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Before purchasing you
might like to visit the below sites which offer reviews on what is available
currently in the educational market place.
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Site Name
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Ultimate
Language Tutor - German language software |
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Address :
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http://ucaswww.mcm.edu./german/bib/ |
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Review :
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This site reviews the main and
well know teaching organisations such as Let's Talk German, Triple
Play Plus Rosetta Stone, Berlitz. The reviews are succint and to
the point and make for easy reading. |
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Site Name
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World
Language Resources |
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Address :
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http://www.worldlanguage.com/ |
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Review :
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This site has the worlds largest selection
of language software and other products.
Localized products including localized windows and office,
Translation,dictionaries, spell & grammar checkers, OCR language
learning, movies, books and many other categories of products.
site has the worlds largest
selection of language software and other products.
Localized products including localized windows and office,
Translation,dictionaries, spell & grammar checkers, OCR language
learning, movies, books and many other categories of products.
site has the worlds largest
selection of language software and other products.
Localized products including localized windows and office,
Translation,dictionaries, spell & grammar checkers, OCR language
learning, movies, books and many other categories of products.
This is an exhustive site which offers all a teacher would never
need in the language of his/her choice. Taking French as an example
it offered ESL language learning and tutorial products on audio
cassette, audio CD, video and for Mac and PC. The products are not
confined to IT.
In the French Tutorial Leaning 112 items were produced, directed
at language learning only. Taking one, the following is a sample
review, short an to the point.
"StoryROM
series features children's storybooks that are brought to life through
vivid sound and graphics. Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast and
Aesop's Fables are available. StoryROM includes all BibleROMS SMLI
features PLUS you can record or playback your own voice as you read
the story! "
This
site could answer everyone's need in any language, a vitual language
supermarket.
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Site Name
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Learn
French Language Products from Anotek |
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Address :
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http://www.learnfrenchlanguage.com/ |
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Review :
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Learn French language (Speak
and Read French) from your computer with CDROM-based lessons.
Course teaches the material covered in the first
3 years of French elementary school (over 400 MB) and is designed
by French Educator with advanced degrees. Sophisticated programming and hundreds of custom-made color
picture make it possible to learn quickly and easily at home and a your
own pace. You can review
and refresh your French as many times as you want.
You will learn to read French, understand spoken French,
use dictionaries to find and speak new words, make French sentences. Because
of the large number of pictures, you can learn a lot of French even
if you do not know good English. Educator with advanced degrees.
Sophisticate programming and hundreds of custom-made color
pictures make it possible to learn quickly and easily at home and
at your own pace. You
can review and refresh your French as many times as you want. You will learn to read French, understand spoken French, use
dictionaries to find and speak new words, make French sentences. Because of the large number of pictures, you can learn a lot
of French even if you do not know good English.
Convenient purchasing facility.
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Site Name :
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The Language
Centre |
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Address :
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http://www.langcen.dk/ |
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Review :
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Only
a part of this site reviews just English and German software.
The German titles are well reviewed and worth reading. They give
a very full but concise description of the material and then include
Our View, which is very
much as a teacher talking. Prices and ordering procedures are clearly
given and made very obvious. Quotes are given for the exact amount
of the order by e-mail and only then is the order taken.
A thing to note in this site is the page on "The Internet and
Language Teaching". It provides a very practical approach to
the whole topic. |
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Site Name
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Soleil Software
- Languages and Learning for Children
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Address :
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http://www.soleil.com/index.html |
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Review :
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This site promotes software
which integrates world discovery and the use of three languages.
It promises that having used programme the pupil will be able to
construct 200 sentences, will lean 500 words and experience the
adventure in three languages. The method is to pick up a language
while doing other things and
sovling certain problems.
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are 4 disks in all in the suite to cover four age groups from 3
to 6, 5 to 8, 6 to 10, 8 to 12. A demonstation download is available
on the site.
Ordering is made simple with
separate ordering for teachers and others. |
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Site Name
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Academic
Software |
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Address :
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http://www.academicsoftwareusa.com/
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Review :
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Merely gives lists of software
with only one language package. There is a call service to hear
what each package include and does. Not very informative. More of
shop than a review. |
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Site Name
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The REVIEW
ZONE CD-ROM Reviews |
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Address :
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http://www.TheReviewZone.com/reviews-index.html
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Review :
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Only three language disks are
reviewed. This could be a souce of information on the cultural context
of the language as outlined -
Kids can discover how people from other countries live, talk, dress,
sing, eat and play and get some pretty good practice at math, reading,
foreign languages, art and problem solving skills while playing
18 multi-level activities.
Will playing this software teach your child how to
speak Japanese, Swahili or Spanish fluently? No! It will,
however, expose your child to new languages, foreign lands and cultures
which can help lay the building blocks of acquiring a second language
later on. |
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