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- SPANISH INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
- FOR IBM COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS
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- Philip Roger Yant
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- Doctor Yant's AdequateAnswers
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- August 1990
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- SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAMS
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- Purpose. This package of programs helps in studying the
- rudiments of Spanish vocabulary and verb conjugations.
- It was designed to simulate the kind of rote studying
- that one does with flash cards, but in a more
- interesting and interactive way.
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- Requirements. These programs should run properly on any IBM
- compatible computer, using DOS version 2.0 or higher.
- Only one disk drive is required. At least 64K of
- useable memory is necessary, but 128K is recommended.
- No special graphics capability is needed.
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- Use. Put the disk in the logged drive (e.g. A) or log to the
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- CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE
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- The package includes these programs:
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- SP_VOCAB is a general-purpose vocabulary drill for learning
- English-Spanish translations of words and phrases.
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- SP_VERBS provides practice with the conjugation of verbs.
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- The following three programs are specialized vocabulary
- programs that give visual cues for the meanings of
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- SP_DIAS gives practice with the days of the week.
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- SP_MESES gives practice with months of the year.
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- SP_MATH gives practice with numbers by posing arithmetic
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- The next two programs give additional practice with
- nouns and verbs in competition with the clock:
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- SP_TENSE shows you a verb and you must identify its tense
- within a limited time, adjustable from 3/4 to 4
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- SP_NOUNS shows you a noun and you must identify its gender
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- The easiest way to run the programs is with:
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- SP_MENU is a menu of the programs above and is the easiest
- way to move from program-to-program. When you use
- the menu, you do not need to remember the names of
- the programs. Running SP_MENU also gives you the
- opportunity to change screen colors.
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- GO.BAT Invokes SP_MENU.
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- SPANISH.DOC Is this document, which explains the use and also
- the advanced features of the system of programs.
- If you are unfamiliar with some of the computer
- terms that are used, see the DOS PRIMER at the end
- of the document. It is not necessary to
- understand dos to use this package. If you want
- to customize the programs for your own needs, all
- you need is a word processor or text editor. See
- the section on DATA FILE FORMATS for details.
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- STUDENT.MAN A more student-oriented manual that describes the
- menus and how to use the programs without the
- details of how the programs work.
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- GENERAL FEATURES
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- Each program may be run separately or as a menu selection
- from SP_MENU. There is also a file called GO.BAT that will start
- SP_MENU by just typing GO. Within each program, there is a menu
- of options. Choice '1' gives you some brief instructions. You
- may select a variety of options, but you do not need to. Most
- menus have a default selection indicated by brackets [ ]. This
- selection will be chosen if you only press the Return or Enter
- key, depending on which of these is on your keyboard. From the
- main menu of each program, press return or '2' to begin.
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- In each program, you will be asked a question and asked to
- reply, usually by typing in a word. Enter the word in lower
- case, unless capitalization is demanded. By this, I mean that
- "La Habana" demands capitalization but "el cubano" does not.
- Accents are entered with the "'" key, as in "Ame'rica," and the
- computer magically transforms it. The other major special
- character in Spanish is entered by pressing "~" after the "n" as
- in "Espan~a." The dieresis (two dots over the u) is currently
- not used by these programs.
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- At most times when you are asked a question, you may quit to
- the previous menu by entering either "q" or "\" followed by
- Return. The '\' is more generally used because it can never be
- confused with an answer. In the case of Yes/No questions, you
- must answer either 'y' or 'n'. In the vocabulary programs, you
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- SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMS
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- SP_VOCAB uses data files that contain English and Spanish
- words or phrases. In the program, you may select the range of
- files to use, which language to be given and which to be asked,
- and whether to be given a multiple choice test or a fill-in-the-
- blank test. This program makes multiple choice tests that are
- easy, but they do help you become acquainted with new words. The
- program keeps track of which words you miss and asks if you want
- to go through just those another time. You may do that over and
- over until you get each one right. If you need a small hint,
- enter "?" and you will be shown the first letter of the word and,
- for nouns, the article. The current data files always include
- the article (el or la) with the Spanish noun. Other conventions
- followed in the data files are that English infinitives include
- "to" so that you can tell the difference, for example, between
- "to close" and "close." All adjectives are in the masculine
- form, so you don't have to guess the ending.
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- The ordering of files is usually determined by the names of
- these files. You may choose a different order by including a
- file named "SP_VOCAB.CFG." In this file, you list the order in
- which the vocabulary files will be placed, which files to use,
- and also a brief description of the file. For more details on
- files, see "DATA FILE FORMATS," below.
