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Bahasa Kita

Indonesian

For school & business this CD is all you need, even if you know nothing about the Indonesian language. Includes: interactive exercises & spoken examples; useful information for travellers; a talking dictionary; explanations of the language structure.

You can choose to see text and hear sound of Indonesian and English speakers.

BSL Works

British Sign Language

An introduction to the core foundation of BSL in multimedia. A complete course covering grammar, syntax and multi-channel signs with practice options.

CyberGiani

Interactive Punjabi language learning for English speakers. Teaches speaking and reading the Gurmukhi script.

Cymarfer y Gweithle

Welsh

Pecyn wedi'i anelu at Gymry Cymraeg a dysgwyr da yw Cymarfer. Os ydych chi'n ysgrifennu Cymraeg yn y gweithle neu os ydych chi eisiau mwy o hyder i ysgrifennu Cymraeg graenus, bydd Cymarfer yn werthfawr tu hwnt i chi.

For Welsh speakers and proficient learners. Corrects mistakes, marks the work, provides a score and explains errors.

Deutsche Gebärdensprache

German Sign Language (DGS)

Multimedia Phrasenammlung für die DGS mit mehr als 1.300 gebräuchliche Sätze in DGS mit deutschen und englischen Übersetzungen. Direkter Zugriff über Suchwörter, Themenbereiche oder Satztypen. Videos können vergrößert, gestoppt und an Zeitlupe abgespeilt werden.

Dynamic Japanese

Japanese

Language input is supported by high-quality audio, graphics, a glossary, spoken translation & text support – first in Romaji and kana, then in kana only. All language is sequenced so that it is acquired as you interact through a variety of tasks. Interactive exercises focus on vocabulary development and understanding of basic structures that aid comprehension.

Hi! Korean

Korean

Learn Korean with the first interactive
multimedia software for Korean.

Introduces over 1 000 words. Uses animation to show how to write the Korean script. Includes games, songs & drills.

System requirements: Windows 3.1 or later

Indonesian Primer

Indonesian

The fun vocabulary and pronunciation skill builder for Indonesian. Perfect for building up your skills in Indonesian pronunciation & vocabulary.

Issues in English

English

An interactive CD for teaching & testing English language skills of listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary & pronunciation. It is aimed at adult learners of EFL, ESL and adult basic literacy learners with four levels from beginner to advanced for each of the issues: animal rights; discrimination; environment; euthanasia; gambling; growing old and smoking. Videos of native speakers can be used with, or without, sub text.

Japanese Master

Japanese

Japanese Master is an effective way to learn Japanese using interactive multimedia courseware developed by Japanese teachers and instructional designers.

Learn to speak Japanese confidently with 27 video lessons – to practise choose one of seven different themes. Listen & Learn practical Japanese conversations. Learn at your own pace with review & replay. Word Quiz to check your memory of Japanese words. Exploration tools for detailed grammar notes, on-line translation and word meanings.

Also includes a printed dialogue practice handbook and an audio cassette.

JapanEase

Japanese

Katakana & hiragana tutor for the Mac. An instructive and fun way to learn the katakana alphabet, more than 300 gairaigo words, 50 basic expressions and more. Makes the ordinarily arduous memorisation of words exciting through illustrations and games.

Vol 1 teaches garaigo (foreign words) through the introduction of the katakana syllabary.
Vol 2 teaches hiragana with an extensive Japanese-English dictionary and 30 commonly used phrases.

System Requirements: Mac Plus, 3 MB hard disk space, System 6·05 or later, HyperCard 2·0

Kana-kun

Japanese

Multimedia Hiragana &
Katakana learning system.

Kana Tables – choose between kana tables; select individual characters and hear their pronunciation; watch stroke order animation. Kana Game – learn by playing a customisable game with various game styles (kana, Romaji, sound). Kana Cards – memorise at your own pace; choose characters individually or by subsets; shuffle cards to test your memory; hear correct pronunciation. Kana Writer – learn to write kana characters; write on screen with or without guide; watch stroke order animation. Words Module – point to an object to hear & see its name. Word Game – test your knowledge of Japanese words. Typing Game – learn words through pictures & sound; type words using a virtual kana keyboard. Kana Cartoons – learn sentences by reading cartoons; hear the sentence pronounced; read the text in kana or English.

Kanji Moments

Japanese

Ideally used as a follow-up to Power Japanese 2.0, Volume 1 introduces 200 kanji in the form of short articles on life and culture in Japan. Gives translation, pronunciation, furigana, and stroke by stroke animation of all the included kanji. Volume II covers 400 additional kanji. Includes an on-line reference and extensive exercise book.

System requirements: 386+, Win 3·1/95, 7 Mb hard disc space

Kantaro

Japanese

Advanced learning techniques and software technology provide a new & improved method for learning Japanese kanji characters. Kantaro uses pictures and animated graphics to visually present how the elements & shape of each kanji relate to its meaning. Watching a mountain, tree or person transformed into a kanji symbol leaves a powerful impression. This use of mnemonic keys for memorisation makes reading & writing Japanese dramatically easier. Sound clips, games, interactive reading and study exercises also reinforce learning.

System requirements: Windows 3·1, 95, 98

KidSpeak

Chinese, English (US), French, German,Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean. Portuguese, Spanish

KidSpeak is a language learning package that makes learning a second language easy for children of all ages. Your child will love the delightful combination of enjoyable animation, fun activities, and interactive games, puzzles and songs that make up this award-winning educational software program. It’s the perfect way to get your kids started with a new language.

Your child will build a solid foreign language foundation using the successful immersion approach preferred by educators. Each language is hosted by a fun cartoon “friend” and his or her playful pet who use only the language being taught. Your child simply points and clicks.

With KidSpeak, your child will automatically learn correct pronunciation, alphabet and word recognition, simple sentence structure, plural and singular forms, numbers, simple addition and subtraction, how to tell time, and much more.

For Mac and Windows 95/98.