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Arabic

Arabic Tutor, The
Learn Arabic

French

Instant Immersion French
Le Petit Robert - Dictionnaire de la langue Française
Muzzy at the Seaside

German

CyberBuch
German 107
Muzzy at the Seaside
Word Ace!
Irish

An Chéad Choiscéim - First Steps in Irish
Focail Draíochta - Magical Words
Irish
Irish Proverbs - 501 Sayings, Blessings, Curses, Etc.

Italian

Advanced Italian
Incontri a Roma
Instant Immersion Italian Pro
LINC Italian - Intermediate
Muzzy at the Seaside
Omnia '97

Latin

Learn Latin Now!

Portuguese

Interagindo - Basic Level Interactive Course

Russian

1000 Years of Russian Art

Spanish

Ciberteca
Mocedades - recuerdos
Muzzy at the Seaside

Arabic Tutor, The
CD, Workbook, and Companion book
This software assumes no prior knowledge of Arabic and assists the user patiently in developing reading and writing skills, correct pronunciation and intuitive way of joining Arabic letters into words with visual on-screen and written guidance.
The listen and record features give the user native speaker's sound that is a mouse click away and the ability to record own voice and compare it to that of a native speaker.
The Companion book provides written version of most of the on-screen text, examples and drills with answers to encourage practice. The Workbook is ideal for those who think writing Arabic is difficult. The seriousness of this course is spiced by the game-like quizzes to add more fun to the learning process.

Instant Immersion French
4 CD set
Talk Now! French is designed for beginners who want to start learning a new language as soon as possible. Whether on a business or vacation trip, or even when meeting a foreign visitor, Talk Now! is the CD to use. By hearing and practicing authentic everyday speech, the user's natural ability for language will develop. The EuroTalk CDs are designed to be fun. The program uses quizzes, games, and stories to help reinforce the lessons learned.
World Talk French, is the next level up from Talk Now! and goes on to the next stage with new activities, added dictation, and a new recording section. Topics covered include the calendar, building sentences, asking directions, and using numbers. With the recording feature, users can hear and compare their voices with those of a variety of native speakers.
Talking Dictionary - For building vocabulary, the Talking Dictionary includes thousands of essential terms. A realtime pop-up dictionary that lets you translate words from English to French. Quickly find out the meaning of thousands of words.
Voyage in France - On this CD-ROM you're invited to discover and rediscover France's past, cultural heritage, and matchless art of living. This great CD will enhance the Immersion experience by taking you along on a voyage that gives you a better understanding of the country where the French language originated.

Interagindo - Basic Level Interactive Course
Each Unit is subdivided into Segments that provide you with practice in all four language skills and present step-by-step knowledge of the basics, as follows:
Grammar and Vocabulary Segments:
Presentation of Grammar and Vocabulary in the context of a communicative function, both visually and aurally;
Explanation of grammar structure in Portuguese;
Pronunciation, listening and interactive aural-oral exericses;
Written exercise;
A second explanation of Grammar and Vocabulary in the "Just-to-Confirm" Segment. This is presented in English to clear any doubts in constructing the meanings.
Conversation Practice Segment:
Situational Dialogue for Comprehension and Role-Playing.
Reading Comprehension Segment:
Cultural and practical information related to the theme of the Unit.
Glossary
Key to Exercises

Learn Arabic
Intermediate level includes:

Le Petit Robert - Dictionnaire de la langue Française

Muzzy at the Seaside
Meet the Cast - Click on a person to find out about him or her.
Story - The story runs with the words displayed in the target language. Pages are turned automatically. Wake the cat and click its tail for help. While the cat is awake, you can click the flag to show the words of the story in the support language. You can also jump to any other page of the story.
Picture Dictionary - The language is shown by the swinging flag. Click a different flag to change language. Move the pointer over the picture. where the pointer changes to a hand, click to hear and see the word.
Recording Studio - Record the story line by line. A single line, a single page or the whole story can be played back with your voice pasted in.
The Big Adventure - New recordings made by the user can be inserted into the storyline, creating a different story each time.
The Big Game Board - 1-4 players can play, each at any one of the three levels of difficulty.