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- SP_DIAS and SP_MESES are similar to each other. Each shows
- a calendar (of either the week or the year) and indicates a day
- or month for you to identify. If you enter "?" you will be told
- the answer. In each, the day or month to name is chosen
- randomly. In SP_DIAS, you will be told the name of a day and
- asked to name either the previous or the succeeding day.
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- SP_MATH mixes two drills with numbers. During the program,
- you will occasionally be told the name of a number and asked to
- enter the digits. More often, you will be given the names of two
- numbers, shown their approximate positions on a number line, and
- asked the name of the number that results from their addition,
- subtraction, or multiplication. The program uses numbers between
- zero and 99, but you can lower the maximum number. Therefore, if
- you are just starting, you would probably enter a maximum of 10,
- and just be quizzed on the numbers from cero to diez. Later, you
- can go up to 19 or 20, and so forth.
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- SP_VERBS gives you practice with the conjugation of verbs in
- the simple tenses (as opposed to the compound tenses). From the
- menu, you may select any mix of tenses to include. At the
- beginning, you probably would just want the present tense.
- Later, you might add the preterite, or maybe the preterite alone
- without the present, to give you more practice. The data files
- for this program classify the verbs into four levels of
- difficulty, and you may choose which level to use. The simplest
- -ar verbs, without vowel changes, are put in level 1. Similarly
- simple -er and -ir verbs are level 2. Common irregular verbs and
- most verbs with vowel changes are in level 3. Uncommon irregular
- verbs are level 4. When you choose a level, any verbs in lower
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- levels will also be included. To have the most wide-open test,
- choose level 4 and "Todos tiempos."
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- After you have chosen the tenses and level of verbs, and
- maybe changed the number of words to include in the test, you
- will be prompted with the name of the tense, the infinitive, and
- a pronoun. This program does not give hints. If you only enter
- Return, or anything besides "q" or "\" or the correct answer, you
- will be told the correct answer. As in SP_VOCAB, the program
- keeps track of the incorrect responses and will let you review
- them, if you wish. This means that you can go through the entire
- test, pressing Return at each question in order to see the
- answers, then go through it again, trying to remember them.
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- When you set the size of the test, keep in mind that the
- number you choose is the number of individual words. The present
- indicative of a verb may include six forms (first person
- singular, first person plural, etc.). A small test, therefore,
- will include few different verbs.
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- As in SP_VOCAB, you may control the files available to
- SP_VERBS with a special file named SP_VERBS.CFG. See "DATA FILE
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- SP_NOUNS and SP_TENSE use the same data files that are used
- by SP_VOCAB and SP_VERBS. Each presents you with a word and you
- have to identify it in a limited amount of time. With SP_NOUNS,
- you are shown a noun and must identify whether it is feminine or
- masculine. With SP_TENSE, you are shown a verb and must identify
- its tense. These programs allow you to make the same changes as
- you do with SP_VOCAB and SP_VERBS: select the size of the test,
- the vocabulary files to use, the tenses of the verbs, and the
- levels of the verbs. In addition, you can set the time you will
- be given to identify the word, ranging from 4 seconds down to 3/4
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- WEAKNESS OF THESE PROGRAMS
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- These programs stress rote learning. This approach is worst
- in the areas of vocabulary building and verb forms. With
- vocabulary, you learn to connect an English word with a Spanish
- word, but you may not connect an idea directly to the Spanish
- word. In learning the verb forms, you may not develop the
- feeling of time and person necessary to truly understand and use
- the word. This problem is less severe with SP_DIAS, SP_MESES,
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- The vocabulary program only allows one definition for a
- word. As you progress, you learn more synonyms, and the program
- may tell you that a synonym is incorrect, because your definition
- is not the one that it has in mind at the time.
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- I discourage anyone from trying to use the vocabulary files
- I provide as their sole source of Spanish. One cannot increase
- one's vocabulary very well - either in a foreign language or in
- one's mother tongue - just by reading a dictionary. It is better
- to create files with sets of words that you need to know, for
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- STRENGTHS OF THE PROGRAMS
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- At a beginning level, you may need this kind of rote
- learning in order to get started. Later, you can move on. These
- programs have value over the time-honored flashcards and other
- tools for memorization in the way they vary the order of
- presentation and make you commit yourself in writing to an
- answer. The value of changing the order is especially useful in
- learning numbers, days, and months, where there is a tendency to
- learn the words in order and not be able to use them out of
- order. Have you ever caught yourself remembering the word for
- Thursday by going down the list from domingo?
