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Autogrammatik I: Adjective endings.
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Fill in the correct adjective endings and receive immediate
feedback. The program can be set from easy (one case /
definite article only) to difficult (all cases / all articles
and personal pronouns). An on-line dictionary and help in the
form of charts are available at all time. This program
probably contains the most succinct explanations of German
adjective endings that you are likely to see anywhere!
Copyright 1994 Portions of the program
Paul R. Widergren Copyright 1982-88
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Microsoft Co.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
This software and user's guide are copyright 1994 by Paul R.
Widergren. They are protected by both United States copyright
law and international treaty provisions. All Rights Reserved.
Autogrammatik I: Adjective Endings was created and compiled using
Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5.
MS-DOS, Microsoft Mouse, Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, and
Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5 are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
IBM, AT, and XT are registered trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation.
PKWARE, PKZIP and PKUNZIP are registered trademarks of PKWARE, Inc.
PLEASE READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED WARRANTY PRIOR TO
USING THIS SOFTWARE. Use of this software indicates your
acceptance of the terms and conditions of the license agreement
and the limited warranty.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
AUTOGRAMMATIK I: ADJECTIVE ENDINGS is offered as shareware.
Shareware is not free software, but is a distribution system
whereby the user is free to try the software for a modest fee
before buying it at the full registration fee. You are free to
copy this program for your own use and copy it or load it onto
bulletin boards. Shareware vendors may distribute the shareware
version of this program (adjsha.zip) to others to others for a
modest distribution fee (up to $10) as long as all program and data
files remain intact, but the author retains all rights to the
program. Please understand that the program is not free, and is not
in the public-domain. If after a reasonable time, you are
regularly using the program at home or in the classroom, you are
expected to register it by purchasing a registered copy for $19.95
from the author of the program. You will then receive a copy
(on either a 3½" or 5¼" disk) of the most recent version of the
program.
Note to German Teachers: One registered copy is expressly
considered a site-license. This is done to increase the
usefulness of the disk for educational purposes. If you buy my
programs and have access to an IBM computer lab, you may then
legally make multiple copies of this program for all your
students to use on multiple computers. You may even let students
take the program home and use it there. You may write (or have
your students write) files to practice the vocabulary you are
currently working on in class.
UNCONDITIONAL LIMITED WARRANTY
Autogrammatik diskettes are guaranteed to be free
from defects in materials and workmanship. Disks, which are
returned to me will be replaced, no questions asked, with the
most current version of the program. The warranty will be
limited to replacement of the physical diskettes and shall not
encompass other damages, including but not limited to loss of
profit, special, incidental, consequential, or other similar
claims. The user accepts the program "As Is" in lieu of all
other warranties and conditions, expressed or implied.
Copies which are obtained from shareware vendors or bulletin
boards are out of my control and the user agrees to accept these
programs "As Is" in lieu of any warranty or condition, expressed
or implied. I am, however, interested in discovering possible
sources of corrupted versions of this program and welcome any
information which will allow me to supply the source of the
faulty version of this program with the newest update and correct
the problem. I will replace the disk with the most current
version of the program.
Getting Started:
1. The Autogrammatik programs are distributed on a single archived
file which will first have to be "unzipped".
To install Autogrammtik I on a hard drive.
C:\>md\autogram - make a new directory on the hard drive.
C:\>A: - switch to the drive which contains the
shareware disk.
For shareware versions not obtained directly from me:
Most shareware vendors currently sell programs which use
PKWARE's .zip standard. To unzip the program, you will have to
have a copy of PKUNZIP, which is available from the large on-
line services, or any number of shareware vendors.
C:\AUTOGRAM>copy a:adjsha.zip c:
C:\AUTOGRAM>cd\pkware <- subdirectory containing pkunzip
C:\PKWARE>pkunzip c:\autogram\adjsha.zip c:\autogram
C:\PKWARE>cd\autogram
C:\AUTOGRAM>
For the registered version:
The program is distributed as a self-dearcing .exe file (Yoshi
.lzh standard). No program is need to unzip the file, rather
when you run the program it unzips itself. This has beem done
primarily to compress the dictionary so that the entire
program fits onto one 360k disk.
