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- LANGUAGE TEACHER
-
- by Andrew Bartorillo
- Distributed by Micro Tutor Products
- 103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
- Frederick, Md. 21701
- Copyright 1982-Released to the Public Domain
-
- LANGUAGE TEACHER is a series of menu-driven language tutorial programs
- designed to be run on the IBM PC/XT/AT/jr or any compatible clone. Each program
- in the series contains hundreds of word combinations and verb conjugation
- forms. A line printer can be used with LANGUAGE TEACHER to take advantage of
- its versatility.
- Also included is the capability to select language-to-English or English-
- to-language combinations, choose multiple choice answers, be retested on
- misses, print a multiple choice test, and to run a full quiz diagnostic routine
- with line printer output. Of particular interest to non-English students is the
- capability to select the direction of the combinations.
- All word, phrase, and verb conjugation selections are done randomly by the
- program the the user being unable to predict what the next selection will be.
- The program package is not designed to teach conversational language or
- pronunciation but, instead, to provide practice drills in order to increase
- your working vocabulary and to enhance your use of the conjugation forms.
-
- The LANGUAGE TEACHER series was originally published by Acorn Software
- Products, Inc. of Washington, DC. Since then the company has gone out of
- business and the author is releasing the series to the Public Domain. If you
- find any of the programs in the series to be usefull, a suitable payment ($5 to
- $10) would be appreciated so more programs of this quality can be developed.
-
- PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS:
-
- Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in Microsoft
- Basic and requires a minimum of 64K bytes of RAM and Advanced Basic, one disk
- drive and a suitable high resolution monitor. Preferred monitors are the IBM
- Monochrome Display attached to the IBM Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter
- or a green screen or "direct drive" RGB monitor attached to the Color/Graphics
- Monitor Adapter. In most cases, only a high quality color monitor or green
- screen will provide the resolution necessary to display the special chaaracters
- used with LANGUAGE TEACHER. All other program functions will be suitable,
- though, if a low quality color composite monitor is used.
- Optional equipment includes an 80 column line printer.
-
- LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- Power up your system with a DOS diskette containing BASICA in disk drive
- "A". Load BASICA into memory and remove your DOS diskette from the disk drive.
- Insert your copy of LANGUAGE TEACHER into disk drive "A", type RUN'TEACHER" and
- press the Enter key.
- NOTE: Due to the large amount of string space used, your computer will
- occasionally seem to "hang up" or "go to sleep". This is due to Microsoft's
- Basic string manipulation (better known as "garbage collection") and is not a
- machine or program malfunction. The time rarely exceeds 8-10 seconds. The
- occurrence of this phenomenon decreases in systems having more than 64K RAM.
-
- SPECIAL CHARACTER SET:
-
- LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the special function keys to input the special
- characters used in the language. These keys are active only when a non-multiple
- choice drill is selected in which you must enter the direct equivalent of the
- required answer. The 25th line of the screen will display which function key is
- associated with which foreign character.
- NOTE: Due to the inability of the average line printer to be able to
- recognize these special characters, programming is implemented to convert these
- special characters to their "normal" letters before being output to the line
- printer. Once you have obtained your printout, insert the special marks by
- hand.
-
- MISCELLANEOUS:
-
- If a multiple choice type quiz has been selected, you will only be given
- 15 seconds (25 seconds for verb conjugation) to input your answer. If the time
- expires before you make your choice, you will be credited with an incorrect
- answer. NOTE: If the computer performs its "garbage collection" routine while
- timing is in progress, program coding is implemented to prevent your time
- remaining from falling to zero.
- If you have not chosen a multiple choice type of quiz, you will have to
- type in the exact answer. In the case of being quizzed with a noun, you must
- also type in the definite article ("the") that proceeds the noun.
- If your original option was the verb conjugation drill, no retesting can
- be performed. Also, the diagnostic display will let you know how many of each
- person and tense you missed. If you missed more than 3 of any person/tense, an
- "*" is displayed beside the applicable person/tense, indicating you need more
- practice.
-
- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
-
- The extent of the vocabulary of each program is given below. Since the
- program randomly selects from its contents in each option, you truly have a
- thorough drill in each language!
- SPANISH I: 750 Spanish/English word combinations, 1488 verb conjugations
- and 150 Spanish/English phrase combinations.
- SPANISH II: 800 Spanish/English word combinations and 2108 verb
- conjugation forms.
- FRENCH I: 784 French/English word combinations, 1600 verb conjugations
- and 196 French/English phrase combinations.
- FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb
- conjugation forms.
- GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb conjugations
- and 160 German/English phrase combinations.
- GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb
- conjugation forms.
- ITALIAN: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations
- and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
-
-
- We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your
- LANGUAGE TEACHER program. If you have any suggestions or problems with using
- LANGUAGE TEACHER, feel free to correspond with the author using the address
- listed below. Please make your comments as specific as possible and enclose a
- self-addressed stamped envelope:
-
- Andrew P. Bartorillo
- c/o Micro Tutor Products
- 103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
- Frederick, MD 21701
-
- French/English phrase combinations.
- FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb
- conjugation forms.
- GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb conjugations
- and 160 German/English phrase combinations.
- GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb
- conjugation forms.
- ITALIAN: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations
- and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
-
-
- We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your
- LANGUAGE TEACHER program.