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- You may enter your own data files for vocabulary and verbs
- (see below, under 'DATA FILE FORMATS'). In this way, you can
- concentrate on a discrete set of words or special vocabulary.
- For example, you may prepare to travel to a Latin American
- country by entering a set of the local idioms (what's the word
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- SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE PROGRAMS TO STUDY SPANISH
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- I suspect that most people will use these programs in
- conjunction with a course of some sort. The course will provide
- you with a pace and direction. This is particularly useful in
- vocabulary building, because the words will then be put in some
- context and used in sentences. I suggest that you use the
- SP_VOCAB program with your own vocabulary data files. See below
- for instructions on how to do that. A logical approach would be
- to create a data file of vocabulary for each chapter or
- otherwise-defined unit of study. Name them in sequential order,
- such as VOC_CH1.DAT, VOC_CH2.DAT, etc. Then use the file range
- settings in the SP_VOCAB program, or the file SP_VOCAB.CFG, to
- choose one or more files to study.
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- For example, when starting chapter 4, you may enter the new
- vocabulary into the file VOC_CH4.DAT. Use the file range setting
- in the program to make that both the first and the last file
- included in the test. For the first time through, use a multiple
- choice test to familiarize yourself with the words, then run
- through the list a few times typing in the words. Next, set the
- file range to include your previous word lists. In this way, you
- expand your vocabulary and integrate it with your previous
- knowledge. As time goes by, you may need to concentrate on
- earlier lists to freshen your memory, so you might set the range
- to just include the first one or two of your data files.
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- Many words have different meanings in different contexts.
- You can use a file to define such a context. Within such a
- context even simple words may have a different meaning and a
- different translation. When you concentrate on a small number of
- files, and thus a small number of contexts, you have a better
- idea of which meaning to use.
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- Noun genders are difficult for English-speakers. To try to
- concentrate on learning genders, SP_NOUNS goes through the nouns
- in your vocabulary files and makes you quickly identify their
- genders. After you have used SP_VOCAB to learn the words, polish
- your skill with genders with SP_NOUNS.
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- When learning the verbs, the usual approach is to start with
- present tense of level 1 verbs. After mastering these, move on
- to present tense of the subsequent levels. Next, you will
- probably pick up the preterite of level 1 verbs, thus moving down
- the list of tenses and verb levels. Different curricula choose
- to learn the tenses in somewhat different orders, but the order
- shown in the tense menu of SP_VERBS is a common one.
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- A problem with this rote learning of tenses is that it
- separates the word from the idea of time. SP_TENSE attempts to
- get that back. This program shows you a verb and you must
- quickly choose its tense by pressing a key. The order of the
- keys for the tenses is roughly a time-line of those tenses:
- preterite is farthest left and future is farthest right, with
- imperfect and present toward the middle. After you have learned
- the forms of at least two tenses, use SP_TENSE to develop a
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- COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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- Why did you write these programs? I wrote these for my own use
- in starting out in Spanish. I wrote them to answer what I
- perceived as my own need, which might be similar to the
- needs of others at that stage. Using these programs, I
- usually ran rings around my classmates when it came to
- vocabulary tests and verb conjugations. They provide a more
- efficient way to study. Quite frankly, these programs are
- more popular with learners than with teachers, who may
- consider this approach primitive.
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- Why are the screen displays so ugly? The programs were written
- with displays only as good as they needed to be, at least in
- my point of view. The programs make use of only the most
- basic aspects of IBM-compatible computers and MS-DOS. They
- should run on anything in that category, regardless of
- memory, graphic displays, or monitor, with only the minor
- requirement of a disk drive. In recent versions, I have
- tried to dress them up a bit without violating this
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- Why do I have to type in accents and tildes, instead of using a
- single key? I did this on purpose. I could have defined a
- function key to represent a', for example. However, I
- believed that I would better learn to add the accents and
- the tilde at the appropriate places if I had to make a
- separate keystroke, just as I do when writing, instead of
- using a separate special function key. Older versions of
- these programs didn't put the accent over the letter as the
- current version does, so I made that concession. If you do
- have your computer set up to use a single key stroke for a',
- go ahead and use it!
