The first questions are answered by clicking on choices in a drop-down list. For the first type of question, the correct answer is displayed as soon as the students has chosen an answer. In either case, the program does not proceed to the next question until the right answer is given. There is no provision for saving or printing the score on a test. Evaluation GramDef French installs and operates with ease.
Responses are immediate, except for a reasonably short wait while a text is loaded.
In general, the user interface allows great flexibility without complicated navigational procedures. GramDef French can provide an initiation to grammatical analysis and, more importantly, to the concepts and terms that teachers need to use for explaining syntax, thus allowing students ultimately to make sense of more complex sentences on their own. However, that same flexibility may constitute a defect where weaker students are concerned. Students who have received inadequate training in grammatical terminology and principles will profit from GramDef French only if they choose to explore the words that involve elements they do not know or understand sufficiently. Yet the students who can consistently identify the problem words tend to be the best students, those who have the least to gain from using the program.