CyberBuch
"Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral" by Heinrich Böll and
"Wenn die haifische Menschen wären" by Bertold Brecht
CyberBuch is a uniquely crafted, visually exquisite stand-alone CD-ROM featuring two German short stories. In addition to the benefits of reading German literature, this multimedia program focuses on vocabulary development for students of German. It is based on solid theoretical research and incorporates visuals, text, and sound to support reading and vocabulary building. Some of its most outstanding features are:
1. Students learn according to their own learning styles (verbalizers vs. visualizers).
2. Multiple types of vocabulary annotations: German definitions, English definitions, photographs, Quick-Time videos, and sound. Students can access any or all types of annotations.
3. Advance organizer video: Each story begins with a movie clip designed to facilitate global comprehension. It activates the learners' background knowledge on the topic and orients the student to the context of the story. In turn, this helps students in extrapolating the meaning of unknown words from the context.
4. Three types of comprehension activities; two styles of vocabulary tests.
5. 100% control: instructors/students have the capacity to turn all features on or off in order to guide learning.

German 107 CDs
I. Kulturelles - Geschichtliches
II. Zeitgenoessisches
III. Kurioses - Lieder - Reklame - Wetter

Word Ace!
Electronic Bilingual Dictionary and Verb Conjugator - English to German and German to English. Over 40,000 great foreign language word translations. 500,000+ verb conjugations.

An Chéad Choiscéim - First Steps in Irish A bright, fun-filled way to start learning Irish, with Oscar and Órla Octopus. A hundred common nouns are presented with cartoon illustrations and recordings of native speakers from your choice of the three major dialects. The words are used in simple sentences, and sections on colours, numbers, and spelling are included. There are a number of games and other activities as well.

Focail Draíochta - Magical Words
The fun and interactive way to learn Irish focusing on contemporary vocabulary, phonics, sentences and grammar. Browse through over 1200 words, listen to how the words are pronounced in the singular and plural forms, see and hear how the word changes when used with the article. See how each verb changes when used in the past, present and future tenses.

Irish
Intermediate level includes:

Irish Proverbs - 501 Sayings, Blessings, Curses, Etc. Original text in Irish with English translation. High-quality recordings of native speakers for each one. Fully Searchable by word or phrase in both languages. General Introductory Essay on proverbs included. Complete Help File available. Full Explanatory Notes for each proverb. In-depth Grammatical Notes for each proverb. All text in both Irish and English.
1. Aighneas agus Bruíon - Arguing, 2. Aimsir agus Sion - Weather, 3. Aieas is lontas - Wonders, 4. Aithne - Acquaintance, 5. Aos agus Óige - Age and Youth, 6. Áthas agus Brón - Joy and Sorrow, 7. Bás - Death, 8. Beannachtaí - Blessings, 9. Beannú - Greetings, 10. Bia agus Deoch - Food and Drink, 11. Cabhair - Help, 12. Ciall - Sense, 13. Clann agus Leanaí - Family, 14. Compord & Baile - Home & Comfort, 15. Corp agus Sláinte - Body & Health, 16. Creideamh - Faith, 17. Dlí agus Cúirt - Law & Court, 18. Cúlchaint - Gossip, 19. Cumas is Críochnúlacht - Talent, 20. Dealramh - Appearance, 21. Dearmadaí - Mistakes, 22. Dhá dTrian - Two-Thirds, 23. Dia & An Diabhal - God & The Devil, 24. Díomhaointeas - Idleness, 25. Dúchas - Heredity, 26. Éadach - Clothing, 27. Fáilte - Welcome, 28. Féachaint Romhat -Foresight, 29. Fir agus Mná - Men and Women, 30. Fírinne & Éitheach - Truth & Lies, 31. Fios - Knowledge, 32. Foighne - Patience, 33. Géilleadh - Acceptance, 34. Grá agus Pósadh - Love & Marriage, 35. Imeacht Ama - Passage of Time, 36. Íseal is Uasal - Lowly & Noble, 37. Labhairt - Speech, 38. Máchaillí - Blemishes, 39. Maíomh & Bladar - Boasting & Bull, 40. Maith agus Olc - Good and Evil, 41. Mallachtaí - Curses, 42. Mar a Dúirt... - As so-and-so said..., 43. Misneach - Courage, 44. Nathanna - Short Sayings, 45. Neart - Strength, 46. Obair - Work, 47. Ocras - Hunger, 48. Ól & Meisce - Drink & Drunkeness, 49. Rath agus Ádh - Luck and Success, 50. Saghasanna Daoine - Types of People, 51. Saibhreas - Wealth, 52. Scéalaiocht - Storytelling, 53. Sláintí - Toasts, 54. Smacht - Authority, 55. Sport agus Rince - Fun & Games, 56. Tigh agus Tíos - House & Housing, 57. Treascairt Teangan - Tounge Twisters, 58. Trioblóid - Trouble, 59. Tríonna - Triads, 60. Tuiscint - Understanding, 61. Ualaí - Burdens.

