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Trial Program Guide

ESL DEMONS (for students of American English)

Set B: Disk 1

Complete Program: 3 sets: 2 disks per set

Set A: for the student who has mastered some conversational English
and is ready to move on to standard written English

Set B: for the student completing beginners' material and
moving on to second-level work

Set C: for the low intermediate student

3.5 IBM compatible - 386 or later models
(use VGA display; mouse optional)

The program is designed for students whose knowledge of English ranges
from beginner to intermediate in standard written English. It is also
useful for Special Education students, from third grade on, who need
help in using simple, clear English.

Each disk contains many ESL Demons, or topics. The program helps students
cope with troublesome points of English grammar, usage, and spelling.
Sentences contain up to four highlighted choices, one of which is
an ESL Demon, such as a word or phrase that would not be appropriate
in standard written English. The material helps students recognize
language that is clear and correct. The program provides explanations
that teach the underlying grammatical concepts. Each lesson is self-directing.

NOTE: The program includes a game and an individual Demon drill. We
recommend that students play the game first so that the teacher can
identify those Demons that present problems to the student. The Record
Management program will show the number of times the student has played
each Demon. The drill may then be used for extra help for those students
who need it. For the school version of the program there is a hide/show
feature that permits teachers to activate or deactivate the Customized
Drill.

OVERVIEW

Each ESL Demons disk provides practice at a different level of difficulty.

The program consists of six disks with twelve ESL Demons, or topics,
per disk. Set A texts provide two highlighted words or phrases per
sentence; Set B, three highlighted words or phrases; Set C, three
or four highlighted words or phrases.

MOUSE OPTION

At the prompt type HELLO to begin the program. You may use the mouse
as soon as the first exercise appears on the screen.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The student is asked to use the mouse or Tab key to select a highlighted,
incorrect word or phrase in a sentence. After the student responds
s/he is shown the correct sentence and is given the grammatical reason(s)
for the correct answer. If the student answers  correctly, s/he
receives a congratulatory word or a graphic reward.

After logging in his/her name the student is offered two options:
1. Play a round of Demons (game). 2. Work on a customized drill.

Demon Game: The Demons are presented to the student in the same order
in which they are listed in the program guide. In each round, the
student is given twelve sentences which cover the material for three
Demons. There are four randomly selected sentences per Demon. To master
a Demon, the student must choose the correct answer for all four sentences
in the round. Until the student gets the four sentences correct, s/he
will continue to receive sentences for that Demon in subsequent rounds.

For the final round, if fewer than three Demons remain unmastered
in the game, the round will include only those Demons still unmastered.

PROGRAM HELP FEATURES

The program provides three help features. First, the sentence appears
in its correct form, regardless of the student's answer. Second,
the computer gives the grammatical reason(s) for the correct answer.
The third feature, the individual Demon drill, gives the student the
opportunity to focus on specific troublesome Demons. From the drill
menu, the student may choose up to three Demons to work on per round.
There are four sentences for each Demon. A star next to a Demon on
the menu indicates that the student has mastered that Demon. Starred
Demons may be chosen for additional drill.

SCORING

Scores for mastered Demons in the game and drill are recorded. When
a Demon is mastered in the game it is starred on the customized drill
menu and will not reappear in the game. Starred Demons may be chosen
for additional drill. However, if the student does not remaster the
Demon the star is removed and the Demon reappears in the game.

Students may choose to exit the program at any time during a round.
Even if the round is not completed, a Demon is scored as "mastered"
if the student's answers are correct for that Demon's four
sentences.

If a student masters all Demons and chooses to play again, the record
manager will add "M" for "mastered", after the student's last name. The
student's name will then appear again for subsequent rounds.

RECORD MANAGEMENT

To see student records, run RECORD from the directory, or press [CONTROL]T
while at the title screen of the disk.

This version saves records for only two students. A third name will
automatically replace a previously entered name. (The single user
School version saves records for as many students as disk space allows.
The Network version saves records for 1,000 students.)

The records can go to the screen or the printer. You may see the records
of the entire class, or choose an individual student's scores.
If you choose to look at the scores of the entire class, you may have
them displayed in alphabetical order or from highest to lowest.

