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- VOCABULARY PRIMER, v1.0
- copyright 1991
-
- Denis L. Latkowski
- 417 Tantallion Court
- Baltimore, Maryland 21212
- (301)-435-1544
-
- VOCAB is a short program that has three functions:
-
- 1. teach the person using it new vocabulary words; for each new word:
- -- word
- -- definitions
- -- forms
- -- sample sentences using the word
-
- 2. quiz on the words just learned
- -- if the answer is wrong, an explanation is given about the
- correct answer
- -- score is constantly updated: words tried, percentage
- -- "rating" is given at the conclusion of the quiz
-
- 3. test on the words learned and quizzed
- -- no help is given on an incorrect answer
- -- score is constantly updated: words tried, percentage
- -- "rating" is given at the conclusion of the quiz
-
- There are a total of five word lists included with the program; they
- all have the extension .VOC, labeled PART01 through PART05. Each
- vocabulary file contains ten words. I decided to use ten since any
- more than that might too difficult to learn at one sitting.
-
- TEST is a testing program for the words already learned. It consists
- of 50 multiple choice questions on the words from PART01 through
- PART05. After a student goes through parts 1 to 5, a real test of
- words learned is TEST1.
-
- The lists of words have been taken from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP by Warriner's
- (which in turn is taken from Warriner's ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND
- COMPOSITION, THIRD COURSE)
-
- The definitions are from VOCABULARY WORKSHOP, WEBSTER'S NEW COLLEGIATE
- DICTIONARY, and Gruber's COMPLETE PREPARATION FOR THE SAT
-
- List of files included:
- name size
-
- MANUAL.DOC 9603 manual for TEST and VOCAB
- README.DOC 6949 registration benefits and information
- REGISTER.DOC 1577 registration form
- TEST.EXE 14346 program for taking 50 question vocab test
- VOCAB.EXE 15548 program to teach new vocabulary words
- TEST1.TST 9050 test data for use with TEST
- PART01.VOC 12880 vocabulary words for VOCAB
- PART02.VOC 12880 "
- PART03.VOC 12880 "
- PART04.VOC 12880 "
- PART05.VOC 12880 "
-
-
- **********************
- REGISTRATION
- **********************
-
- Those who register will receive VEDITOR which will create your own
- vocabulary files with a maximum of twenty words. This is the program
- that created the .VOC files included with this Shareware version.
- There is no limitation (except on your time) on the .VOC files you can
- create with VEDITOR. The words you select can be course specific;
- a chemistry teacher would obviously have a different set of words than,
- say, a history teacher. YOU pick the words, definitions, forms, sample
- sentences, quiz and test sentences. The same is true with TEDITOR,
- discussed below.
-
- VOCAB will not contain the closing shareware screen and the opening
- title screen is of a shorter duration.
-
- a caveat: there is no easy method of entering the information. The
- program will guide you each step of the way. It will be similar to
- using a word processor in Insert mode but being asked for each line
- of information.
-
- Using VEDITOR, once you Create a VOC file, you can Add words to it (you
- don't have to do all the work at one time), Edit the information (if
- you realize that you've made a mistake); Print the contents of any VOC
- file.
-
- You also have the Learn, Quiz, and Test sections in the program so you
- don't have to exit the program and run VOCAB to see what your new word
- lists look like.
-
- You can also Print or view on the Screen all the scores of the work done
- by your students, including whether or not the Learning section has been
- completed. You can also Reset the score file any time you want.
-
- VEDITOR is completely menu driven, just like VOCAB, and thus very easy
- to use.
-
- Registration will also bring you TEDITOR, a program that will enable you
- to write your own multiple choice tests, just like TEST1 included with
- the Shareware version. You can have up to 50 words with four possible
- answers for each word and the students' scores will be saved, just like
- when they complete the VOCAB sections.
-
- Registration will bring you:
-
- --> VEDITOR for creating vocabulary files
- --> TEDITOR for creating tests
- --> VOCAB with no Shareware screen
- --> a minimum of five more vocabulary lessons
- --> a minimum of one more 50 question test
- --> students scores are kept and added to be viewed at a later date
- --> installation hints for a network with a site registration
- --> .ITM files for installing the three programs using IBM's IClass
- (for site registration only)
- --> manual on disk (possibly a printed one if time and money allow)
-
-
- There are two different registrations:
-
- Single user -- $25
-
- you are allowed to run only one copy at a time of VEDITOR or VOCAB
- or TEDITOR on ONE machine
- -- one teacher, one copy
- -- one student, one copy
-
- Site license -- $125
-
- there is no limitation as the number of people who are using VEDITOR
- or VOCAB at the same time. If you have a network, the site license
- will enable you to pay one fee for any and all users of the program.
- Included with the site license will be .ITM files for installing
- VOCAB and VEDITOR on a Novell network using IBM's IClass and some
- helpful hints and suggestions for working on a network. The same
- applies also for TEDITOR.
-
- (A school can purchase a site license, and provide copies to all
- the teachers in its school who can then use it with all their
- students without incurring any additional expense.)
-
- **********************
- REGISTRATION
- **********************
-
- (VEDITOR = Vocabulary EDITOR TEDITOR = Test EDITOR)
-
-
- VOCABULARY PRIMER, v1.0
- copyright 1991
-
- Denis L. Latkowski
- 417 Tantallion Court
- Baltimore, Maryland 21212
- (301)-435-1544
-
-