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- │ FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GAMES & TUTORS All Ages │
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- │ 2) Translators │
- │ 3) Exercises, Tutors, and other programs. │
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- ║ FOREIGN LANGUAGE GAMES ║
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- E313: GERMAN WORD LADDERv 2.12 (92) P.WIDERGREN (menued)
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- Multi-purpose program with 20 vocabulary files ( clothes, food, family, time,
- animals etc). PRESENT TENSE VERBS - revision. VERB QUIZ. "CASES IN THEIR
- PLACES" 4) WORTLEITER (select correct translation from selection on the
- ladder). QUIZ. Edit files or create your own. Adjust speed, sound on/off etc.
- Good grammar and vocabulary practise. 10+; 250K; $19.95 (manual); CGA. ****
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- E315: FRENCH & SPANISH WORD GAMES (menued) - improve your vocabulary.
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- SPANISH SQUEEZE PLAY (92) R.BLOCHER - challenging colourful word game. You're
- given an English clue, find the hidden Spanish translation. Highscores. Nice
- sound. 11+; 120K; $10 (update, 100s more words, word slide puzzle); CGA. ****
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- FRENCH SQUEEZE PLAY (92) R.BLOCHER - as above but in French / English. ****
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- SPANISH MIXER v1.1 (93) R.GROTHE - 1/2 players, unscramble Spanish words
- (English clue) against the clock. 12+; 80K; $5 (more words/levels). Too fast
- on a 386 unless you have a turbo button you can turn off. ANY MONITOR. ***
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- E367: TOUR DE VOCABULAIRE v1.0 (92) J.DOWD (menued)
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- Entertaining way to learn French vocabulary and history. You're asked some
- history questions, the speed of your car depends upon the number of correct
- answers. Then answer vocabulary questions; matching a given French word to an
- English one (5000+ words - easy to very difficult). As you answer correctly
- your flag moves across the map of France to its destination (Paris). How
- quickly can get there? High scores. Mouse option. 11+;330K; $10(manual); CGA,
- EGA (in b&w). VGA (full colour). *****
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- ║ TRANSLATORS ║
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- H282: LANGTRANS v0.9 (91) R.PAYLING (Australia)
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- Translates French nouns and verbs into English, including the correct tense
- of 100+ styles of French verbs (reg and irregular) into the correct English
- tense. 12-ADULT. 500K(1.2MB); $40 (more features). ANY MONITOR. ****
- [(£2.00) or 5¼"HD (£3.00) only]
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- H281: WORD TRANSLATOR v3.5.TRANSLATION EXPERTS U.K (93)
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- Pop-up bilingual dictionaries (German, Spanish, Danish, Portugese) that work
- inside your DOS word processor (tested with Wordperfect, Wordstar, Word, Pro
- Write; will work with many others). About 10 000 entries per language, plus
- you can add your own. Look up words, study for tests, save time writing
- reports, speed up homework. Also spell checks, translates (rough outline)
- whole documents. 12+. 700(1MB); £39.00 (manual, more data); ANY MONITOR. ****
- (Windows version in Windows section) [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00) only]
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- H288: WORD TRANSLATOR (Russian, Croatian) v3.5 (93) TRANSLATION EXPERTS (U.K)
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- Two more modules, same features as H281 (above). Republic or Phonetic
- keyboard for Russian module. Russian (15,000 entries) requires EGA, HERC or
- VGA monitor. 16+; 700K(1MB); £39 (as above); ****
- [3½"DD(£2.00) or 5¼"HD(£3.00) only]
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- H314: VOCABULATOR v3.10 (92) BLUEBULL - "mini Berlitz course on disk"
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- Basic words & phrases (about 500 per language) in 9 languages on a flip-chart
- display. Prompts in English or chosen foreign language. After an (adjustable)
- pause the translation is shown. Hide words you already know. Browse through
- whole list (can print). Libraries can be edited & extended, or add a new one.
