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LANGUAGE TEACHER
by Andrew Bartorillo
Distributed by Micro Tutor Products
103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
Frederick, Md. 21701
Copyright 1982-Released to the Public Domain
The programs on this disc form part of a series of Language Tutors for
learning French, Spanish, German, Italian and Hebrew.
Each disc is self-contained and offers a complete tutorial on one
language. The following text refers to all the tutorials.
LANGUAGE TEACHER is a series of menu-driven language tutorial programs
designed to be run on the IBM PC/XT/AT/jr or any compatible clone.
Each program in the series contains hundreds of word combinations and
verb conjugation forms. A line printer can be used with LANGUAGE
TEACHER to take advantage of its versatility.
Also included is the capability to select language-to-English or
English- to-language combinations, choose multiple choice answers, be
retested on misses, print a multiple choice test, and to run a full
quiz diagnostic routine with line printer output. Of particular
interest to non-English students is the capability to select the
direction of the combinations.
All word, phrase, and verb conjugation selections are done randomly by
the program the the user being unable to predict what the next
selection will be. The program package is not designed to teach
conversational language or pronunciation but, instead, to provide
practice drills in order to increase your working vocabulary and to
enhance your use of the conjugation forms.
The LANGUAGE TEACHER series was originally published by Acorn Software
Products, Inc. of Washington, DC. Since then the company has gone out
of business and the author is releasing the series to the Public
Domain. If you find any of the programs in the series to be usefull, a
suitable payment ($5 to $10) would be appreciated so more programs of
this quality can be developed.
PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS:
Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in Microsoft
Basic and requires a minimum of 64K bytes of RAM and Advanced Basic,
one disk drive and a suitable high resolution monitor. Preferred
monitors are the IBM Monochrome Display attached to the IBM Monochrome
Display and Printer Adapter or a green screen or "direct drive" RGB
monitor attached to the Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter. In most cases,
only a high quality color monitor or green screen will provide the
resolution necessary to display the special chaaracters used with
LANGUAGE TEACHER. All other program functions will be suitable,
though, if a low quality color composite monitor is used.
Optional equipment includes an 80 column line printer.
SPECIAL CHARACTER SET:
LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the special function keys to input the
special characters used in the language. These keys are active only
when a non-multiple choice drill is selected in which you must enter
the direct equivalent of the required answer. The 25th line of the
screen will display which function key is associated with which
foreign character.
NOTE: Due to the inability of the average line printer to be able to
recognize these special characters, programming is implemented to
convert these special characters to their "normal" letters before
being output to the line printer. Once you have obtained your
printout, insert the special marks by hand.
MISCELLANEOUS:
If a multiple choice type quiz has been selected, you will only be
given 15 seconds (25 seconds for verb conjugation) to input your
answer. If the time expires before you make your choice, you will be
credited with an incorrect answer. NOTE: If the computer performs its
"garbage collection" routine while timing is in progress, program
coding is implemented to prevent your time remaining from falling to
zero.
If you have not chosen a multiple choice type of quiz, you will have
to type in the exact answer. In the case of being quizzed with a noun,
you must also type in the definite article ("the") that proceeds the
noun.
If your original option was the verb conjugation drill, no retesting
can be performed. Also, the diagnostic display will let you know how
many of each person and tense you missed. If you missed more than 3 of
any person/tense, an "*" is displayed beside the applicable
person/tense, indicating you need more practice.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
The extent of the vocabulary of each program is given below. Since the
program randomly selects from its contents in each option, you truly
have a thorough drill in each language!
SPANISH I: 750 Spanish/English word combinations, 1488 verb
conjugations and 150 Spanish/English phrase combinations.
SPANISH II: 800 Spanish/English word combinations and 2108 verb
conjugation forms.
FRENCH I: 784 French/English word combinations, 1600 verb conjugations
and 196 French/English phrase combinations.
FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb
conjugation forms.
GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb conjugations
and 160 German/English phrase combinations.
GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb
conjugation forms.
ITALIAN: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations
and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working
with your LANGUAGE TEACHER program. If you have any suggestions or
problems with using LANGUAGE TEACHER, feel free to correspond with the
author using the address listed below. Please make your comments as
specific as possible and enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope:
Andrew P. Bartorillo
c/o Micro Tutor Products
103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
Frederick, MD 21701
French/English phrase combinations.
FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb
conjugation forms.
GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb conjugations
and 160 German/English phrase combinations.
GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb
conjugation forms.
ITALIAN: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations
and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working
with your LANGUAGE TEACHER program.