: Creative Technology
Approximate single-unit price: $40
Purchase options: shareware
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
A suite of two authoring programs, WebRhubarb and WebSequitur. The shareware programs are used to create web pages (HTML documents) which contain interactive language-learning exercises. The exercises are based on the Rhubarb and Sequitur programs originally developed by John and Muriel Higgins. Demo versions can be downloaded from the website at http://www.cict.co.uk/software/textoys/index.htm.
Machine: Win reading
Publisher: Edmark Corporation/Riverdeep
Approximate single-unit price: $10
Purchase options: lab, school version
Level: Literacy, beginning For: Pre-K -6
Special use: elementary, literacy
Thinking Things 1 develops problem solving skills for small children but is also quite useful all the way to adults for oral language development in discussing attributes: color; striped; polka-dotted; plain; curly hair; glasses. Visit the Fripple Shop and Feathered Friends, especially. Also available: Thinking Things 2 and 3. Windows 95/98; not tested on XP or Vista. Available by mail order/online only.
Machine: Mac, Win writing, t util
Publisher: ThoughtOffice Systems
Approximate single-unit price: $150
Purchase options: network, site license
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced, teacher For: All but K-6
Now known as ThoughtOffice, this is an upgrade of the original IdeaFisher. An idea generator and outliner with a very large database of ideas and suggestions to link up with prompts. This includes words and associations and keyword-tagged image associations to help develop ideas. Also included are eXpertTopic Modules with set-ups, questions, images, links and references. Windows XP/Vista; Mac OS X.
Machine: Win T util
Publisher: Grey Olltwit
Purchase options: $20 membership to download all pgms
Level: Beginning, intermediate, advanced For: All
Easy-to-use program to help computer beginners gain familiarity with moving, clicking, and double-clicking a mouse. Users click on various household articles to move them back where they belong (hence the title). Excellent for adult learners as well as for children. A website membership fee allows the download of about 100 different programs, at least 15 of them good for English language learners. Windows 98/NT/XP; not verified on Vista.
Machine: Mac/Win test prep
Publisher: Encomium Publications
See also Wida
Approximate single-unit price: $90
Purchase options: site, network
Level: Advanced For: Adult, HE
Special use: TOEFL
TOEFL Mentor is a HyperCard-like program that runs off a CD-ROM and includes tutorials, practice tests and timed tests for all sections of the TOEFL test: Structure and Grammar, Listening Comprehension, and Reading Comprehension. In addition, test taking strategies and tips are available for both the TOEFL and the Test of Written English. Demos are available for downloading from the Encomium Publications web page at http://www.encomium.com. See Tom Robb's review of the program at http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/people/teacher/trobb/mentor/mr2.html. An online version is available by subscription; contact the publisher or see the website for details. Older Mac and Windows machines: OS System 7-9 and Windows 3.1/98 compatible.
Machine: Win test prep
Publisher: Longman.com
Purchase options: Contact publisher.
Level: Advanced For: Adult, HE
Special use: TOEIC Prep
TOEIC preparation, including animated grammar presentations, multimedia vocabulary presentations, and over 1000 TOEIC-style exercises. Has native language support for test-taking strategies and course help in 8 languages. "Virtual Tutor" guides learners through video, role-plays with a virtual partner, record and compare options, glossary links, and culture notes. Windows 2000/XP: not verified on Vista.
Machine: Win/Mac test prep
Publisher: ESL Pro Systems
Approximate single-unit price: $50
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: Adult, HE
Special use: TOEIC
This bundle includes three practice computer-based tests, two workbooks for enhancing English listening and reading skills, and TOEIC® Tips, Traps & Strategies. The practice tests gauge skill level prior to writing the exam, while the workbooks and Tips, Traps, & Strategies provide instruction, tips, and practice. The workbooks are in Adobe PDF format, allowing the student to work directly on screen, or print a portable paper copy. Windows 98/XP: not verified for Vista. PDF-based workbooks can be used on any platform.
Machine: Win authoring
Publisher: Discovery Educational Software
Approximate single-unit price: $25
Purchase options: site license
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
Makes a variety of printed puzzle worksheets from words or text you type or paste - crosswords, wordsearches, scrambled words and text, text mazes and coded text. Download a 15-day free trial from the website: http://www.discoveryeducationalsoftware.co.uk/toolbox_e.htm. Windows 98; not verified on XP or Vista.
