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SPANISH INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
STUDENT MANUAL
Before beginning, here are some general instructions.
First, don't be afraid of making a mistake. You cannot hurt the
computer by entering an incorrect choice. The worst that can
happen is that you'll have to start over.
Look over the keyboard of your computer and find three
useful keys. The "'" key will be used after a vowel to enter the
accent mark. The "~" will be used after an "n" to modify it.
The "\" is used to stop the program at most places. Another key
that you may use is the "F1" which is used to recall a response
in the numbers and arithmetic program.
As you run these programs, you will be shown a series of
menus. Many menus have a choice for obtaining information about
the specific program that is being run. The information will
give you pointers on operating the program, and sometimes some
hints.
To make a choice from a menu, press the number that
corresponds to what you want to do. You do not have to press
Return (or, Enter as it is labeled on other keyboards) to make a
choice from a menu. Most menus have a "default" choice that is
indicated with brackets ([ ]). If you press Return, that is the
choice that you will select. On most menus, you may quit to the
previous menu by selecting the number corresponding to quit, or
by entering a 'q' or by pressing the symbol '\'.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 2
This is the first menu that you will see:
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SPANISH INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
<1> [ Vocabulary tests ]
<2> Verb tests
<3> Days of the week
<4> Months of the year
<5> Numbers and arithmetic
<6> Timed test of noun genders
<7> Timed test of verb tenses
<8> Change screen colors
<9> Quit
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From this menu, you may choose to run any of the listed
programs, you may choose to quit, or you may change the color of
the screen. If a program is not available on your computer disk,
then it will not appear on the menu.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 3
If you press Return, you will begin the default choice. In
this case, that is choice number 1, the Spanish vocabulary test.
The computer will search for this program on the disk and show
you the next menu.
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SPANISH VOCABULARY
<1> Instructions
<2> [ Start Vocabulary Test ]
<3> Select vocabulary files to include
<4> Change length of test (now 100)
<5> Change test format
<6> Change directory or drive for data
<7> Quit
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From this menu, you may read some instructions (choice 1),
begin the test (choice 2), or change some of the features of the
test. If we press 3, we see the next menu.
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There are 11 vocabulary files here.
Set the file range desired for the test.
Enter numbers or use the arrow keys to go through the list,
pressing Return to make your choice
First choose lowest.
==> < 1> Year 1, First file
<11> Year 2, Fifth file
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This menu tells us that there are 11 vocabulary files
available. We may choose a range of those files by selecting the
first file and the last file. The arrow points to the first
STUDENT'S MANUAL 4
file. If we press return, then file number 1 will be selected
and the arrow will move to the last file. If we want to select a
file other than file number 1, we may either enter it's number
(say, 4), or we may use the up and down arrow keys to view the
names of the files. When we find the one we want as the first
file, we press Return to finalize the selection.
After selecting the last file, we return to the Vocabulary
menu again, and we may begin the test, or we may make other
changes. The default length of the test is 100 words. We may
decrease that, if we like. The default test format is to be
shown an English word or phrase and have to enter the Spanish
equivalent. We may reverse that, if we wish, or we may decide to
have a multiple choice test, where we are shown a word and asked
to select among four words of the other language. When we are
ready to start the vocabulary test, we can either press Return or
2.
While taking the test, we can get a very small hint by
entering ? followed by Return instead of the word. If we want to
quit before the test is completed, we may enter either 'q' or '\'
by itself at the prompt, followed by Return.
The initial settings for the vocabulary program are: use all
available vocabulary files, present a fill-in-the-blank test, ask
for a Spanish definition of an English word or phrase, and make
the test 100 words long, if there are that many words available.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 5
If, back at the main menu, we had chosen "Verb Test," we
would have seen a similar menu:
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SPANISH VERBS
<1> Read instructions
<2> [ Test verb tenses ]
<3> Choose tenses to include
<4> Set difficulty level of verbs
<5> Set length of test (now 100)
<6> Change directory of verb data files
<7> Quit
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From this menu, instead of choosing the vocabulary files to
include, we may choose the tenses to include in the test. If we
select 3 from this menu, we will see the next one.
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Choose tenses desired in test. Press <RETURN> when done.
