Nine texts are provided in each package, and each text is designed to occupy a higher intermediate level student for approximately two hours. A secondary purpose is to encourage students to assess their own work and, as a result, to become more independent language learners. Where responses, rather than suggestions, are required from the students, answers are provided with which students are required to compare and evaluate their own input. The Style Guide offers examples, help, and self-testing. A demo is available on the website.
Students reconstruct the text one word at a time.
Everyplace a word occurs is revealed when the student enters that word. The program can be played by pairs of students competing against each other or in competition against the computer. Teachers can enter reading texts or transcriptions of listening exercises so that students will be reconstructing a text on the computer that they have already encountered in a different mode. This free authoring tool automates creating Web or CD-ROM content where each word or phrase can contain multiple levels of annotation. Thus, a single text can meet the needs of students with diverse abilities and from diverse backgrounds.