Advanced Italian
An innovation in language learning which gives you a starring role in a big screen movie. Thanks to the latest cutting edge technology, you can take part in a hugely popular Italian film, "Mio Padre è Innocente", and learn Italian as it's really spoken.

Incontri a Roma
A listening and comprehension program for Italian.

Instant Immersion Italian Pro
6 CD set
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced CDs: Contain a comprehensive glossary, video clips, interactive dialogue lessons that use speech recognition technology, and advanced speech analysis (which evaluates and corrects your pronunciation and intonation of individual words and complete phrases)
Italian Plus CD: Provides 22 fully interactive lessons that reinforce the fundamental concepts of the Italian language.
Italian Vocabulary Builder CD: Increases your terminology with essential words used in everyday conversations.
Audio Italian CD: Dedicated to improving your dialogue skills.

Omnia '97
Multimedia Encyclopedia. It contains 52,000 voices, 40,000 lemmi, 5,500 images, animations, filmati, 3 hours of audio, 50 tables, beyond 300 active maps, 1,800 historical events. It features: Man and Culture, Art and Communication, Atmosphere and Nature, Science and Technique, A Historical Atlas, Geographic Atlas, Human Body Atlas, and a Dictionary of the Italian language. Omnia Explorer: A game in three-dimensional virtual atmosphere with beyond 1,600 questions.

LINC Italian - Intermediate
Contents:

Tools:
  • Integrated on-screen video, audio and text.
  • Reference grammar/
  • WWW-access for further exploration.
  • Email facility to get in touch with other learners.

Learn Latin Now!
Learn to Speak, Listen, Read and Write - LatinNow! covers the four language skills you need to use Latin. As you learn to speak Latin, you will also learn to listen, read and write. Use all of the activities, tests, exercises and tools to improve all of your language abilities, or focus your efforts on any individual skill.
Easily Build Conversation Skills - As you interact with the program, you'll hear how words are pronounced, see the spelling, discover word meanings and actually hear yourself speaking. In no time, you'll be confidently conversing in Latin.
Perfect for Both Beginner and Advanced Speakers - From basic skills to a mastery of the language, it's all here. For beginners, or those looking to brush up on their abilities, Latin for Beginners and Latin phrases are a great place to start. The word games, grammar tools and vocabulary-building activities provide a solid foundation.

1000 Years of Russian Art
The State Russian Museum's collection represents all genres of fine art: icons, applied art of the thirteenth through twentieth centuries, painting, sculpture, numismatics, graphic arts, and folk art. The close to 1300 images on this CD-ROM summarize the richness of the collection and provide art historians with more than enough material for studying stylistic development. If informal viewers limit their experience to the purely pictorial, so be it; the enigmatic quality of many Russian works has power to capture the imagination and requires no verbal explanation.

Ciberteca
"Una carta a Dios" by Gregorio López y Fuentes
Ciberteca is a uniquely crafted, visually exquisite stand-alone CD-ROM featuring one Spanish short story. In addition to the benefits of reading Spanish literature, this multimedia program focuses on vocabulary development for students of Spanish. It is based on solid theoretical research and incorporates visuals, text, and sound to support reading and vocabulary building. Some of its most outstanding features are:
1. Students learn according to their own learning styles (verbalizers vs. visualizers).
2. Multiple types of vocabulary annotations: Spanish definitions, English definitions, photographs, Quick-Time videos, and sound. Students can access any or all types of annotations.
3. Advance organizer video: Each story begins with a movie clip designed to facilitate global comprehension. It activates the learners' background knowledge on the topic and orients the student to the context of the story. In turn, this helps students in extrapolating the meaning of unknown words from the context.
4. Three types of comprehension activities; two styles of vocabulary tests.
5. 100% control: instructors/students have the capacity to turn all features on or off in order to guide learning.

Mocedades - recuerdos
CD1
Eres tu, El vendedor, Secretaria, El afilador, La otra España, Esta noche ha llovido, Si yo no te fuera fiel, Más allá, Los amantes, Amor, ¿Quién te cantará?, Pange Lingua, Charango, El color de tu mirada, La baraca de oro.
CD2
¿Qué pasará mañana?, Me siento seguro, Sólo era un niño, El arriero, Otoño, El manisero, Tómame o déjame, Que te me vas, Adiós amor, El niño, yuntero, Nana, Como un hombre, Dieron las doce, Himno, Recuerdos de mocedad.


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