<1> Presente de indicativo
<2> Prete'rito
<3> Imperfecto
<4> Futuro
<5> Condicional
<6> Presente de subjuntivo
<7> Todos tiempos
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STUDENT'S MANUAL 6
This is a bit different, because we may choose any number of
tenses from the list. We simply press the numbers for the tenses
we want. Arrows will appear to indicate which ones we have
chosen. When we have completed our selection, pressing Return
will take us back to the previous menu. If we select choice 7
from the tenses menu, however, there's nothing left to select, so
we go immediately back to the Verb Test menu.
From the Verb Test Menu, we may also change the length of
the test (remember each tense has up to six forms, such as first
person singular, first person plural, etc.). We may also select
the difficulty of the verbs, where 1 is the least difficult and 4
is the most difficult.
Once in the verb test, we have the same option to quit at
any time as we did in the vocabulary test, by entering '\'.
The initial settings of the verb test are: use all tenses
available, use all levels of verbs available, and present a test
with 100 words, if that many are available.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 7
Back at the Main Menu, we had the choice of two calendar
tests: days and months. Here is the menu for the test of days
of the week.
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SPANISH DAYS
<1> Read instructions
<2> [ Start Quiz of Days ]
<3> Quit
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With these two programs, we have fewer choices to make. We
may begin the test, read instructions, or quit. In the test
itself, we will be shown a simple calendar. In the test of days,
we are told a day and asked either what the next day will be or
what the day before was. This will go on until we enter 'q' or
'\' to quit. In the test of months, we will be asked to name a
month in the year, going through the year in random order until
we choose to quit.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 8
Another choice from the Main Menu is "Numbers and
arithmetic" which gives us this menu:
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SPANISH NUMBERS
<1> Read instructions
<2> [ Start Number Test ]
<3> Change largest number (now 99)
<4> Quit
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The only thing to set here is the largest number to include.
This must be no larger than 99, but beginners will probably set
it to ten. In this program, you usually are told two numbers and
asked to perform arithmetic on them, such as addition,
subtraction, or multiplication. You must enter the words for the
result. Occasionally, the program will ask you to enter the
numerals of a number, as a change of pace.
If you make a small mistake, you may redisplay your answer
and edit it. This usually happens when you've made an arithmetic
mistake, but the Spanish words you wrote were the correct words,
but for the wrong number. Pressing either the F1 key or the up
arrow key will redisplay the entire answer, and you can use the
backspace or left arrow key to correct it. The right arrow key
will display one letter at a time of the last answer. So, if the
answer were "ochenta y seis" but you entered "ochenta y cinco"
you may use the right arrow to redisplay "ochenta y " and then
type in "seis".
As before, you quit by entering 'q' or '\'.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 9
Once you have mastered some nouns or verbs, you may try the
"time trial" tests from the Main Menu: "Timed test of noun
genders" or "Timed test of verb tenses." The menus that you see
are similar to ones before. For noun genders:
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SPANISH NOUN GENDERS:
<1> Instructions
<2> [ Start Vocabulary Test ]
<3> Select vocabulary files to include.
<4> Change length of test (now 50)
<5> Set speed of test
<6> Change directory or drive for data
<7> Quit
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The main difference here is that you have a limited amount
of time to respond, and you may change that amount of time
(either faster or slower) with choice 5. Once you begin the
test, you will be given the opportunity to position your fingers
over the keys 'm' and 'f' before the program shows you nouns from
the vocabulary lists. You have to decide whether they are
masculine or feminine.
The initial settings for the noun genders program are: use
all available files, make a test of 50 words, if that many are
available, and allow 3 seconds for an answer.
STUDENT'S MANUAL 10
The "Timed test of verb tenses" is similar.
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SPANISH VERB TENSES
<1> Read instructions
<2> [ Test verb tenses ]
<3> Chooses tenses to include
<4> Set length of test (now 100)
<5> Set difficulty level of verbs
<6> Change directory of verb data files
<7> Set speed of test
<8> Quit
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Again, you may alter the amount of time you have to respond,
as well as change the tenses, verb difficulty, and length of
test. The program gives you time to position your fingers over
the number keys, and then you must press the appropriate keys to
identify a verb's tense.
The initial settings for the test of verb tenses are: use
all available tenses, use all available verb levels, and make a
test of 100 words, if that many are available.
This quick run through is enough to get you started. The
important things to know are how to start and how to stop. You
noticed that we didn't mention some of the choices in the menus,
particularly the one on changing the directory for data files.
Most users won't need to do that, but the option is there, so
that you may have the programs and the vocabulary and verb data
files in different places. This may be most useful as you build
your vocabulary, or share the programs with other people.
