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- LANGUAGE TEACHER
- Version 2.3 -- 3/1/89
- by Cindy & Andrew Bartorillo
-
- Distributed by
- Micro Tutor Products
- 1819 Millstream Drive
- Frederick, Md. 21701
-
- Copyright 1982,87,88,89 - A Sharware Educational Program Series
-
- You can find the latest copies of The LANGUAGE TEACHER series on our
- Bulletin Board, The BAUDLINE II, at 301-694-7108, 300/1200/2400 N/8/1.
-
- 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 words, phrases, and verb conjugations are selected randomly by the
- program; the user being unable to predict what the next selection will be.
- The program package is not designed to teach conversational skills or
- pronunciation but, instead, to provide practice drills in order to increase
- your working vocabulary and to perfect 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 authors are releasing the series to the Sharware market. In
- order to receive any support for the series, or notices of future updates,
- you must register the package(s) you are using (see the registration form at
- the end of these instructions).
-
-
- PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS:
-
- Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in BASIC and
- compiled with Borland International's Turbo BASIC compiler. The program
- requires a minimum of 256K bytes of RAM, one disk drive (or a hard disk) 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/EGA/etc. monitor attached to the appropriate
- monitor adapter. In most cases, only a high quality color monitor or green
- screen will provide the resolution necessary to display the special
- characters 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.
-
-
- BULLETIN BOARD VERSIONS VS. REGISTERED VERSIONS:
-
- Copies of the Language Teacher Series that appear on Bulletin Boards
- have the following limitations:
-
- 1. There are a limited number of data files supplied with the program.
- See the table below for a listing of the data files that appear in
- each ZIP archive.
-
- 2. The editing of the data files, the modify random selection timing
- defaults, and the modify type of printer options are not active.
-
- The registered versions of the Series contain a full set of data files and
- have all applicable options active.
-
-
- PROGRAM FILES:
-
- The following files should appear in the applicable ARChive:
-
- EVALUATION VERSIONS:
-
- SPAN1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE6.DAT
-
- SPAN2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
-
- GERM1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT
-
- GERM2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
-
- FREN1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT
-
- FREN2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
-
- ITAL1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT
-
- REGISTERED VERSIONS:
-
- SPANISH1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB15.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE15.DAT
-
- SPANISH2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB17.DAT
-
- GERMAN1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE8.DAT
-
- GERMAN2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB13.DAT
-
- FRENCH1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE10.DAT
-
- FRENCH2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB18.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT
-
- ITALIAN1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB17.DAT
- TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB15.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE5.DAT
-
-
- LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- Power up your system the way you normally would, with either your
- Language Teacher diskette in disk drive "A", or the Language Teacher package
- loaded on your hard disk. At your normal DOS prompt, enter either TEACHER /M,
- if you are using a non-color monitor, or TEACHER, if you are using a color
- monitor (note that the default selection is color, if no modifier is added).
- Language Teacher users running the program from the menu given to registered
- users should follow the instructions supplied with the special menu. NOTE:
- The previous instructions assume your have unZIPed the applicable file
- using one of the popular unZIPing programs.
-
-
- SPECIAL CHARACTER SET:
-
- LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the keyboard function keys to represent the
- special characters used in the language. These keys are active only when a
- non-multiple choice drill is selected, in which you must spell out the exact
- answer. The 25th line of the screen will display which function key is
- associated with which foreign character.
-
- NOTE: Due to the inability of some line printers to be able to
- recognize these special characters, there is a main menu option that allows
- you to toggle the conversion of 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. The default condition is to
- recognize an IBM compatible printer.
-
-
- 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 that these are the default values for the program.
- These default values can be changed at any time via a main menu option.
-
- 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.
-
-
- EXTRA GOODIES:
-
- All users who register their program(s) will receive a free copy of a
- Hard Disk menu system that will enable you to run multiple Language Teacher
- programs from a DOS menu written in Turbo Pascal and compiled with Borland
- International's Turbo Pascal Compiler. This program will allow you to switch
- between any of the Language Teacher programs (up to 7) at the touch of a
- key. The menu program will be customized to your specific Language Teacher
- application(s). Remember, this program is only available to registered
- users.