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- Why are there so many data files? SP_VOCAB and SP_VERBS choose
- their data files randomly and then read the entire file of
- words. Therefore, the words of one vocabulary file will be
- included in a test together. Sometimes this is what you
- want, and sometimes you want to mix them up more. When
- small groups of words are in separate files, the selection
- of words will differ more from run-to-run. This results in
- a lot of little files. This approach was taken also to
- decrease the amount of memory the program requires.
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- Can I damage my computer with these programs? No. These
- programs themselves do not write to disks, they only read
- them. I do not know of any way that they can damage
- anything, no matter how you run them. The only trouble you
- might cause would be by removing a program or data disk from
- a drive before program completion, in which case you may
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- TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF RUNNING THE PROGRAMS
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- If you use SP_MENU (and I suggest you do), it and all the
- program files you wish to run must be on the same drive and in
- the same directory. Log to that drive and directory and type
- SP_MENU to start. SP_MENU will let you change the screen colors
- a bit, which you might do if you have a color monitor. I like
- green letters on a blue background. If you don't pay attention
- and set the text and the background to similar colors, you may
- not be able to see anything. If this happens, type q (even
- though you won't see anything); that will exit the program and
- return the colors to the way they started. Then restart and try
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- The programs that use data files will give you the
- opportunity to select the drive and directory for those files.
- Therefore, the data files need not be on the same disk as the
- programs, even though everything can fit together with room to
- spare. The primary advantage of being able to use a different
- disk for your data files is that you can keep different
- vocabulary lists or different lists of verbs separated on
- different disks, or separated in different subdirectories on the
- same disk. For example, Sue and Sara could use the same program
- disk, or programs on a hard disk, but have their own vocabulary
- lists on separate disks. Another example would be putting the
- data files for different courses in different subdirectories.
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- Vocabulary files.
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- Four programs, SP_VOCAB, SP_VERBS, SP_NOUNS, and SP_TENSE,
- use data files with the extension DAT. The vocabulary files are
- named VOCxxxxx.DAT, where you can replace the 'x' with anything
- you want, in order to help you keep track of the files.
- Vocabulary files are of the form of English word or phrase,
- comma, Spanish word or phrase. Each must be no longer than 35
- characters. The English or Spanish phrases cannot contain
- commas, because that is how the program tells where one ends and
- the other begins. Each pair of words should be on a separate
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- The included vocabulary files contain an optional special
- code that indicates part of speech. The codes used now are '-'
- for nouns, '*' for verbs, and '/' for everything else. These
- codes are used in the program when available, but can be left
- out; they are necessary for SP_NOUNS. The vocabulary files
- follow the next set of conventions, which I recommend: Spanish
- nouns are preceded by an article; English infinitives are
- preceded by 'to'; adjectives are in the masculine form. The last
- convention can be reversed; all could be in the feminine form.
- The important point is that you don't need to guess which gender
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- statue,-la estatua
- expelled,/expulsado
- frenzy,-el frenesi'
- to win,*ganar
- Gothic,/go'tico
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- You can create vocabulary files with a word processor, as
- long as you save the file in an unformatted form (WordStar calls
- this non-document mode; MicroSoft Word calls it text-only). This
- is sometimes called ascii format. The files I supply only use
- standard ascii characters, not the extended characters available
- on the IBM. This means that the accent is a separate character
- after the letter, as is the tilde. The programs later translate
- the characters. This practice makes the files easier to edit, so
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- The names and orders of the data files used by SP_VOCAB and
- SP_NOUNS can be varied by including a file named SP_VOCAB.CFG.
- This file is optional. In this file, you may list the names of
- vocabulary files that you want to use, and a brief description of
- the files, in the order that you want to use them. If you
- include a file named SP_VOCAB.CFG, then any vocabulary files
- files not listed will be ignored by the programs. The file name
- may be 35 characters long, so it may include a subdirectory name.
- The description of the file may also be up to 35 characters.
- Here is a sample SP_VOCAB.CFG:
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- VOC001.DAT,Textbook chapter 1
- \SP101\spwords,Basic terms
- quixote1,Don Quixote Part 1
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- name that you want; 2) You may list the files in any order, not
- necessarily alphabetical; 3) The files need not be in the same
- subdirectory. What you cannot see here is that any other
- vocabulary files that are present on the disk will be ignored by
- the program. This has the good effect of letting you concentrate
- on only some files. If the program is being used in a school,
- for example, the content of SP_VOCAB.CFG can be changed through
- the term, or different versions can be given to different
- students, while the actual data files remain present and
- unchanged. The bad effect is that you may forget that you have
- this file, or forget to add new file names to it, and wonder why
- you cannot use some of your data files.