Use the following keys to make your selections:

ALT:Allows you to choose items in the Top Menu: (1)Order (2)View (3)Select
(4)Print (5)Delete (6)Exit. In each of the first three options, you
will have the choice of selecting records from the Pull Down Menu
by name, date, skills mastered, or class code.

TAB:Changes the category of information that is displayed in a fixed
cycle, e.g., from students' names, to last dates played, to highest
mastered skill levels, to class codes, to a student's entire
record and then back again to the students' names.

ENTER:Selects or deselects any piece of information on which the cursor
is placed. Selected items can be viewed, printed, or deleted as a
group. They appear on the screen highlighted in red.

ERROR FIX

If the program runs but does not keep student records properly, or
if some streaks appear in the Demon graphics, access the RECORD program
and delete all records.

VIEWER (printer required)

To reach the Viewer, access GD-PRINT from the directory. This allows
you to send to the printer all Demons and the explanations of why
they are correct. Please note that a "Message Code" will
appear on the print-out. It is used only for internal programming
purposes and does not affect operation of the program.

ESL DEMONS

Set A, Disk 1

  1. Regular noun plurals, I (-s, -es)
  2. No article with certain nouns
  3. This, these
  4. Regular noun plurals, II (-s, -es, -ies)
  5. That, those
  6. Contractions - pronouns and verbs
  7. Possessive pronouns (its, your, their)
  8. Articles (`a' and `an' with singular nouns)
  9. Possessive of singular nouns (`s)
 10. Prepositions of place, I (in, on, at)
 11. Prepositions of time, I (in, at)
 12. There is, there's, there are

Set A, Disk 2

  1. Contractions - verbs + not
  2. Irregular noun plurals, I
  3. Possessive pronouns, I (mine, hers, ours)
  4. Possessive pronouns, II (yours, theirs)
  5. Simple present and present continuous tenses
  6. Simple past tense (to be)
  7. Indefinite articles with adjectives
  8. Irregular noun plurals, II
  9. Loose, lose
 10. Correct use of `at'
 11. Many, much
 12. Possessive of regular plural nouns

Set B, Disk 1

  1. Adverbs of manner
  2. Simple past tense, I Regular verbs
  3. Prepositions of time, II (in, on)
  4. Regular noun plurals, III (-f, -fe to -ves)
  5. Simple past tense, I Irregular verbs
  6. Possessive of nouns ending in -s
  7. Articles (a, an)
  8. Doubling a consonant before -ing or -ed
  9. Comparative and superlative of adjectives
 10. Terms of quantity and their plurals
 11. Try to (not `try and')
 12. Double negatives, I (not/n't + no or nothing)

Set B, Disk 2

  1. Simple past tense, II Regular verbs
  2. Then, than
  3  Simple past tense, II Irregular verbs
  4. Comparison of adjectives
  5. Good, well
  6. Double negs., II (not/n't + nobody, no one)
  7. A few, a little
  8. Nouns used as adjectives - singular form
  9. Better, best - worse, worst
 10. Past continuous tense
 11. Whose, who's
 12. Make, do

Set C, Disk 1

  1. Simple past tense, III Irregular verbs
  2. Double negs., III (alternative correction)
  3. Present perfect continuous
  4. For, since
  5. Prepositions of time, III (in, on)
  6. Superlative of adjectives
  7. Passed, past
  8. Agreement of subject and verb, I
  9. Less, fewer
 10. Past participles, I Regular verbs
 11. Almost, most
 12. Prepositions of place, II (in, on, at)

Set C, Disk 2

  1. Simple past tense, IV Irregular verbs
  2. Past participles, II Irregular verbs
  3. Comparisons (more and most, less and least)
  4. Double negs., IV (barely, scarcely, hardly)
  5. Ordinal numbers
  6. Agr. of subj. & verb, II (intervening phrase)
  7. Agr. of subj. & verb, III (collective nouns)
  8. Verb plus infinitive or gerund
  9. Different from (not `different than')
 10. Agreement of pronoun and antecedent
 11. Confusing word twins
 12. Case of pronouns

Copyright 1992-1996 Merit Audio Visual
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We hope you enjoy previewing ESL DEMONS. The School version of the
program contains the following:

1. Six data disks

2. A print option that allows you to see all Demons and the
   explanations for why they are correct

3. Record management for as many students as disk space allows.

4. A hide/show feature for the Customized Drill

5. A teacher's guide

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