Coco the Monkey either receives a reward for a correct response or protests a wrong one. Asynchronous messages are displayed on the Message Board according to topic and date. Learners can post a message when it suits them and check a few hours or days later whether other learners replied or added to their message. The Chat Room allows for interaction in real time and depends on at least two visitors being in the Chat Room at the same time to engage in conversation. The cookies appear to be used for commercial purposes only, i.e. to send information about users back to the owners of the site.
Screens are clear, well-organised and readily identified.
Learners can then work on a lesson, which could be stored to be used by other learners later on, off-line. Each time a new item is selected from the pull-down menu, however, additional relatively lengthy downloading is activated. For example, a picture of what looks like a romantic candlelight dinner for two, with numerous food items and decorations on the table, is used to illustrate the verb 'to eat'. In other areas, aspects of technology might be exploited to a greater extent. Finally, aspects of technology might be developed to give learners helpful feedback on their performance.