C:\AUTOGRAM>adjreg c:\autogram - the archived file will then
copy all files from a: to
c:\autogram.
2. To run the program, type:
C:\AUTOGRAM>adj
3. To print an order form (order.doc), type:
C:\AUTOGRAM>type order.doc >lpt1
or load the file into a word processor and print it using the
word processor.
4. Using Autogrammatik with WINDOWS. Autogrammatik is not a Windows
program and does not require Windows to use. It can, however,
be launched from the Windows interface in Real or Enhanced
Mode without a problem. See your Windows guide for further
details on how to run non-windows programs. An icon
FLGGERM.ICO is included on the disk for use with the program.
Using the function keys and setting up the program:
Before starting the program, it is a good idea to format it
according to your specifications, by setting the CASE (f4),
ARTICLES (f5), GENDER (f6), and OPTIONS (f8) values according to
your liking. Press one of the active function keys. A box appears
showing a menu. Highlight the appropriate menu item and press the
SPACE bar. This will either toggle a format value on or off, or
show an appropriate help screen. Once the command line is active,
it is possible to move from one function to the next by using the
left and right arrow keys. Then use the up and down arrow keys to
highlight the desired menu item. To return to the program, press
ESC. Start off with one a few values active and gradually increase
the complexity. Use the dictionary and the help screen as much as
necessary. The settings are then saved when you exit the program.
The next time you begin the program, the program will be formatted
the same way it was the last time you had worked with the program.
The Help Screens:
Press f1 to enter HELP. A menu appears with six choices.
Highlight the appropriate choice with the up and down arrow keys
and press ENTER. Press ESC to return to the program.
Credits: Pressing ENTER when Credits is highlighted shows the
opening title screen. Press any key to continue.
Instructions: Pressing ENTER when Instructions is highlighted
tells how to use the program. Press any key after you
have finished reading it.
Read manual: Pressing ENTER when Read Manual is highlighted
loads the manual reader in order to make it possible to
read this manual on-line.
Adjective Endings: Pressing ENTER when Adjective Endings is
highlighted shows a screen with a very concise
explanation of the German adjective ending system. Notice
that strong endings are color-coded in green and weak
endings are either yellow or white. This color-coding is
present in the two charts as well. Press any key to
return to the Help menu.
DER-words: Pressing ENTER when DER-words is highlighted shows a
chart of the adjective endings used after the definite
article or the der-word dieser (if active). Unless there
is not enough space, the adjective of the currently
tested item is used in the chart. The answer to the
currently tested item is also highlighted in blue.
Notice that the adjective ending is always -e if the
adjective is yellow (inside the box) and always -en if
the adjective is white (outside the box).
EIN-words: Pressing ENTER when EIN-words is highlighted shows a
chart of the adjective endings used after the indefinite
article, kein, or any active possessive pronouns. Unless
there is not enough space, the adjective of the currently
tested item is used in the chart. The answer to the
currently tested item is also highlighted in blue.
Notice that the adjective ending is green if the ein-word
has no ending or is not present at all. The adjective
ending is white (a weak ending) if the ein-word reflects
the strong ending and is shown in green. Since the
indefinite article is not used with plural nouns, the
chart for the indefinite article differs from that of the
other EIN-words.
After you are finished reading the help screens, return to the
program by pressing ENTER.
Dictionary:
Pressing f2 accesses the dictionary. The article, adjective,
and noun are shown without endings along with an English
translation. Press ESC to return to the program.
Cases:
After the program has loaded and starts running, the credit
screen appears. Press any key to continue and begin the program.