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- If SP_VOCAB.CFG is present when the vocabulary program
- begins, the program will look for all the files listed. if some
- files are not present, they will be left out of the choices.
- This feature can be used to control which files are used. If, in
- the above file we place a ';' in front of a line, such as
- ";quixote1,Don Quixote Part 1", then the program will look for,
- and fail to find, ";quixote1." So what? You can have a
- SP_VOCAB.CFG file with 100 file names in it, and place a ';' in
- front of those to ignore. If the programs are used in a school,
- for example, the file may contain the whole year's worth of
- listings, with a ';' in front of those not yet covered.
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- Verb files have names of the form SVERxxxx.DAT. They must
- follow a strict format, in order to keep the tenses and persons
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- (infinitive) dar,L3
- (present) doy,das,da,damos,dan
- (preterite) di,diste,dio,dimos,dieron
- (imperfect) daba,dabas,daba,da'bamos,daban
- (future) dare',dara's,dara',daremos,dara'n
- (condicional) dari'a,dari'as,dari'a,dari'amos,dari'an
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- On each line, the verb forms are in the order of first
- person singular, second person singular, third person singular,
- first person plural, second person plural, and third person
- plural. Following the common American practice, second person
- plural can be left out, but the order must be maintained. Most
- of the included files have the second person plural but some may
- not. The parenthetic expressions at the beginning are optional
- and are there to help you maintain the order. They may be
- followed by a tab or a space, or there may be no break before the
- verb. Do not follow the parenthesis with a comma. The "L3" on
- the line with the infinitive is the level of that verb. Levels
- range from L1 to L4.
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- A verb file may include any number of verbs, repeating these
- seven lines for each new verb. All seven lines must be present,
- with at least one word on each. Lines that have fewer than five
- words on them will not be included in the test. The following is
- an acceptable verb data file:
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- (infinitive) tomar,L1
- (present) tomo,tomas,toma,tomamos,toma'is,toman
- (preterite) tome'
- (imperfect) tomaba,tomabas,tomaba,toma'bamos,tomabais,tomaban
- (future)later
- (condicional)later
- (present subjunctive)later
- (infinitive) mirar,L1
- (present) miro,miras,mira,miramos,mira'is,miran
- (preterite) mire'
- (imperfect) miraba,mirabas,miraba,mira'bamos,mirabais,miraban
- (future) later
- (condicional) later
- (present subjunctive) later
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- The line for preterite of tomar with only tome' on it, and the
- lines with the word later on them, will be ignored by the
- program. This file can be used for studying the present and/or
- the imperfect of tomar and mirar. Later, when you want to study
- other tenses, you can add them. In this way, you can build up
- your own set of verb files, using verbs you want to learn.
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- If a file named SP_VERBS.CFG is present, the SP_VERBS
- program will read that for names of files, as in the case of
- vocabulary files, discussed above. The difference is that
- SP_VERBS doesn't allow you to select a range of files, so the
- order of files is not important. What SP_VERBS.CFG allows you to
- do is select a subset of verb files to be used, or to direct the
- program to files in other directories or other disks. As in the
- case of SP_VOCAB.CFG, if SP_VERBS.CFG is present, any files that
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- DOS PRIMER
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- MS-DOS and IBM-DOS are programs called "operating systems."
- They direct the various components to do what you or a program
- ask of them. The operating system is read from a disk when you
- start the computer. Some of the features of DOS are briefly
- explained here.
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- DOS takes COMMANDS from the keyboard and attempts to execute
- them. For some commands, the information for execution is
- already in memory and for others, the information is on a disk.
- A common command is DIR, which is executed in memory. This
- causes DOS to display a list of the files on a disk.
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- FILES are units of information stored on the disk. These
- may be programs, such as SP_MENU.EXE, or they may be data, as the
- vocabulary files. Files have names that consist of 1-8
- characters followed by a period and up to three more characters.
- The last three characters are called the extension. Files which
- have an extension of EXE or COM are programs. Data files often
- have the extension of DAT and text files (or documents) often
- have the extensions DOC or TXT. A special class of file has the
- extension BAT. This is a text file that contains a 'batch' of
- commands for DOS to execute.
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- DRIVES are labelled by a letter, followed by a colon, such
- as "A:". When you LOG to a drive, DOS will look for any programs
- to execute, or files to read, on that drive. You log to a drive
- by entering the drive letter, a colon, and pressing the return or
- enter key. DOS will then attempt to read that drive, whether
- there is a disk there or not.
