| Software
Title: Let's Learn French |
| Software Title : |
Talk Now Learn French |
| Publisher : |
Talk Interactive |
| Age Group : |
Beginners |
| Curriculum Area : |
Language Development |
| Year of Publication : |
1999 |
| Mac, PC or other : |
PC |
Nine topics are covered at
beginners’ level. These include :Food
/colour/ phrases /countries/ colours/ time/ numbers/ body and first words.
Each theme has a
well structured easy and difficult game….mainly based on memorisation.
| Overview of
Teaching with this Title |
The areas covered are as listed
above. Each section has word practice, speaking practice, easy game, hard game and a
picture dictionary.
This program could be used with special needs
pupils who would work with another pupil. However in our class situation it was difficult
to work in pairs as we were using single headphone sets for classroom use.
The best use for this was in a revision capacity as topics had already been covered. The
reinforcement value was excellent. Content was up to date but the characters’ mouths
didn’t move in accordance with the words, which was a little off-putting.
Language/topics
were interesting and relevant. The pupils enjoyed both the easy and difficult games but
didn’t bother with word practice.
Content
was up to date but the characters’ mouths didn’t move in accordance with the
words, which was a little off-putting.
Language/topics were interesting and relevant. The pupils enjoyed both the easy and
difficult games but didn’t bother with word practice.
Record keeping is simple . The teacher can check the pupils’ results easily.
However a significant flaw appears mid section if a pupil quits it, The records record it
as having been covered even if only 1 or 2 questions
were attempted.
Autoload makes this virtually foolproof but I don’t know about a network version.
None except cd case, and advertisements
for more software.
