Oscar Lake plunges you directly into a foreign city where you must solve a puzzling mystery in a new language. Experts agree that language immersion is the most effective way to learn a second language, and with Oscar Lake you learn by hearing, seeing and doing. And because you interact directly with all the characters you meet, you control the pace of the story, the speed of the learning and even the outcome of the game. You won t find repetitive drills or endless vocabulary lists here. Instead, Oscar Lake plunges you directly into a foreign city where you must solve a puzzling mystery in a new language .
Experts agree that language immersion is the most effective way to learn a second language .
With Oscar Lake you learn by hearing, seeing and doing . And because you interact directly with all the characters you meet, you control the pace of the story, the speed of the learning and even the outcome of the game . The program is in the format of an adventure game, however all the activities are in a foreign language. The premise is that you are a gem expert, invited to a foreign city to see a fabulous diamond, The Light. The program also has drill and lesson type activities, a basic dictionary, but the area in which this program excels is conversation practice.