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- The files on a disk may be gathered in different
- SUBDIRECTORIES. Subdirectories are like headings in an outline.
- Like files, they have a name with up to 8 characters. Besides
- looking for files in the logged drive, DOS also confines its
- search to the logged directory. You can change the logged
- directory with the command CD, followed by the name. You can
- make a directory with the command MD. Subdirectories are most
- useful on disks with many files, such as hard disks. On most
- floppy disks, all the files are listed in the ROOT directory,
- which has no name. Usually, logging to a drive also logs to its
- root directory.
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- ASCII is an electronic code for numbers, letters, and
- symbols. It is the code used by most microcomputers. Because of
- this, files that only use ascii code can be transferred easily
- between different kinds of computers. IBM computers use ascii
- codes, but also have additional codes that are not part of ascii.
- These additional codes produce the special characters of Spanish
- and other languages, as well as a variety of symbols. Many word
- processing programs use their own codes, but usually can produce
- files with ascii codes, as well. In producing the data files for
- these programs, you must be sure that the files use ascii codes.
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- SPANISH 14
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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- When I started taking Spanish at my local community college
- early in 1987, I found, on the GEnie computer, a program named
- Teacher, written by Andrew Bartorillo. He had placed that
- program in the public domain sometime earlier. Unfortunately for
- me, it was for an IBM computer and I didn't have one at the time.
- I decided to write a version for my computer. Although I had
- Andrew Bartorillo's BASIC program, it was easier for me to start
- from scratch, using Turbo Pascal v.1.0. I did design my screens
- after his. I copied some features of his program, such as the
- multiple choice format, and skipped others, such as the ability
- to print tests. I eventually broke up the single program into
- two, and added other features to my package. When I bought an
- IBM-compatible, it was fairly easy to transfer the program to
- DOS, again with Turbo Pascal, several versions more advanced.
- Over this period, several friends have used the programs and
- suggested improvements.
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- STATEMENT OF COPYRIGHT
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- SP_MENU, SP_VOCAB, SP_NOUNS, SP_VERBS, SP_TENSES, SP_DIAS,
- SP_MESES, and SP_MATH are copyrighted by Philip Roger Yant and
- may not be sold for profit, other than a modest copying fee,
- unless written permission is granted by the copyright holder. I
- encourage users to register their copies (see below for details).
- I authorize distribution, with the following condition: The
- entire package of eight (8) executable files must be distributed
- together and without alteration, and with this documentation
- file. These include SP_MENU.EXE, SP_VOCAB.EXE, SP_NOUNS.EXE,
- SP_VERBS.EXE, SP_TENSES.EXE, SP_DIAS.EXE, SP_MESES.EXE,
- SP_MATH.EXE and SPANISH.DOC. Any other mode of distribution is
- strictly prohibited.
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- I do not claim copyright to the concept of these programs,
- whether original with me or not. Neither do I claim copyright to
- the data files that I provide.
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- INFORMATION
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- I can be reached on GEnie with address P.YANT, through
- Internet with address Philip_Yant@ub.cc.umich.edu, and through
- Bitnet with address UserGB2P@umichub. Internet is accessible
- from both MCI mail and CompuServe. From MCI, choose a foreign
- EMS and the Internet address above. From CompuServe, use
- >internet:Philip_Yant@ub.cc.umich.edu. Or use USPS to the
- address on the next page. I welcome and appreciate any comments
- and suggestions.
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- Doctor Yant's AdequateAnswers are dedicated to solutions
- requiring the least hardware, useable by the most people.
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- REGISTRATION
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- Please register your copy of the program. The registration
- fee is $15. Registered users are entitled to receive one
- significant upgrade, if and when one is produced, and receive
- copies of bug fixes. If you include an additional $5, I will
- send you the current version of the program, a collection of
- vocabulary files, and some additional utility programs. Site
- licenses are available for schools and some customization is
- possible; please inquire. Please specify 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" disk
- size. Checks and money orders must be made payable to Philip
- Roger Yant. No CODs, no credit cards. For users outside of the
- US: I will make every attempt to cash or convert whatever you
- send, but it may be surest to send a check on a U.S. bank, in
- U.S. funds.
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- Please include the serial number of your copy, which you see
- when exiting the program.
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- Mail to:
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- Philip Roger Yant
- 3412 Oakwood Avenue
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
- USA
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