The current values of the cases, articles and gender can be seen by
pressing the function keys f4, f5, and f6 respectively. The
Default case values when the program is shipped are NOMINATIVE,
ACCUSATIVE, and DATIVE. That means the program will select at
random problems using these three cases. To change the values to
test a different group of cases, press f4, and use the arrow keys
to highlight the case which is to be turned on or off, and press
the SPACE bar. If a check appears the case is active. If there is
no check, the case will not be used in the program. After the
cases are set the way you would like them to be, press ENTER or ESC
to return to the program and resume the exercise. Start off with
one a few values active and gradually increase the complexity. Use
the dictionary and the help screens as much as necessary.
Articles:
The program can test the adjective endings used after definite
articles, indefinite articles and possessive pronouns. The current
values of the articles can be seen by pressing the f5 function
keys. Initially the program is set only to test the adjective
endings after definite articles. To change the values to test a
different group of articles, press f5, and use the arrow keys to
highlight the article or possessive pronoun which is to be turned
on or off, and press the SPACE bar. If a check appears the
article or possessive pronoun is active. If there is no check,
that article or possessive pronoun will not be tested. Remember
that definite articles (and the so-called "der-words" like dieser)
have a different system than the indefinite articles (and the
so-called "ein-words", which include the negative particle kein and
the possessive pronouns.) Check the help screens for more
information. After the articles are set the way you would like
them to be, press ENTER or ESC to return to the program and resume
the exercise. Start off with only a few values active and
gradually increase the complexity. Use the dictionary and the
help screens as much as necessary.
Gender:
The current values of the gender of nouns which is test can be
seen by pressing the f6 function key. The default gender value
tests all genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter, as well as
plural). To change the values to test a different gender group,
press f6, and use the arrow keys to highlight the gender
which is to be turned on or off, and press the SPACE bar. If
a check appears by a gender, that gender is active. If there is no
check, the nouns of that gender will not be used in the program.
After the gender are set the way you would like them to be, press
ENTER or ESC to return to the program and resume the exercise. Use
the dictionary and the help screens as much as necessary.
Options:
There are several options that can be set to your liking. In
the right hand corner, there is a small clock. If you would prefer
not to show the clock, highlight SHOW CLOCK and press the SPACE bar
to toggle the value to off. The program beeps whenever you type in
a wrong letter. To turn off the beep, highlight SOUND BEEP and
press the SPACE bar to toggle the value to off. When you work with
the program, the gender is indicated in the blue box along with the
desired case. If you would like to make the exercise more difficult
and not show the gender of the nouns, while you are doing the
exercise, highlight SHOW GENDER and press the SPACE bar to toggle
the value to off. Finally, If the reward flag travel too slowly or
too quickly, the speed can be altered by highlighting the option
SPEED and pressing the SPACE bar. A larger value slows down the
flag, a small value speeds the flag up. Press ENTER OR ESC to
return to the main program.
Using the program:
Once the program is formatted to your wishes, you may begin.
Each exercise has twenty questions which are randomly generated
according to the format values you entered. A sample noun phrase
appears in the red box with the article and the adjective ending
missing. Complete the answer by typing in the missing letters on
the keyboard. If the letters you input are correct, the program
proceeds. Otherwise there is a beep and you have to try again. If
you input the endings without error, a reward flag is tripped.
After twenty questions, the program ends normally and an evaluation
of your work is given. There is no penalty for using the
dictionary or the help screens. Start out with only a few of the
case values and article values active and gradually add more and
more. Keep trying one level until you can answer at least 80% of
the questions without error. If you simply do not know the answer
and do not wish to guess it either, press f10. This will show the
answer and then go on to the next question.
Ending the program:
The program ends normally after twenty questions have been
completed. If you need to end before you have answered twenty
questions, press ESC. The program will end, but there is a
substantial penalty in your "grade". Press any key after you have
finished looking at your grade. A box appears, which says: Exit
from program. Are you sure? If you want to exit from the program,
press Y for Yes. To return to the program press N and you will
start where you left off. If you press Y for yes or the ESC key,
the program says good bye and exits to DOS.
