For the money, it's tough to beat, and the program is regularly updated. Designed for native speakers. A click of the mouse reveals the pronunciation of any word, its meaning in context or a Spanish translation. Clicking on many of the objects in the illustrations produces visual and audio 'labels' to enhance student understanding. Requires a CD-ROM drive.
Teachers can create and hand out assignments over the network.
Students log on and read the assignment in a read-only top window. They respond in a bottom normal word processing window. When they post papers to the network, everyone in a teacher-created work group can read the papers and comment on them. When the assignment is over, the program collects the papers. When clicked on by a student, the links bring the appropriate section of the handbook onto the screen.