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Comprehensive system that runs from a local server or over the Internet from the Compass Learning server. Includes extensive record-keeping and curriculum aligned with US government-required standardized testing (NCLB). The program includes a pre-reading progam and covers English structure and function, with opportunities for writing. Audio support is available in English and some languages.
Comprehensive system that runs from a local server or over the Internet from the Compass Learning server. Activities work on reading and language arts comprehension and fluency to prepare students for standardized testing as well as pronunciation. Audio support is available in English and in some additional languages.
Story-telling and creation. Designed for native speakers.
This program was designed to accompany the writing and grammar series of the same name. Interactive computer tutorials accompany each chapter of the text. With this program students can access a word processor to write assignments collaboratively or independently. Lesson activities are also designed to be done in pairs collaboratively. Computer-based tests for each level use randomly generated questions in a multiple-choice format. A feedback screen on test performance can be printed out or saved for record-keeping purposes. Sample software is free from the publisher. Level 1 and Level 2 sold separately.
Opinion Zone titles deal with the language of expressing opinions, built around a studio debate. The topics of these debates include Gun Law, European Union, and No More Roads. In addition to the studio material, Opinion Zone titles include a variety of interviews with people ranging from an Australian government minister to a street vendor. Opinion Zone titles are not intended to be self-contained courses; rather, they are classroom resources that teachers can call on to support an existing study programme. Each title is sold separately for approximately $90, with 5-user and network versions available. CD-ROM.
The learner plays the role of a cook in a restaurant, first learning over 60 food and beverage vocabulary words, then filling orders. Working efficiently brings a bonus, with a paycheck at the end of the shift. The program includes digitized sound and an online glossary.
Students make decisions following a simulated trip along the Oregon Trail. They can choose the month and year to start, with different hazards accordingly. The program has excellent graphics and a lot of information is presented on screen in the course of the simulation. Includes digitized speech. This lends itself to use in cooperative learning plans where each student in a team has responsibility for monitoring different information. There are a lot of resources about this period such as pioneer journals that can be used effectively in conjunction with this program. Having the students keep a journal of their simulated trip also works well as an extension activity. On CD-ROM. The earlier version, Oregon Trail, is still available in disk or CD-ROM version and is slightly less expensive.
CD-ROM-based dictionary offers pictures, maps, games, some audio, and a variety of search options.
This CD-ROM-based dictionary includes not only the usual word lookups, but also three levels of word games and puzzles. Learners can cut and paste from the dictionary into a word-processor and can print out words and definitions encountered in the games.
This disk-based dictionary includes not only the usual word lookups, but also three levels of word games and puzzles. Learners can cut and paste from the dictionary into a word-processor and can print out words and definitions encountered in the games. British English version.
Currently available only in Europe. Includes specialised 'shelves' such as the Writer's Shelf, the Business Shelf, Language Shelf, and Science Shelf, each with several Oxford reference books. Provides all functions common to most electronic dictionaries such as searching, cross-referencing, etc, but it does not talk. To look up a reference when working on a word processor, user has either to switch program on Windows or to use the USE CLIPBOARD function that looks up a word automatically as soon as it is copied onto the clipboard. CD-ROM.
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