Machine: Mac, Win test prep
Publisher: Mindstorm
Purchase options: Contact publisher
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: HE
This CD-ROM prepares students for the TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication), a test with a focus on English for Business. The CD contains not only practice with the multiple-choice test but also test-taking hints, listening practice with famous speeches, and a multimedia game called Maze where learners have to answer grammar and vocabulary questions to escape. Help sections are in French, Spanish, English, Korean, Japanese, and Indonesian. A site from the Japanese education ministry contains usefull shockwave-based vocabulary learning activities: http://mindstorm.org.uk/EW. Reviews by Mac People, LeMonde, Yomiuri Shimbun and others can be found at http://www.iac.co.jp/~minds/art.html; a review of the older version is at http://www.chorus.cycor.ca/Duber/toeic.html. Windows 95/98; Mac OS 8; not tested on Win XP, Vista or Mac OS X.
Machine: Win reading, listening
Publisher: Learning Company, The
See also World of Reading
Approximate single-unit price: $15
Purchase options: lab, network, site, teacher's ed.
Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All
Special use: bilingual, elementary
Colorful and interactive storybook. Students can hear the story read in both English and Spanish. Each page is filled with surprises to entertain and motivate new readers. Requires a CD-ROM drive. Sold online/mail order only. Check product requirements carefully to be sure the version you are buying matches your equipment. Windows 3.1 to XP, depending on the version.
Machine: Mac, Win vocabulary
Publisher: PerLingua Software
Approximate single-unit price: $10
Purchase options: shareware (negotiable)
Level: Teacher For: Teacher
Students reconstruct a text. They are guided by lines where the letters used to be. They type a word and if it is in the answer, it will appear in the proper place. Authorable. $10 shareware (negotiable - email to ask). Windows XP; Mac OS 9, X.
Machine: Win T util
Publisher: High Criteria
Approximate single-unit price: $18
Level: Teacher For: T
Convert audio to digital audio - records streaming audio, microphone and line-in input, CDs, and DVDs and saves the files to the hard drive. The program also converts various digital audio file formats. The Professional version offers more features. A demo version can be downloaded from the website at http://www.highcriteria.com/.
Machine: Win reading
Publisher: Learnware
Approximate single-unit price: $90
Purchase options: class, site
Level: Intermediate, advanced For: All but K-3
Learners follow 4 travelers around Australia, reading and writing a range of texts encountered before and during travel. Information pages contain relevant, interesting Australian content. Real life texts are featured throughout with features highlighted. Work on it activities allow learners to interact with texts onscreen, while developing reading, writing and computer skills. All 90 onscreen activities on the Learner CD are available in a printable format in the Learners Workbook.
Machine: Win/Mac reading
Publisher: Edmark Corporation/Riverdeep
Approximate single-unit price: $10
Purchase options: school version avail.
Level: Literacy, beginning For: pre-K - 3
Special use: Elementary, literacy
Time and geography instruction with different activities. Designed for native speakers. CD-ROM. Different versions are available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP, Mac OS X - check carefully to see that you are getting a version that works on your equipment. Mail order/online only.
Machine: Win reading
Publisher: AHA! Software
Approximate single-unit price: $10
Level: Beginning, intermediate For: K-6
Special use: elementary
Popular fairy tales with an optional mad-libs style twist - the stories are not quite as they used to be. When the stories are 'twisted,' the computer slots randomly selected names, words and phrases into the framework of the traditional stories. You can even select the names of the hero/heroine in each story or let the computer pick for you. Words can be added to the computer's vocabulary. The freeware version includes a few stories, and the shareware version includes several more.
Machine: Win/Mac writing
Publisher: Sunburst Technology
See also online/mail order
Approximate single-unit price: $30
Purchase options: lab, network, school
Level: Beginning, intermediate For: All
A typing program recommended for beginning typists, used at the University of Kansas. Complete keyboarding course that includes spelling, grammar, composition, and punctuation work. Two reading levels. Designed for native speakers. Available on CD-ROM or download.
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Last updated 05/15/2009 by Deborah Healey.