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Talk Now
Talk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than three million people to date. It’s ideal for travellers, holidaymakers, business people, schoolchildren, students and families.
Anyone over 10 years will find the disc indispensable for improving listening, understanding and spoken language skills. There are nine topics: first words, food, colours, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries.
The games and quizzes included on the disc ensure that users have fun whilst using the disc, without realising that they’re learning. The "intelligent" software feature remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points.
Each question that is answered correctly increases the user’s score - get an answer wrong and points will be lost. There are 1800 points in total to gain from the disc. A full score earns the user a 'Gold Award'.
Each topic contains listening practice, an easy game, a hard game, a printable dictionary as well as the opportunity to record your voice and hear how you sound in comparison to the two native speakers who tutor the user throughout the Talk Now! course.
Each of the target languages for Talk Now! has help available in an additional 102 languages. The disc localises automatically using the computer’s operating system language. There is also the option to click on the flag on the first screen to change the help language.
“This is an excitingly different language learning series. Talk Now! Uses games and quizzes as a basis for making the learning process fun and relaxing.” – PC Answers
“I bought your Learn Malay CD today… I’ve only just begun, but I wanted to say how much I am enjoying it. I studied Malay from a book all day yesterday, making some 25 pages of notes on grammar and vocab, but I remember more from your CD from just an hour!” – James Bryce
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Talk The Talk
Learn words and phrases that matter to you with this new language learning CD ROM for under eighteens. From “I’ll send you a text message later” to “we won the game on penalties”, Talk The Talk really gets you talking. Aimed at people who are beginning to get to grips with a language or preparing for school exams. It provides you with more than 200 phrases.
- Nine topics including travelling, computers and technology, sport, hobbies and school.
- Broadcast quality video of all the dialogue spoken by native speakers.
- Speech recording so you can compare your pronunciation with theirs.
- Cinematic dubbing enabling the on-screen characters speak with your voice
- Multiple choice quizzes to test your understanding
- Easy and hard games where you win marks for good pronunciation.
- Automatic localisation lets you choose the language you learn from.
- Printable phrasebook print by section and take the print-outs with you.
- Extras disc includes free world atlas game. Challenge yourself, friends and family to know exactly where each country in the world is and much more.
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Talk Business
If you want to succeed in business abroad, then Talk Business is for you. Aimed at people who already know the basics, it gives the specialised language you need for doing business abroad. Must-know language ranges from basics like 'what is your website address?' to more advanced discussion of exchange rates, product guarantees and marketing budgets.
- Nine topics business meetings, trading, IT, the internet, advertising, negotiations, banking and many more.
- Broadcast quality video of all the dialogue spoken by native speakers.
- Speech recording so you can compare your pronunciation with theirs.
- Cinematic dubbing enabling the on-screen characters speak with your voice
- Multiple choice quizzes to test your understanding
- Easy and hard games where you win marks for good pronunciation.
- Automatic localisation lets you choose the language you learn from.
- Printable phrasebook print by section and take the print-outs with you.
- Extras disc includes free world atlas game. Challenge yourself, friends and family to know exactly where each country in the world is and much more.
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Vocabulary Builder
Primarily aimed to meet the requirements of children from 4-12, this package has proved popular with adults too! The beautiful illustrations will improve your whole family’s language skills with words and phrases such as "the gorilla is in the car", "the duck is under the desk" and "the frog is on the lily pad".
With its 3 main options; learn, games and record, Vocabulary Builder is intuitive enough for children to use and enjoy on their own. Help is available throughout from the friendly tiger who speaks over 49 different languages!
Features on the disc include:
- The chance to record cartoons and play them back in your own "cinema".
- Nine games of varying difficulty, with points awarded for correct answers.
- More than 100 words, including colours, numbers, actions and simple sentences.
This product is fun and innovative, and will keep the younger learner’s attention for hours. "Undoubtedlly more effective than traditional formats" – ComputerActive April ‘02