Conclusion:
Adjective Endings are one the most difficult grammar topics for
students of the German language to assimilate. Older students,
this usually requires an cognitive understanding of the concepts
involved. Computer programs will not appeal to everyone and should
never be seen as a cure-all, and this program is not really
intended to be used in place of a teacher and textbooks. Rather it
should supplement and automate what has been covered elsewhere. The
program patiently drills a new concept until they become somewhat
automatic, thereby freeing their instructor to spend more time with
language acquisition. The student retains most of the control over
his or her learning.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge Dr. Frank Donahue,
University of Texas at Austin, from whom I originally learned the
"key-sound" system represented here. Although I had lived in
Germany for four years and spoke the language fluently when I
arrived in Austin in the early eighties, I did not use adjective
endings entirely correctly until I understood and internalized the
system on a cognitive level.
Paul R. Widergren
P.O. Box 13
Delafield, WI 53018
APPENDIX A
What is shareware?
Shareware is a marketing method which offers low risk both to the
authors of quality software and to you - the user. Shareware
programs are fully-functional (not demo) programs which rival
commercial programs, but which have been made available to
shareware vendors, bulletin-boards (BBS's) and computer clubs for
distribution. The distributors then make the programs available to
you for a nominal cost for preview. Shareware programs are not
free, or in the public-domain. The method of distribution is
intended simply to make the program accessible and available for
preview. If you like a program, and use it for an extended period
of time, you are expected to register the program buy usually by
sending a registration fee directly to the author. So, please
register my shareware you continue to use, as this is the only way
I receive any payment for my work. When you register you will also
receive the following:
1) A disk containing latest version of the program,
registered in your name.
2) A site license which allows the registered owner to
make as many copies as needed to be used at one site.
This is particularly useful for German teachers and
schools.
3) Telephone, mail, or E-mail support to help in
installing or operating the program.
4) Notification of new programs and updates.
APPENDIX B
How to Register: An order blank is contained in the file
order.doc. To print the file, type:
C:\AUTOGRAM>type order.doc >lpt1
or load the file into your word processor and print it. If you are
a CompuServe member, you can also register this program by the
CompuServe Shareware Registration Service. GO SWREG and follow the
directions. Autogrammatik I: Adjective Endings is Shareware Reg.
#4162. The registration fee will be automatically charged to your
CompuServe account and you will receive the registered version in
the mail in a few days.
APPENDIX C
Other Programs currently available from Paul Widergren:
A. Wortleiter und so weiter (version 3.12). (SWREG #4160)
Wortleiter und so weiter consists of several computer programs
for IBM-compatible computers to aid in learning German vocabulary
and several important grammar concepts quickly and easily. The
disk comes complete with three fully-developed, menu-driven
programs, a file-creation module, a 7200 word dictionary and 25
sample vocabulary files. The registered version also includes a
on-line manual reader and may include additional vocabulary
files; however, the shareware disk and the registered version of
the disk are not substantially different. Older versions (such
as v. 2.12) of the disk may still be in circulation. Users who
order registered copies will always be sent the most current
version of the program, the data files, and the most updated
version of the manual.
Wortleiter und so weiter includes:
Wortleiter: Learn vocabulary quickly and easily. The disk
contains 25 sample files grouped according to topic (Clothes,
Geography, Animals, Travel). Using the file editor and the
dictionary you can easily make additional files to accompany the
textbook you are using. In addition, numerous variations of the
program can be attempted by resetting the values on the format
screen. 3 levels are possible for each file.
Quiz: Uses Wortleiter files, but this time you have to type the
words in. Either German-English or English-German. Verb files
can also test the principal parts of the verb. 3 levels
possible.
Memory: Select twelve words from one of the files for a
"Concentration"-type memory game using colorful character based
graphics.
