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Word by Word ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WordbyWord Language Vocabulary Revision │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ CONTENTS 1. The WordbyWord program 2. The Main Menu 10. The Tutor Menu 25. Running the WordbyWord Program 26. Installation on standalone hard drives 27. Network Installation 28. Prices and conditions 1993 29. Availability ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ This version- French SHAREWARE │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ This is the shareware disc that may be copied at will. The content is 2,880 English/French keywords taken from the prescribed vocabulary lists of the GCSE boards and put into contextual phrases for revision work. Page 1/29 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Language revision with WordbyWord │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ This program cannot give language lessons. It can only present language study and revision tasks to supplement traditional courses of study or self-study. Tasks are set at five levels of difficulty and the achievements of up to 400 named users are recorded. The program contains around three thousand key vocabulary words important in the first two years of sustained study: they are arranged around themes and are taken from the prescribed vocabulary lists for GCSE/Key Stage 4. The key vocabulary words are set in contextual phrases, and they can be edited to any bilingual content which uses the Roman alphabet and the accented characters from the PC character set e.g. é É ö ç ñ etc. Page 2/29 ┌────────────┐ │ Main Menu │ └────────────┘ The phrases of the data content are arranged in pages of sixteen phrases to a page. From the main menu, Key [R] will allow a choice of five levels of difficulty for a revision task on the content of the current page. Key [V] will display the contents of the current page Key [P] will allow a new page to be chosen from the 200 available Key [M] will display the marks achieved by the current user Key [U] will allow a change or deletion of the current user Key [L] will allow a dictionary look-up of any key word in the data Key [T] will allow access to the Tutor menu - password "letmein" Key [X] will Exit from the program eg to MSDOS Page 3/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- R for a Revision Task │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ A level of difficulty is chosen, from the easiest (level E) to the most difficult (A). A task is then set on each of the sixteen phrases on the current page. Tasks vary from spelling individual key words or phrases to solving multiple choice, anagram and hangman puzzles. If the tasks are competed with few errors then the level of difficulty achieved is recorded for that user. Level E is a run-through of the key words and phrases with a spelling task at the end. Level A is the task of spelling complete phrases in the target language. Page 4/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- V to View the Phrases │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ The phrases in the current page are displayed with the key words highlighted. This is provided so that the user can verify the contents of the page or section before carrying out revision tasks on it. Page 5/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- P to change the Page │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ The first phrase on each page forms the title of the page and is a guide to the theme around which the phrases have been composed. You can select a page from the 40 pagetitles displayed, and if you want to look at a different 40-title selection you must first go to one of the pages in that section. e.g. While on page 17, titles for pp 1-40 will be displayed, while on page 100, titles for pp 80-120 will be displayed, while on page 199, titles for pp 160-200 will be displayed. Page 6/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- M for Mark Record │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ This displays the pagenumbers 1-200 together with the level achieved for each page. A separate Mark Record is maintained for each of 200 named users in 5 named classes. Page 7/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- U to change User │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ This enables the user to delete his marks record, and to reset the program to one of 200 named users in 5 named classes. The classnames can be redefined from the Tutor Menu. The program maintains 200 separate Marks Records for these different users. Page 8/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- L for Dictionary Lookup│ └───────────────────────────────────┘ This is provided so that the user can locate the page with any particular keyword in it. Only the keywords are included in the dictionary lookup file. The Welsh versions make a certain amount of allowance for mutated word forms. Page 9/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ Main Menu- T for Tutor Menu │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ This is provided in "Master" versions of the program. Access is provided by a user-changeable password which, until changed, is set to "letmein". Page 10/29 ┌────────────────────┐ │ The Tutor Menu │ └────────────────────┘ Key [E] will allow the current page to be edited. Key [Z] will delete all users' names and score records. Key [A] will print an analysis of all users for the current page. Key [B] will copy the contents of the current page to a disc in A: Key [I] will recompile the Index used by the dictionay look-up. Key [N] will recompile the page-titles. Key [S] will stamp the date on the edited data. Key [P] will allow a new page to be moved to. Key [J] will copy the current page to a new page. Key [G] will print the current page on the printer for proofing. Key [K] will import this page from a different disc in A: Key [W] will allow the classnames to be edited. Key [Q] will leave the Tutor menu and return to the main program. Each function is described on the following pages. Page 11/29 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ [E] Edit the page │ └──────────────────────┘ This provides access to the database editor - a simplified dedicated wordprocessor - so that new material can be entered into any of the pages to suit the needs of the tutor. Easy access is provided to the acccented characters of the standard PC character set e.g. é É ì ô Ü Ç ¿ etc. from the function keys [F1] ... [F5]. The editor allows changes or additions to one page of sixteen phrases at a time before deciding whether to keep or abandon edit. Note that after changes have been made to the language content, the Index and Pagetitles (qv) may have to be recompiled if the Dictionary look-up and pagetitle referencing is to reflect the new content. Page 12/29 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ Data Format │ └──────────────────────┘ The language content edited is in the following format: The TARGET language phrase is arranged in three parts or fields, Context, keyword and context. eg Absque first context LABORE key word nihil last context The SOURCE language phrase is similarly arranged into Context, keyword and context. eg Without first context WORK key word , nothing last context NB the comma is not part of the key vocabulary word, so it is included in the last context. The editor provided allows for these six fields to be edited one at a time. Page 13/29 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ Key [Z] zero the scores │ └──────────────────────────┘ The program keeps records of the progress of up to 200 named students arranged in 5 classes of 40 users each. If this option is chosen, all the scores and all user names will be deleted. Page 14/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [A] - analysis for this page │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ This provides a printed report analysing the progress of all 200 named users for the current page. Page 15/29 ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [B] - copy this page onto disc A: │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ When a page of content has been added or altered, this enables you to copy that page onto another disc in drive A: so that you have a backup copy of it. If you were using a class set of laptops, this feature will enable all discs to be updated by inserting then in A: and using this option. The new page is held in memory so it is NOT necessary to reinsert the master disc between discs. The dictionary look-up and page-titling on recipient discs will not wholly reflect their content until the entire WBW.DAT file has been transferred onto the disc from the master. Page 16/29 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [I] recompile Index │ └─────────────────────────────┘ To enable speedy operation, the dictionary look-up uses a separate index file of keywords. After the data has been altered this option enables it to be recompiled. It can be quite a lengthy operation so you would not usually use it until you have made all the editing changes to the content that you can forsee. Page 17/29 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [N] recompile pagetitles │ └──────────────────────────────┘ Each of the 200 pages has a pagetitle which is in fact the first phrase on the page, chosen as indicating the page content. These pagetitles are compiled separately, so when the data is changed, this option must be used to recompile the pagetitles. Page 18/29 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [S] stamp date on edit │ └─────────────────────────────┘ This enables to put an 8-character label on the data file so you can keep track of editing changes. The label -eg date, is displayed on top right-hand of screen when the program is running for student use. Page 19/29 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [P] - move to new page │ └─────────────────────────────┘ The screen displays 40 pagetitles at a time when this option is used: if you are currently on p. 4 for example, using this option will display pagetitles for pp 1-40. If you want to look at pagetitles for pp 120-160 you will first have to go to one these pages eg p121 and repeat this [P] option. Page 20/29 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [J] -copy to new page │ └─────────────────────────────┘ You can use this option to copy a page of data onto a new page: this will alter the page order. A copy of the page is left behind on the old page and the new page is overwritten with the new content, so care must be taken not to overwrite wanted data. Observing the general policy of having BACKUPS of all important material will avoid nasty accidents using this option. Page 21/29 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ Key [G] - print page │ └────────────────────────┘ This enables the current page to be printed out eg for proofing. As not all printers can be set up to cope with high-ascii accented characters, the option of printing without accents is included. Page 22/29 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [K]-import page from A: │ └──────────────────────────────┘ This option will lift a copy of the current page from a new disc in A: and incorporate it in the data content. This makes it possible, for example, to edit a new page of material on a separate standalone and then import it into a network intallation of the program. Note that, if you do this, the Index and Pagetitles will eventually have to be recompiled . Page 23/29 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [W] - edit class names │ └──────────────────────────────┘ The 200 named users are arranged in 5 named classes of 40 students each. This enables the names of the five classes to be edited. Page 24/29 ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ Key [X]- return to Main Menu │ └──────────────────────────────┘ This will quit the tutor menu and return to the main program. Page 25/29 ┌────────────────────────┐ │ Running this program. │ └────────────────────────┘ This is a turnkey application written in the FORTH programming environment and will run on any IBM-compatible PC with minimum memory and graphics requirement, under MSDOS v 3.00 or greater. It will also run on Research Machines NIMBUS 186 with at least 1023k of memory under the PC emulator SETPC.EXE, (shipped by kind permission of Research Machines Plc.) The program will also run on Nimbus 286 under "Mode IBM"- to which these machines are usually set. It will also run on Archimedes under the Acorn PC emulator. The discs are formatted with system tracks so that, by adding the files MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS and COMMAND.COM from the discs supplied with your hardware and copying either AUTOEXEC.IBM or AUTOEXEC.186 to AUTOEXEC.BAT, you will have a self-booting disc. Page 26/29 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Installing this program on standalone hard drives. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This program can be installed anywhere provided all files are installed in the same drive and directory. With the exception of from Public Domain and Shareware discs, installation files are provided as follows: A: A-C [Return] will install on hard drive C: with disc in A: A: 186A-C [Return] will install on Nimbus 186 hard drive C: from A: B: B-C [Return] will install on drive C: with supplied disc in B: Page 27/29 ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Installing this program on networks. │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ The program is fully networkable. The .EXE/.COM program can be installed anywhere, but the data files will be looked for on the same drive/directory or the N:drive. Installation batch files are provided as follows: To install on Nimbus 186 networks, create a Group C (access to DOS) identity WITHOUT a password allowing multiple log-on, allocating half a megabyte, and from A: run 186ID [return] logged on under that ID, and 186MGR [return] while logged on as NETMGR. The program will then run on AUTOEXEC from log-on with NO ACCESS to DOS. 386NET [return] will similarly install on Nimbus 386 network (When logged on under the dedicated identity.) Page 28/29 ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ PRICES 1993 │ └──────────────────────────┘ Master version with authoring capability £19.95 Pupil version individual use on one standalone, one hard drive or Network. £14.75 Site Licence* for unrestricted copying & use ON SITE £35.00 Site Licencees' OFFSITE USE copies: £ 8.75 ( for student/staff take-home, library loan copies etc.) A SHAREWARE (copiable 30-day evaluation) version £ 3.00 Page 29/29 Supplied by and details from: Mike Greenwood, 61 , Maesydail. Y DRENEWYDD, Cymru GB-SY16 1QQ Tel. (Messages) 0426 949 601 (24 hrs). Welsh Language version developed by and available from : MEU Cymru/WJEC, Heol Gwaelod y Garth, PONTYPRIDD, Cymru GB-CF37 5US In preparation are : French, Spanish, German & Welsh and variations such as English throught the medium of Spanish, German etc. -------------End of HELP.DOC for WordbyWord-----2 June 1993-----------