- Covers: Afrikaans, Italian, French, German, Portugese, Zulu, Slovak, Spanish,
- Tswana. 12+; 300K(1MB); $25 (update); ANY MONITOR (best in colour). *****
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- ║ OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ║
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- H501: FRENCH SPECIAL - ideal for beginners through to GCSE
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- ULTIMATE FRENCH v1.2 (94) WATSON - covers verbs, nouns, phrases, misc, verb
- conjugation; each with about 100 words/phrases. English to French, or French
- to English. Multiple choice or "fill-in" style. Tracks scores, time etc. 12+;
- 120K; $20 (reports, add your own libraries); ANY MONITOR. Mouse option. *****
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- WORD BY WORD FRENCH (93) GREENWOOD (UK) - tests vocabulary and understanding.
- Arranged around 40 different "Pages" - each has a theme (doctors, food, body,
- what is it?, what time is it? etc. etc.). View all phrases on a page or test
- yourself at 5 different levels per page - ranging from simple spelling to
- fill in the gaps. Eng to Fr / Fr to Eng. Look up dictionary of all key words.
- Fully customisable; add your own pages in any language. Stores results - max
- 200 students. Based on 3000 key words taken from GCSE vocab lists. 12+; 210
- (470); £14.75 (no reminder screens); ANY MONITOR (best in colour). ****
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- LE MOT JUSTE (92) ACIRAN SOFTWARE (UK) - french "Blockbusters". As "gold run"
- section where you are given a clue and hint. Work against clock, music on or
- off. Various topics: cafe, illness, shop, school, travel, etc. A fun way to
- improve vocabulary. 12+; 200K (330); £12 (customise) ; VGA. MOUSE. ****
- [available on 3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00)]
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- H499: SPANISH SPECIAL - two excellent programs for serious students
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- SPANISH HELPER v1.0 (94) BLANCHARD - excellent, easy to use program offering
- ENG-SPA (or vice verse) practise covering the 1000 most popular words. Simple
- verb tenses, prepositions & adverbs, plus nouns, adjectives and simple
- expressions. Tests are fill-in or multiple choice. Make your own study lists.
- 12-ADULT; 300K(600); £20+ (more words & modules); ANY GRAPHICS MONITOR. *****
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- LINGUA PRO SPANISH v2.5 (94) SCHULENBERG & ASSOC - another heavyweight title
- with graded vocabulary levels, unique verb conjugator and on-line dictionary.
- Covers both Latin American and Castilian, again with option of ENG-SPA or
- SPA-ENG. 14-ADULT; 400K (1MB); $39.95 (more lessons, words); ANY MONITOR.****
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- [available on 3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only]
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- H368: GERMAN PLUS! (93) G.HAYWORTH
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- Nice selection of menu driven vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, prepositions &
- direct objects) and verb conjugation exercises. Also a review section to
- check your facts before you start. 11+; 150K(400); $5; ANY MONITOR. ****
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- E083: IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH (menued) - BOTH FOR ANY MONITOR
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- FRENCH VERB CONJUGATOR v1.13 (87) Select verb (201 are covered) and tense (14
- are covered). Verb is then conjugated instantly on screen. Also runs as "pop
- up" memory resident program. 11-ADULT; 160K; $25 (more verbs & tenses). ****
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- FRENCH HANGMAN v5.75 (1984/8) similar to English game on E037. Same friendly
- man. 1) ENG words / FRE clues. 2) FR words / ENG clues. 3) ENG phrases / FR
- clues. 4) FR phrases / ENG clues. 5) Personalised - use your own word/phrase.
- Large dictionary; options inc. easy/hard (5/9 guesses), music/sound on or
- off, colour/mono, timed/untimed game. 11-ADULT; 140K; $15. ****
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- │ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │
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- │ Related programs that may be of interest - to │
- │ locate, make a note of disk number, then use │
- │ the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │
- │ 1) W287 - WORD TRANSLATOR FOR WINDOWS │
- │ 2) H284 - WORD GALLERY │
- │ 3) H089 - WUNDERBOOK │
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