The dictionary and file creation module has also been included
in order to make it easy to make new files and edit old ones.
The dictionary includes 7200 words and contains virtually all of
the standard vocabulary to be found in elementary and
intermediate German textbooks. All you need to do is find the
German word in the dictionary, tag it, and then save the
completed file to the disk. Afterwards it is possible to modify
the file and assign levels of difficulty to each word (3 levels
possible).
Registration fee: $29.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
B. Es ist um die Zeit (SWREG #4161)
Es ist um die Zeit is a new series of programs of a slightly
different type. The computer is used primarily as a discovery
tool. Rather than the computer asking the questions and the
student giving the answers, the student has the questions and the
computer gives the answers. The registered version of Es geht um
die Zeit comes complete with three menu-driven programs. The
programs incorporate simple animation and graphics and require an
IBM or IBM-compatible computer with a graphics monitor (at least
a 286 AT-computer and EGA color monitor recommended).
Es geht um die Zeit includes:
Wie spät ist es?: Explore the German way of telling time using
an animated cuckoo clock. After the student is sufficiently
acquainted with the necessary vocabulary and concepts through
self-discovery, he or she can test themselves using one of two
modules:
Stell die Uhr! - given a time in German, set the clock to
that time by pushing the appropriate
function keys.
Wie spät ist es? - Type in the time indicated on the clock.
Kalender: The program is a perpetual calendar which can be set to
display any month from January 1600 on. It can be used to learn
about and practice the days of the week, months of the year,
birthdays, historical events, and future events. For example,
most students do not know what day of the week they born on. The
computer can determine that in a flash.
Convert: The United States is the only industrialized nation in
the world not to use the metric system. Germans use the metric
system almost exclusively, so it is instructive for American
students to know information about themselves in the metric
measurements of meters, liters and kilograms as well as feet,
gallons, and pounds. Convert is a tool to make these conversions
simply and easily. There are conversion tables available for:
Temperature (fahrenheit - centigrade)
Distance (miles - kilometers)
Height (inches - centimeters)
Weight (pounds - kilograms)
Liquid measure (gallons - liters)
Money (dollar - DM (resettable to current $ rate))
Registration fee: $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
C. Autogrammatik
II. Active / Passive Voice (SWREG #4163)
Given either an active or a passive voice
sentence, write the complement. The program can be set from
easy (change verb only / present tense) to very challenging
(change complete sentence / all tenses of the verb). An
on-line dictionary and help is available at all times.
Registration fee: $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
D. Scalae verborum - Latin Word Ladder (SWREG #4164)
A Latin version of Wortleiter is also available. It includes
a 3400 word dictionary which includes almost all of the common
beginning and intermediate vocabulary commonly found in Latin
textbooks.
Registration fee: $29.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
APPENDIX D
┌─────────┐
┌─────┴───┐ │ (R)
──│ │o │──────────────────
│ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
│ │ │─┘ Shareware
└───│ o │ Professionals
──────│ ║ │────────────────────
└────╨────┘ MEMBER
Paul R. Widergren is a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
does not provide technical support for members' products.
Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road,
Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a
CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
APPENDIX E
ORDERING INFORMATION: Autogrammatik I: Adjective Endings
(registered version)
Registration fee: $19.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
Wisconsin residents please add 5% sales tax.
For an order form for Autogrammatik I or II, Wortleiter und so
weiter, or any of the other programs mentioned in Appendix A:
C:\AUTOGRAM>type order.doc > lpt1
Paul R. Widergren Tel: (414) 569-5740
P.O. Box 13 CompuServe: 74632,612
Delafield, WI 53018 America On-Line: PWidergren
INTERNET: 74632.612@compuserve.com
After June 1995, my address and telephone number may have
changed. If you are unable to E-Mail me, please contact me
care of the following address or check the address in the
advertisement in the current issue of the magazine GERMAN LIFE:
1209 Widergren Drive
Rockford, IL 61108