-
- NOTE: The hard disk menu system will NOT work with DOS versions below 3.0.
- If you do not have access to DOS 3.0 or above, notify us so that an
- alternative method of running your Language Teacher program can be
- provided.
-
-
- FILE EDITING CAPABILITY:
-
- Now, with version 2.x of the Language Series, you have the capability
- to edit any of the vocabulary or phrase files. The editing functions are
- selectable from the main menu. With this feature, you can create your own word
- lists. You cannot create any additional lists, but you can modify the
- existing data to add new items. Note that, due to the complexity of the verb
- conjugation files, the capability to edit them has not been included.
-
-
- VOCABULARY WORD LOOKUP:
-
- With version 2.3, an option has been added to allow you to use your
- Language Teacher program like an English/Language dictionary. When choosing
- this option, you will be prompted for English-to-Language or Language-to-
- English. NOTE that if you enter a foreign language word, the definite article
- must also be supplied. This is in keeping with the importance of the
- definite article in most foreign languages.
- If you have a registered version of the program and are using the
- Language Teacher hard disk menu system with both Language 1 and Language 2,
- both Language subdirectory data bases will be searched for a vocabulary
- match.
-
-
- 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 I: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations
- and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
-
-
- REVISION HISTORY:
-
- 1.x - Original version(s) of the Language Teacher series.
-
- 2.0 - Series made compatible with and compiled with Borland International's
- Basic compiler. Now supplying two versions of the programs: one for
- use with non-color systems, and one for use with color systems.
- Incorporated fixes to all known bugs. Incorporated all sensible
- suggestions. Also added a Hard Disk menu system for registered users.
- Added the capability to edit vocabulary and phrase files.
-
- 2.1 - * Color and monochrome versions combined into one program, with the
- default being the color version. The monochrome version is selected
- by adding the command line parameter /M when loading the program.
- * Fixed a bug in which special characters (entered by using the Alt
- key and the keypad) could not be entered. This was actually a bug in
- the version 1.0 of the Borland Basic compiler, and not a program
- bug. Version 1.1 of the Borland Basic compiler was used to compile
- version 2.1 of the Series.
- * Fixed a bug in which editing a phrase containing a comma (,) would
- cause the system to crash.
- * Fixed a problem in which the System Clock was used to time the
- Multiple Choice option. This caused the System Clock to be incorrect
- upon exiting from the program. Internal program timing now solves
- this problem.
- * In conjunction with solving the previous problem, a new option has
- been added to the Main Menu to allow the user to manually set the
- amount of time allowed to make a multiple choice entry.
- * Made the program compatible with the IBM PCjr. Previous versions
- did not work due to the setting of the border colors via "normal"
- IBM ports. If the use of a PCjr is detected, the border colors
- remain unaltered.
- * Added a new main menu option to be able to select between an IBM
- compatible printer that can display the IBM extended character set
- and one that can't.
-
- 2.2 - Version produced for registered owners only. Version incorporates
- better "handshaking" with new version 2.2 of registered owner hard
- disk menu system. No technical or cosmetic changes made to main
- program coding.
-
- 2.21 - Minor fix to correct problem in which program did not recognize the
- IBM compatible printer condition.
-
- 2.3 - Added new menu option in which you can use the program like a
- dictionary. Vocabulary words can be entered and an equivalent match
- will be searched for.
-
-
- We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your
- LANGUAGE TEACHER program.
-
- Andrew P. Bartorillo
- c/o Micro Tutor Products
- 1819 Millstream Drive
- Frederick, MD 21701
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- │ │ │ Spanish I . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ │ │ Spanish II . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ │ │ French I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ │ │ French II . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ │ │ German I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ ┌──┐ │
- │ │ │ German II . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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- │ │ │ Italian I . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 │
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